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Transfer of Confidence
I learned very early in my career that the key to a successful sales process is:Transfer of ConfidenceNobody likes feeling foolish. And when purchasing a strategic software solution, people are putting...
View ArticleFounder Factory
I spent this past Thursday at the Founder Factory event in Philly; hosted by the MAC Alliance and Philly Startup Leaders. The well-attended event was held at the World Cafe Live (a pretty cool venue)...
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SpringSource In My Step
Since the news is starting to leak out, I'll make it official.I'm honored to say that I've joined SpringSource as VP of Product Management.Having left JBoss / Red Hat about 10 months ago for a little...
View ArticleTop 10 Application Development Products for 2008
I just viewed eWeek's new slideshow by Daryl Taft listing the Top 10 Application Development Products for 2008.SpringSource dm Server is listed in the top 10 along with such products as Microsoft...
View ArticleEinstein on Relativity
I just ran across the following quote by Einstein:"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's...
View ArticleTim Yeaton Snares Black Duck
I agree with the sentiment behind Dana Blankenhorn's post asserting that it is "Happy days for Black Duck". As Dana states:Bookings were up 42% year over year, and service revenues were up 65%. Black...
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Programming Language Popularity
My 13 year old son has been programming in Lua, TI Basic and Assembler, ActionScript, JavaScript, and he's into C++/Dark GDK these days. While I've mostly focused on Java for the past few years, I've...
View ArticleVirtualization Big Dog: VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, or Red Hat?
I was catching up on industry news today when I saw the following eWeek post: Red Hat Is Getting Ready to Take on VMwareIt has been a while since I've written a "Big Dog" article, but this topic is...
View ArticleApp Server SmackDown Panel 2009
I'm participating in a panel discussion focused on New Application Server Frontiers at SD West on Thursday March 12 2009 from 10:15 am - 11:45 am PT in room 204 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in...
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Top 20 Most Commonly Used Open Source Licenses
My recent post "Tim Yeaton Snares Black Duck" gave me the encouragement to check out what Black Duck is up to these days.While surfing the Black Duck Software website, I came across a very useful page...
View ArticleJVM as a Service: Mashup Azul and Amazon
This may be a crazy stupid idea, but I was having a conversation today about the kinds of things that make sense to be "as a service". Amazon EC2 and S3 are essentially compute as a service and storage...
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Job Trends: Tomcat, Spring, Weblogic, JBoss, EJB
Forrester recently described a trend that they refer to as "lean software" in their paper entitled Lean Software Is Agile, Fit-To-Purpose, And Efficient. They state that "lean software is emerging as...
View Article10 Rules For Building A Great Organization
I'm reading "Enough. True Measures of Money, Business, and Life" by John C. Bogle, the founder and former CEO of Vanguard Mutual Fund Company. In the book, Bogle offers 10 Rules for Building a Great...
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Google App Engine Is Groovy Baby!
The SpringSource Groovy team and the Google App Engine Java team worked together to make sure that Groovy works on Google App Engine now that App Engine supports Java: "Seriously this time, the new...
View ArticleHarry Kalas - Outta Here!
Philadelphia paid tribute today to Harry Kalas, the voice of the Philadelphia Phillies. Kalas passed away earlier this week and the fans filled Citizens Bank Park to pay their respects and to hear...
View ArticleMultiple Languages, Multiple Platforms: Choice Is A Good Thing
Over the past decade or so, the Microsoft vs. Java landscape has been summed up as follows:Microsoft: Multiple languages, single platform. Java: Single language, multiple platforms.In "Java yields to...
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VMware Fanboy
After arriving at SFO airport earlier this week, I just had to stop and snap the photo below:The placement and timing of the ad was special since 1) I'm excited to be joining VMware as part of the...
View ArticleSpringSource + VMware: My VMworld 2009 Interview
I had the chance to sit down with John Troyer to discuss SpringSource, VMware, cloud computing, and breaking down the barriers between Development and Operations...live (at the time) on the show floor...
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I LIKE PI(E)
Things that make you go hmmmmm....I never realized that when looked at it in the mirror, 3.14 can be both mathematical and delicious:MMMMM.....PUMPKIN.....PIE.....
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Job Trends: Spring, WebSphere, WebLogic - what a difference a year makes!
Last year I wrote "Job Trends: Tomcat, Spring, Weblogic, JBoss, EJB" where I discussed the trend towards "Lean Software" and the role that Spring plays in this important movement.A lot has happened...
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Block Dude Evolved
My son's first foray into programming started a few years ago playing ROBLOX; a virtual playworld where kids can create and customize the look and behavior of their own online worlds. I wrote a couple...
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Food Zombies - A Tasty Top-Down Shooter Game
Over the past few years, I've written various blog posts covering my son's interest in programming.Billy is a high school junior now, and his efforts over the past 4 years have spanned from creating...
View ArticleSolving the Data Problem in a Big Way
I recently joined Hortonworks as VP of Corporate Strategy, and I wanted to share my thoughts as to what attracted me to Hortonworks. For me, it’s important to 1) work with a top-notch team and 2) focus...
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7 Key Drivers for the Big Data Market
I attended the Goldman Sachs Cloud Conference and participated on a panel focused on “Data: The New Competitive Advantage”. The panel covered a wide range of questions, but kicked off covering two...
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Big Data Refinery Fuels Next-Generation Data Architecture
Since joining Hortonworks at the beginning of the year, a question I’ve heard over and over again is “What is Apache Hadoop and what is it used for?”There’s clearly a lot of hype [and confusion] in...
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