Whenever one pulls out their crystal ball … These include more mobile device applications, the “Internet of Things (IoT)” via machine-to-machine sensors, and an electronic wallet (like a highway toll EZPass). But it’s time to get ready for so much more.
A few thoughts on this revised chart, and the Big Data market in general, largely from a VC perspective.
Businesses are migrating their systems to the cloud, it’s true. Organizations of every size and type are taking advantage of the cost savings and flexibility introduced with cloud deployments and hosting services. Rather than focusing efforts on procuring, installing and maintaining servers and applications in-house, IT departments are moving workloads offsite to cloud providers and hosted platforms. The tools are readily available to help these IT workers configure and light up VMs in hosted infrastructure, and certain platform licenses and other elements are made accessible to customers. But there’s something missing in the toolsets provided by platform hosting companies – a certain something that ultimately determines how useful (or not) the hosting platform service is when IT is ready to deploy users and applications in the environment.
Cloud computing is here to stay. What was once viewed as bleeding-edge technology fraught with peril and risk is now recognized as an emerging standard for application deployment and delivery. The race to the clouds represents a significant challenge, however, when issues of application interoperability and integration are introduced – particularly when it comes to…
How do [most] hiring managers move through so many applications so quickly? We weed the stack. We look for red flags that scream “don’t interview me!” so we can safely put those applications aside and move on. I’ve cut my stacks in half with that method, sometimes glancing at a résumé for mere seconds before finding a suicidal mistake.
After serving on numerous hiring committees, I’ve developed a list of six mistakes that will guarantee your résumé a one-way ticket to my shredder.