David Linthicum
David S. Linthicum is an internationally recognized industry expert and thought leader. Dave has authored 13 books on computing, the latest of which is Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise, a Step-by-Step Approach. Dave’s industry experience includes tenures as CTO and CEO of several successful software companies, and upper-level management positions in Fortune 100 companies. He keynotes leading technology conferences on cloud computing, SOA, enterprise application integration, and enterprise architecture. Dave writes the Cloud Computing blog for InfoWorld. His views are his own.
What happens when cloud spend surpasses traditional systems
Big news: Money spent on public clouds will overtake funds for traditional data center hardware for the first time. It's time to both celebrate and be concerned.
How to nail your cloud computing job interview
With thousands of people looking for a first cloud computing job or attempting to upgrade their career, here are some ways to make a great impression.
Traditional architecture still has a place in the cloud
Cloud architects may think they understand abstraction, orchestration, and automation, but these fundamental concepts are still very relevant to cloud computing.
Cloud security risks remain very human
Most of us picture cloud security threats as bad actors in some hostile country. More often, it’s you and your coworkers.
Making application modernization pragmatic and useful
Moving legacy applications to the cloud to leverage modern security and data, containers, microservices, and portability usually makes things worse. Here’s why.
Legacy systems are the new attack vectors for hackers
The public cloud has better security than your data center, so you're likely to see more attacks on legacy systems to gain access to cloud data. Here’s how to fight back.
Migration to the cloud may be slowing down
Despite conflicting analyst opinions, we could be in a slowdown for application and data migration to public clouds. Here are 3 reasons I see.
Complexity leads to cloud outages. Here’s the proof
Complexity is a natural byproduct of a highly heterogeneous and distributed architecture. Now we better understand its impact.
Repatriating data and applications from the cloud
As hardware prices continue to plunge, some applications and data could return to enterprise data centers. Perhaps that’s a good thing.
It’s a serverless and containerized world
A new survey shows what most of us already know: Cloud solutions are focused on serverless and containers. Know the good and bad of this popular combo.
Legacy systems should be part of a multicloud strategy
Multicloud is the direction many enterprises are heading, but legacy systems need to be part of the road map.