David Linthicum
David S. Linthicum is a chief cloud strategy officer at Deloitte Consulting, and an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader. Dave has authored 13 books on computing, the latest of which is Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise, a Step-by-Step Approach. Dave’s industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. Dave writes the Cloud Computing blog for InfoWorld. His views are his own.
How to future-proof cloud applications
With thousands of applications moving to the cloud, it’s time we think about what will keep them going in the coming years
Data science and cloud computing win most political campaigns
With the 2020 elections a year away, technology will play a bigger role than policy. Enterprises should learn something
Should you go all-in on cloud native?
Using purpose-built storage, compute, databases, and more that‘s native to a specific platform sounds ideal but could mean double systems
What surgery taught me about the cloud
In the process of fixing my shoulder, I discovered some lessons for all enterprises regarding the effective integration of information
Thinking about the security of IoT and the cloud
Don’t underestimate IoT security complexity. Some tricks and technology can make IoT security easier
Don’t kludge serverless cloud applications
Somewhere along the way developers decided to build serverless applications on the fly, with little planning or design. That’s a bad idea
Create a productive cloudops feedback loop
Continuously improving operations requires end users to communicate issues with cloud-delivered systems directly to the ops team
Cloud architects who earn $150,000 are likely underpaid
Good cloud architects are hard to come by and often worth their weight in gold. That’s why, in some cases, their salary may be higher than their leaders’
Cloud architecture that avoids risk and complexity
Architecture that isn't effective but still works isn't good enough. Removing risk, complexity, and cost should be your primary objectives
Be prepared for microservices challenges
Microservices come with container-based development and cloud services. However, linking to other people’s code has its own risks
