Andrew C. Oliver
Columnist
Andrew C. Oliver is a columnist and software developer with a long history in open source, database, and cloud computing. He founded Apache POI and served on the board of the Open Source Initiative. Oliver also helped with marketing in startups including JBoss, Lucidworks, and Couchbase. He is currently the Senior Director of Product Marketing for MariaDB Corporation.
When the robots come
Google Answers told people to throw batteries into the ocean to charge eels and power the Gulf Stream. Then Bing picked it up. What next?
Should you leave Twitter for the fediverse?
Tired of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Skeptical of the metaverse? The non-profit, distributed, community-oriented fediverse might be for you.
How to get your computer science degree online
A BSCS might be good or even necessary for your career, and you could do it completely online. Look before you leap.
What developers should do during a downturn
Six steps you can take to position yourself for the next tech boom, and to keep paying the bills in the meantime. First, don’t despair.
Architecting for SaaSification
The day is coming when companies will be loose combinations of software services with loose coalitions of people delivering on digital promises. Are you ready?
Developing applications that never delete
Updates and deletes remove history that is often desirable to keep. It is not only possible but practical to write a database application that preserves that history.
The best open source software of 2022
InfoWorld’s 2022 Bossie Awards celebrate the most important and innovative application development, devops, data analytics, and machine learning tools of the year.
InfoWorld’s 2022 Technology of the Year Award winners
InfoWorld celebrates the year’s best products in software development, cloud computing, data analytics, and machine learning.
Metaverse? A Second Life with VR glasses
Luckily, we will not have to live in the metaverse. How do I know? We have been here before.
The best open source software of 2021
InfoWorld’s 2021 Bossie Awards recognize the year’s best open source software for software development, devops, data analytics, and machine learning.
7 common cloud problems and how to fix them
Experts running some of the Internet’s most critical cloud-based services share the problems they have faced, and how they solve or mitigate them.