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Why OData Matters (IMHO)

Earlier this week I was in the MIX10 crowd as Douglas Purdy announced the Open Data Protocol (it was a great presentation - summarized here ). I want to share with you why I think OData could be a very big deal…But before we go there...let's start with the basics... What is OData? Where Did OData Come...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-19-2010
Joining Intuit

Firstly - thanks to everyone who has reached out to me in the last three weeks via email, phone calls and comments since I shared the news of my pursuit for the next adventure - I have really appreciated everyone's support and interest in my next steps. The great news is I'll be joining Intuit as a Group...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 09-21-2008
The Great Bungee Jump

Well, the great Bungee Jump has come. Martin Plaehn, CEO of Bungee Labs has shared the news of the company the letting go of 15 regular employees and contractors . Unfortunately, I am among this set of affected Bungee Labs employees. A Voyage of Discovery As Martin explained in today's post , Bungee...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 08-27-2008
Open Source in a SaaS World

About a year ago, I took part in a meeting where the question: "What does open source "mean" in a SaaS world?" came up in conversation. A year later, that same question is becoming increasingly pertinent as the IT industry's move to Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) and cloud-based computing accelerates...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 05-15-2008
Bungee Connect news x3 to share with you this morning

Three big pieces of Bungee Connect news to share with you this morning: 1. Bungee Grid now running on Amazon EC2 and accessible to Bungee Developers Bungee-powered application hosting on Bungee Grid-EC2 using Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) infrastructure is available today upon special request...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 04-23-2008
Among the dynamos, My Data and advice for startups.

SaaS / DaaS / WaaS (Whatever As a Service) and Mashups Nick Carr quotes Henry Adams in Among the dynamos “One lingered long among the dynamos,” he wrote, “for they were new, and they gave to history a new phase. Pointing to SaaS Platforms trends , Clive Keyte write about " SaaS Management Platforms ...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 01-24-2008
Podcast interviews - smart people in the world of the web

One of the fun parts of my job at Bungee Labs is to partner up with Ted and interview some smart people in the world of the web. We publish these as a podcast series ( the Bungee Line - podcast feed here ) over on the BCDN blog . If you have ideas about someone you think we should interview, let me know...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 01-20-2008
SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP

Who woulda thunk it ? The CTP for the SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP will be available October 11 : "The SQL Server Driver for PHP is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications deployed on the Windows platform. The Driver for PHP is a PHP 5 extension that allows...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 10-09-2007
What does open source "mean" in a SaaS world?

In March 2007, this article by Bryan Richard discussed the the implications of Software as a Service ( SaaS ) with respect to the GPL licence . "Conservative estimate: In the future 75% of your applications will be delivered over a computer network and you will interact with them with no "transfer of...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 07-12-2007
In the cloud, of the cloud, and for the cloud

Yesterday Matt Asay of the OSI visited Bungee Labs . We invited Matt to provide us advice specifically on the issue of the licensing options we're planning to use when we open things up for wider beta program and beyond. It was a fascinating discussion - we all agreed that today's current licensing...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 04-04-2007

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