JP Morgenthal

In recent discussions with IT leaders from both federal and Department of Defense sides of US government, representatives stated that they are having a heck of a time accommodating expansive growth in mobile computing. This is critical given that today, in most cases, agencies and departments still have control over which mobile devices can be used. In the future, these executives realize that the changing demographics of contractors and employees means they will not only need to support continually growing traffic, multiple presentations and increased asset management, but will also have to deal with a wide spectrum of mobile devices due to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). This idea that these executives will one day soon have to loosen their grip over endpoints is a major concern. Contrary to belief it is not about power and supremacy over their domain.  Most users ... (more)

Start Building Your Next-Generation IT Department Now

David Johnson’s Blog piece really got my goat. In this piece, “Meet Jamie - A HERO With The Power To Force Change,” Johnson paints a sales representative that has rejected his IT department’s choices for device support in favor of an unsanctioned Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) strategy as a hero. Frankly, I believe Johnson does a major disservice to the IT industry with this piece, once again painting them as inept and unable to keep pace with the speed of business. As someone who has consistently been advocating for pushing the envelope within IT, my goal has been to help busines... (more)

Thar Be Danger in That PaaS

There's a lot of momentum behind moving to Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for delivery of applications on the cloud, but is there enough maturity in PaaS to deploy a mission-critical application? Here's a story regarding one loyalty program provider that offers his customers SaaS solutions. This SaaS provider deployed his platform on a PaaS that offered SQL Server and ASP.NET services. The SaaS has been operating perfectly for months handling the needs of his clientele, but unexplainably stopped working midday on a Saturday—a busy retail time period. While the PaaS provider suppos... (more)

To Win the Cloud Computing War - Become the Platform

Steve Yegge, a Google engineer, recently posted a long rant on Google+ about how Amazon does everything wrong and Google does everything right. Probably the most traffic generated for Google+ since they launched, which is why he most likely still has a job. While it was painfully excruciating to get through, I wanted to make sure I read the entire entry because the focus wasn’t really on Google at all, but on a transformative idea of Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. As Steve points out at some point Bezos got “it” and he realized the power and the value in his company wasn... (more)

Cloud and Tablets Favor the Content Publisher . . .

I recently added a Vizio tablet to my list of technological acquisitions. It’s a relatively good Android-based tablet that is very reasonably priced compared to equivalent functional models. However, I realized today a pattern emerging regarding my usage of the device--I’m more willing to pay for content when using my tablet than I was on when using my PC. The primary reason for the tablet investment was to gain a hands-on experience with what the future is shaping up to look like. I would not be the first to state that tablets are consumption devices, but what I haven’t seen cl... (more)