Posts, not years, that is. Without even realizing the milestone attached to it, my previous post Behind Every “Cloud” There are Real People was the 100th post to the Invisible Database blog. When my 4 colleagues (Glenn, Eric, Jason and Tom) and I started our blogs in 2008, we were among the first bloggers in [...]
Entries from October 2011
Invisible Database Blog Turns 100
October 28th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Blog
Behind Every “Cloud” There are Real People
October 24th, 2011 · 4 Comments
To many of us today, the “cloud” seems like a bit of magic. We often simply use the services of a cloud based system without really thinking about where the cloud is located, or who keeps it running. Ultimately, behind every “cloud”, there are real people managing real machines. What is marketed as a “cloud” [...]
Tags: Cloud computing · SQL Anywhere
Fuji is Released to Beta!
October 13th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Fuji is now released into beta! Fuji is the code name for our new SQL Anywhere OnDemand Edition product, designed to enable easy management of multi-tenant, hosted applications by Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). We announced Fuji in September at our Techwave 2011 user conference, indicating in the press release that the software would be available [...]
Tags: Cloud computing · SQL Anywhere
Development Mindset on New Products
October 7th, 2011 · No Comments
Earlier this week I was directed to an essay, written over 10 years ago by Paul Graham, called “Being Popular“. Graham is writing primarily about computer languages, however I think his observations in section 10 of the essay are equally appropriate to any software development project. To write good software you must simultaneously keep two [...]
Tags: Cloud computing · Engineering Culture · SQL Anywhere
