Digital Nibbles

Allyson and Reuven are finally reunited this week for a new episode with a couple of great guests. First up, Michael Crandell (@michaelcrandell), the CEO of RightScale stops by to talk about cloud management in the cloud environment and bridging services (servers/network/storage) to run applications. He also weighs in on the PaaS vs. IaaS debate. Then Dave McCrory (@mccrory), the CTO of Basho, discusses distributed database technology and also the concept of Data Gravity – thinking about data as if it were a planet that builds mass and attracts additional Services and Applications. When data is large enough, it’s virtually impossible to move.Show timeline:0:00 – Introductions and News of the Week9:17 – Interview with Michael Crandell23:38 – Interview with Dave McCrory36:52 – Wrap up

With Allyson on sabbatical and Ruv on the road, we’re pulling a couple of our “best of” episodes from the archive. This week we’re re-posting an episode with two former guests of the show. First up, Ben Kepes (@benkepes), a cloud thought leader, stops by to cover the growth of enterprise cloud, the Cloud 2020 Summit he’s currently organizing, and what “The Internet of Things” means for the future. Then Deborah Salons (@dsalons), an attorney specializing in regulation and privacy, weighs in on if you can ever be truly be private in the cloud.Show timeline:0:00 – Introductions and News of the Week9:29 – Interview with Ben Kepes25:08 – Interview with Deborah Salons43:23 – Wrap up

With Allyson on sabbatical and Ruv on the road, we’re pulling a couple of our “best of” episodes from the archive. This week we’re re-posting an episode with Amber Case: Have you ever thought about your tablet as a cave painting? Facebook as a virtual reality? The distribution of parchment writing as the very first Internet? This week’s Digital Nibbles is a wide-ranging discussion with cyborg anthropologist Amber Case (@caseorganic) touching on technology trends and how they relate to society. And how, more than ever, technology is becoming a part of you. 0:00 – Introductions and news of the week10:47 – Interview with Amber Case, cyborg anthropologist32:07 – Wrap up

With Allyson on sabbatical and Ruv on the road, we’re pulling a couple of our “best of” episodes from the archive. This week we’re re-posting Harper Reed (@harper), the CTO of Obama for America, who stopped by the show in March 2013 to talk about big data and utilizing technology (smartphones, Websites, social media) to engage voters. He and his team received tremendous credit for helping win the election through use of scalable cloud infrastructure (Amazon Web Services*) combined with a cutting edge big data engine that helped pinpoint everything from ad buys to volunteer engagement.  It’s a great test case for how technology is transforming society.Show timeline:0:00 – Introductions and News of the Week9:21 – Interview with Harper Reed48:57 – Wrap up

Rather than our normal two guests, we’ve got a little bit of a longer (and fascinating) interview with Martin Duursma (@MartinDuursma), the VP of Citrix Labs and CTO Office Chair. He joins us to talk about innovation at Citrix and how listeners can apply Design Thinking to their ideas (be it a product iteration or a brand new idea). He also discusses upcoming trends – more seamless use of technology/technology that adapts to user needs – and give an update on Citrix’s upcoming Synergy conference. For more information, visit www.citrix.com.Show Timeline:0:00: Introductions and News of the Week10:09: Interview with Martin Duursma29:04: Wrap up