A couple weeks ago Irma ravaged the Caribbean and Florida. My heart goes to all who suffered loss and damage. An article in the New York Times caught my eyes. Tesla boosts car battery power during Irma, raising questions of control. It’s a smart move and I do hope it helped many Tesla owners to... Continue Reading →
Cloud, a mean, not an end.
Many IT people see the cloud as the ultimate goal. It will solve all the problems IT departments have. I’m also seeing some boards having the same issue and mandating a move to the cloud. But the cloud shouldn’t be the end goal. It adds value in some situations, but should not be the ultimate... Continue Reading →
Application re-architecture: how to adapt automation tools to your architecture standards
By: Xavier Plot, Global Business Analysis Capability Leader, Hewlett Packard Company Luc Vogeleer, Global Chief Technologist - Application Transformation, Hewlett Packard Company In a previous article, I explained how to not lose your application intellectual property while adopting the new style of IT by using HP application transformation re-architecture methodology. The article discussed how we... Continue Reading →
Modernize Legacy Applications for use in the Digital Economy.
Here is another contribution of my friend Luc Vogeleer, Director of Strategic Partnership Development at BluAge. The Digital Enterprise requires a responsive and fast adapting IT as IT is becoming a core enabler of the business. The New Style of IT, which promises simplicity, greater agility, speed and lower costs, is the foundation for the... Continue Reading →
Batch to the future–Part 2
The Batch is dead, long live to batch jobs In our previous blog entry, we raised the point that the Cloud is the unique opportunity to promote smart architectures with enough details so that we can address larger issues beyond promoting established Cloud Native and DevOps guidelines for deploying new applications and we close with... Continue Reading →
Batch to the future – Part 1
Occasionally I welcome guests giving a real good perspective on one of the subjects treated on the CloudSourceBlog. Today I’m delighted to give Luc Vogeleer and Alexis Henry the floor for a series of 3 blogs dedicated to how to address mainframe workloads. I do hope you will enjoy their perspective as much as I... Continue Reading →
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