Cloud outage planning: As NY Times tech columnist Steve Lohr points out today, (Amazon’s Trouble Raises Cloud Computing Doubts), this weekend's storms brought down several Amazon-based services, including Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram—and it should provide a learning experience. As I have said for some time, the cloud is not a distributed computing infrastructure. The … [Read more...] about Cloud Outage Planning: Don’t Just Let Outages Happen To You
The Meaning of the Facebook and Instagram Acquisition
One of my students recently asked me what I thought of Facebook's acquisition of Instagram. Frankly, after reading the headlines, I thought it was overpriced and made me worry about the impending technology investment bubble. Instagram is only worth $1 Billion in cash to a company that first, has the money to spend, and second, is trying to retain market leadership by buying … [Read more...] about The Meaning of the Facebook and Instagram Acquisition
