Miko Matsumura Platform Software Executive Technologist

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-20

RT @atmanes: RT @janecek: SOA in the Cloud http://bit.ly/4TiXTd # RT @BrianNorgard: important company building manifesto http://bit.ly/63Puhz (via @danmartell) #culture trumps policy but harder to scale # RT @dhinchcliffe: Ten examples of SOA at work in 2009: http://bit.ly/5XVB7v # RT @merv 2010 trends prediction prediction: 87.235% of things will not see broad deployment before 2012 <<--I blogged this exact concept! # Tool Use Found in Octopuses | Wired Science | Wired.com...

Flying Monkeys from Armonk: IBM buys Lombardi

IBM bought Lombardi this morning for an “undisclosed sum”. Having been through an acquisition by a larger company myself, I can only imagine what the Lombardi folks in Austin Texas (and elsewhere) may be thinking. First of all, let me say that I have a lot of respect for Lombardi. Frankly anyone who can build a company from the ground up to tens of millions in revenue is a terrific success, and in particular, Lombardi was very innovative with capabilities like Lombardi Blueprint....

Why 2010 won’t be like “2010″.

It’s that time of year where pundits prognosticate about the upcoming year. I’ll bite–MMX (that’s Roman numeral for 2010) is shaping up to be a doozy of a year (although I prefer 7DA, which is 2010 in hex). Last night I decided to re-watch 2010 “The year we make contact”. It’s still an incredible movie and a fascinating way to examine people’s assumptions and predictions about the future. The book 2010 was published by Arthur C Clarke in January of 1982. Some of the striking...