David Coursey, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Larry Page: Own up to Google’s US image problem

By David Coursey Jun 2, 2014

To: Larry Page, co-founder, Google From: David Coursey, Editor-at-Large, SiliconANGLE Re: It’s not just your image that’s a problem, it’s Google itself I was heartened to read an Associated Press story last week headlined,…

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Only loser vendors are truly committed to Open Source

By David Coursey May 29, 2014

Is it really true that the only vendors truly committed to open source are the losers, companies left behind as more successful vendors add proprietary extensions to the core open source code? I am not…

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Joyent: Don’t fire the admin who took down your cloud

By David Coursey May 28, 2014

I’ve made no secret of my concern that the cloud is a basket not nearly ready to hold all the eggs. The latest example of why this is true occurred Tuesday at cloud operator…

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The only thing worse than keeping Meg Whitman, is firing her?

By David Coursey May 26, 2014

When is the world going to figure out that, as CEO’s go, Meg Whitman is a lightweight? Hewlett-Packard remains in deep trouble. Still too dependent on hardware, yet late coming to tablets. Late coming…

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Can Red Hat take the “open” out of OpenStack?

By David Coursey May 21, 2014

Amid rumors that Red Hat is now or plans to strong-arm customers to use its own flavor of OpenStack, history tells us one thing: They won’t be the only one trying to make the…

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The “right to be forgotten” requires common sense : Can search engines be made responsible?

By David Coursey May 20, 2014

If you agree with me — and you should — that the “right to be forgotten” is, in some form a necessary part of the digital age, then you need to be involved in the…

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We need an “Underwriters Laboratories” for the cloud

By David Coursey May 19, 2014

The 28-hour outage of Adobe Creative Cloud last week should catch the attention of everyone who depends on cloud-based applications to get their work done. The outage makes me wonder whether we need outside…

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A few issues to prompt cloud backup (and some to forget)

By David Coursey May 14, 2014

It almost goes without saying that public cloud users don’t need to backup their data. But only almost. It turns out there are times when backing up cloud data makes sense and there are…

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Start-up to Stall-out: How to kill your cloud company

By David Coursey May 13, 2014

A friend just got laid-off from a start-up cloud company that’s well on its way to stalling out. The budget intended to launch the product was spent, development costs swelled, management is in a panic, money…

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Alibaba IPO could spell trouble for Amazon Web Services

By David Coursey May 9, 2014

Will Alibaba’s IPO force unwelcome changes on Amazon Web Services? The question may seem far-fetched, but really is not. Suppose Amazon’s investors look at Alibaba’s big margins and wonder why Amazon’s profits are so…

David Coursey

Larry Page: Own up to Google’s US image problem

Only loser vendors are truly committed to Open Source

The only thing worse than keeping Meg Whitman, is firing her?

Can Red Hat take the “open” out of OpenStack?

The “right to be forgotten” requires common sense : Can search engines be made responsible?

A few issues to prompt cloud backup (and some to forget)

Start-up to Stall-out: How to kill your cloud company

Alibaba IPO could spell trouble for Amazon Web Services

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