October 2012 - Posts

• Cloud Computing - just get started already!

  OK - you've been hearing about "cloud" (I really dislike that term, but whatever) for over two years. You've equated it with just throwing some VM's in some vendor's datacenter - which is certainly part of it, but not the whole story. There's a whole Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 30, 2012 8:43 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Development, Conferences, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Programming

• Declarative Architectures in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  I deal with computing architectures by first laying out requirements, and then laying in any constraints for it's success. Only then do I bring in computing elements to apply to the system. As an example, a requirement might be "world-side availability" Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:00 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Cloud, Windows Azure, Partners, Vendors, IaaS, Architecture

• Is Data Science “Science”?

  I hold the term “science” in very high esteem. I grew up on the Space Coast in Florida, and eventually worked at the Kennedy Space Center, surrounded by very intelligent people who worked in various scientific fields. Recently a new term has Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:29 AM by BuckWoody | 5 Comments Filed under: Data Professional, Data Science

• How I Work: Staying Productive Whilst Traveling

  I travel a lot. Not like some folks that are gone every week, mind you, although in the last month I’ve been to: Cambridge, UK; Anchorage, AK; San Jose, CA; Copenhagen, DK, Boston, MA; and I’m currently en-route to Anaheim, CA. While this Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2012 6:48 AM by BuckWoody | 4 Comments Filed under: How I work

• The way to the future - Hybrid systems

  I've written before (as have others) about the dangers of an "either/or" mentality with various technologies, including the "cloud". Companies are starting to understand this message - I've been traveling a lot this year from Alaska to California, from Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2012 5:07 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Conferences