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Tag: Disruption

  • “Disruption” in the software industry

    MySQL, SQL Server, Netezza, Hadoop, NoSQL, NewSQL. “Disruption” in the software industry

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    Markus Perdrizat

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  • Mellanox open sources its switch software as SDN pressures vendors to react

    Mellanox open sources its switch software as SDN pressures vendors to react: Mellanox, a company better known for selling Infiniband products, will open source its Ethernet switching code. It’s a response to software-defined networking and the commodification of networking gear. Another industry in the middle of disruption. Get ready or be eaten alive.

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    Markus Perdrizat

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  • Banking Stack: The End of Mainframe Banking

    Welcome to the stack: the end of mainframe banking: Many years ago, enterprise software was written to run on mainframe computers. […] The traditional banking business model mirrors the mainframe: a vertically integrated, all-in-one solution with all the resources and tools needed to deliver banking products and services in one big (black) box. In the…

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    Markus Perdrizat

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  • Instagram and Twitter

    A long article to say that Instagram is to news photographers what Twitter was to the news journalists: it’s faster,  and reaches more places, but most of it isn’t relevant, has no interest in competing with the pros. For a simple service that lets people share their photos with others from a mobile device, Instagram…

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    Markus Perdrizat

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