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Lessons from the field on API strategy, design, governance and AI integration.
#DefragCon 2013 Notes: Great, Software Ate My World. Now what? – Oren Teich, Heroku
Great, Software Ate My World. Now what? – Oren Teich, Heroku The way that we are engaging and interacting is changing “Software is eating the world” Replace ‘E...
#DefragCon 2013 Notes: Developer Marketing: F#%k Leads; Generate Relationships – Tim Falls, SendGrid
Developer Marketing: F#%k Leads; Generate Relationships – Tim Falls, SendGrid Marketing has gotten really hard Relationships > Leads Handshakes > Clicks Two types of marke...
#DefragCon 2013 Notes: Unpacking Data’s Baggage: Lessons from Airport Security – Stephen Messer, Collective[i]
Unpacking Data’s Baggage: Lessons from Airport Security – Stephen Messer, Collective[i] BigData will disappoint if you fixate on its size. What matters is getting fast, re...
#DefragCon 2013 Notes: Software is Eating the Datacenter – Anjan Srinivas, Nutanix
Software is Eating the Datacenter – Anjan Srinivas, Nutanix Emerging trends 1. Taiwan – x86 servers going the laptop way, mass produced 2. Consolidation 2.0 – progra...
#DefragCon 2013 Notes: Security before convenience, and other lies – David Meyer, OneLogin
Security before convenience, and other lies – David Meyer, OneLogin Security theater #1: Security images they are ineffective, intuitions are not reliable, people don’t be...
#DefragCon 2013 Notes: The Identity Manifesto: Seven Points On The Future of Identity – R Ray Wang
The Identity Manifesto: Seven Points On The Future of Identity – R Ray Wang, Constellation Research Change Ahead 1) Macro economic forces – we can’t change this 2) D...
#DefragCon 2013 Notes and Slides Hub Page
In case you have never attended, Defrag Conference is a forward-looking conference that discusses what is coming in the next 18-24 months. This is the main page for that contain...
The recent API obsession (and why it matters)
Note: This article is now available in PDF format, includes more content, and is useful for offline reading and sharing. Click here to download a copy. There has been a good dea...
Startup Advice from Brett Hurt, Austin Ventures Partner and BazaarVoice Founder
Brett Hurt has been blogging for some time now. At a recent appearance at the Austin Regulars meetup, Brett answered questions from several audience members. Throughout the conv...
#GlueCon 2013 Notes: Start Small & Go Big: Getting the Most From Google Compute Engine – Joe Beda, Google
Start Small & Go Big: Getting the Most From Google Compute Engine – Joe Beda, Google (@jbeda) Google Compute Engine is VMs, storage, and network It exposes GoogleR...
#GlueCon 2013 Notes: Processing Big Data In Real-time with a Distributed SQL System – Ankur Goyal, MemSQL
Processing Big Data In Real-time with a Distributed SQL System – Ankur Goyal, MemSQL “SQL scales, but the technology behind it may not” When you write SQL agai...
#GlueCon 2013 Notes: 20 API Business Models – John Musser, Programmable Web
20 API Business Models – John Musser, Programmable Web (@johnmusser) The question they get asked the most: “How do you make money with APIs?” Why to have APIs ...