David Linthicum
David S. Linthicum is 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.
What's the real value of multicloud redundancy?
Many are seeking to duplicate systems with at least two hyperscalers, but in a lot of scenarios, it's an expensive solution that might not make financial sense.
The lack of cloud skills is hindering cloud progress
The cloud skills shortage is killing enterprises that want to move to new technology quickly. Here are a few creative ways to deal with this issue.
What to do when you hit the cloudops wall
Many enterprises are now migrating the more difficult applications and data sets to the cloud. Once they attempt to operationalize these workloads, it’s clear that some things should have been fixed before.
How to get a maxed-out cloud budget
Effective cloud leaders know how to sell cloud to executives and boards, even if they don’t understand all the minutiae. Leverage your cloud skills to get the budget you need.
The lines between private data centers and public clouds are blurring
Public clouds are changing the way we look at IT, no matter if you’re using cloud computing or not.
Cloud security and architecture teams need to communicate better
It’s a sure bet that containers and microservices will become new security vulnerabilities for cloud-native applications without discussions about best practices and standards.
Making the case for the intelligent edge
Let’s look at reasons to push core AI processes out of the centralized public cloud to the edge.
When a cloud provider retires a service you’re using
It may feel like a betrayal, but public cloud providers do need to sunset services at times. Here’s how to plan for it and even find an opportunity to improve.
Architects are focused on the wrong end of multicloud
Success with multicloud architecture is more about ongoing multicloud operations, not how optimized the design is.
‘Why cloud computing?’ is always a good question
With no other viable options on the horizon, most people accept cloud as the new standard. But if you can’t offer a solid reason why, it’s a question worth asking.
'Spreading the risk' using multicloud
While many industries worry about putting all their cloud eggs in one service provider’s basket, a less-understood value of multicloud is emerging.
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