Daryl Plummer

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Cloud Brokerage is Gaining Ground

by Daryl Plummer  |  August 31, 2011  |  2 Comments

All of a sudden, everyone is interested in cloud services brokerage. Well, by everyone, I mean end customers looking for an easier way to integrate cloud computing into their plans and vendors seeking a new set of markets to mine. But no matter the interested party, one thing is clear. The options for doing cloud [...]

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Google Releases new Initiative called “Google Stop”

by Daryl Plummer  |  November 13, 2009  |  9 Comments

On the heels of its recent release of the new programming language “Google Go” (See Gartner Analyst Ray Valdes’ take), the Mountainview behemoth has trumped itself with today’s release of “Google Stop”.  Unlike “Go” which is a high productivity and fast system programming language, “Stop” is actually a low productivity and slow campaign to get [...]

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Night of the Living Dead: Will Oracle buying Sun Raise the Specter of “Network Computing” Again?

by Daryl Plummer  |  April 20, 2009  |  6 Comments

Today, Oracle announced plans to acquire Sun Microsystems. Gartner is in the process of generating an official position on what this means. You’re going to want to see what we have to say since there will be multiple pieces dissecting this acquisition announcement. However, in the here and now, it occurred to me, after listening [...]

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My blog: “Unconventional Thinking and Emerging Phenomena – Cloud Computing, SOA, Process and the Future of “People” using technology.

by Daryl Plummer  |  October 2, 2008  |  2 Comments

  Welcome to my blog! It always seems to me that when anyone starts some new venture like this it is covered with expectations and hype from all quarters. Well, I hope not to disappoint. I will cover topics wide ranging and will examine ideas of depth. I will puncture conventional wisdom and excoriate some [...]

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