Over the past decade, I have served in various roles to deliver software for public agencies under government-funded contracts at MIT, UC Berkeley, and at transportation technology companies (the majority of that time as an academic). As transportation continues to rapidly change, and cities become increasingly […]
Supreme Court Allows App Store Monopoly Lawsuit Against Apple to Proceed
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 against Apple in an anticompetitive case involving the App Store, allowing iPhone users to move forward with their class action lawsuit against the company, as first reported by CNBC. From the Supreme Court’s ruling: In this case, however, several consumers contend that […]
Don’t Sweat Over AWS Downtime
Last year on August 31st, AWS’ Virginia-based datacenter (AWS US-EAST-1) went down due to a power failure. The back-up generators started failing within an hour or two, which ended up in bad news for many customers who were told by AWS that they have permanently lost their data. This might be one […]
Dremio CEO: Open Cloud Data Lake Levels on the Rise
Cloud data warehouses are an improvement from the legacy on-premises versions, but they’re still just data warehouses, according to Tomer Shiran, co-founder and CEO of data lake engine company Dremio. Shiran says the cloud crusades will escalate this year, particularly in the realm of modern open cloud data lakes, as […]