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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
Connecting Clouds: Intuit Partner Platform and Windows Azure

How about I break my blogging “hiatus” by sharing some cool stuff the Intuit Partner Platform team has been working on for a little while that involves Windows Azure? OK, then… :-) This morning, Intuit and Microsoft have announced very cool news for Intuit and Microsoft developers and for Small Businesses...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 01-20-2010
Federated Apps on the Intuit Partner Platform

So what have I been working on since joining Intuit? A bunch of stuff, but something I wanted to shout about is the release of “Federated Applications” on the Intuit Partner Platform . Working closely with five new developers to Intuit's Platform as a Service (PaaS), VerticalResponse , DimDim , Rypple...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 06-03-2009
Startups and the Cloud: free event in Waltham, MA, sponsored by Intuit

This is an event I'm helping to organize...hope you can join! From the App Gap blog : "On June 11th we’re organizing a gathering in Waltham, MA called Startups and the Cloud to talk about how starting a successful software business has changed now that cloud computing/ platforms have become highly viable...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 05-28-2009
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
How ADO.NET Data Services came to be (formerly known as Project Astoria)

Pablo Castro has recounted some of his timelined memories about how "Project Astoria" evolved from a lunch time conversation to bits in .NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 now known as ADO.NET Data Services Framework ). Nice write up. Three memories of my own to add to the story: 1. I was reading...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 08-20-2008
Join me at Web 2.0 Expo New York - Building in the Clouds: Scaling Web 2.0

I'll be taking part in one of the Cloud computing panels at Web 2.0 Expo New York this September, details below. If you want to meet up, let me know. Building in the Clouds: Scaling Web 2.0 Jason Hoffman (Joyent, Inc.), Alistair Croll (Bitcurrent), Alex Barnett , Dwight Merriman (10gen), Jinesh Varia...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 08-08-2008
Project Management as SaaS, Programmable Wikis and more

Two new interview podcasts to share (recorded by me and Ted ) for the Bungee Line: Nate Bowler, CTO of @Task @task (or AtTask ) is a Utah-based tech company providing a comprehensive, web-based project and portfolio-management package delivered in both a SaaS and on-premise model with a very rich web...

Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 07-25-2008
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

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