Category Archives: Cloud

Google Reader and other customer tragedies

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

(This was written weeks ago but not published until now.  I’m going to largely leave it as originally written, with an update at the end.) I’m pretty upset about Google’s decision to drop support for Google Reader.  I think it … Continue reading →

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Now I get it, the Consumer guys at Microsoft are just plain wrong!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

I’m an Enterprise guy.  In the mid-70s I set a career goal of dethroning IBM from its then total dominance of the enterprise computing space.  By the end of the 80s I needed a new goal, and it’s always been … Continue reading →

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Beware Cloud Services bearing gifts

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

Last week I tried to access the web site of a company that a few of my former Microsoft colleagues work for and was shocked when Norton DNS blocked my access.  Upon further investigation I realized the company’s site was … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Startup – PredictableIT Part III

Posted on August 31, 2012 by

With writer’s block out-of-the-way it’s time to finally finish this story.  I apologize in advance for not polishing this more, but the stops and starts have caused problems.  And I either push this out now or who knows when it … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a startup – PredictableIT Part II

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

In the first part of this series I alluded to what we put together as an operating environment and before I flesh that out I want to go through the heart of our “IP”.  As I’d mentioned the major initial development … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a startup – PredictableIT Part I

Posted on June 6, 2012 by

Back in 2004 a friend had told me about moving a small VC firm and one of its portfolio companies to a hosted environment (at a Managed Service Provider, which was another of the portfolio companies).  Not just servers mind … Continue reading →

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