I have no idea why it surprises everyone. Every time some technology goes through the "hype cycle", or the sector as a whole goes through a "we're not in a bubble" bubble, inevitably, when the hype dies down or the bubble bursts, people suddenly "discover" business fundamentals. Often, it is not the people discussing it who discover it. Rather, they are the ones reminding everyone that the fundamentals count.

Late last night, Hunter Walk, of HomeBrew Seed Stage VC, tweeted out the following: This shouldn't be too surprising; people and businesses buy the machine once, but the K-Cup refills are bought over and over again. This is why Keurig has been so intent on keeping machine users buying their coffee, by any means necessary. A year ago, I wrote how I found a mention in their annual report about digital rights management (DRM) to force Keurig machines to accept only "

How you do deployment is very important, and the technologies you use can have a direct and immediate impact on your bottom line. It also can make your employees happier, which leads to better productivity and lower turnover. But how does deployment technology directly affect your bottom line? Let's look at one. Docker is a "hot new" technology for software deployment. If you are running a cloud or IT business, you might be wondering, "

Having looked at the definition (and misapplication) of cloud, its key characteristics, and the various categories of cloud services, or fill-in-the-blank-as-a-service (*aaS), we now turn our attention to the important difference between true cloud services and hosting services that are marketed as cloud. This is crucially important to vendors and customers! While it may seem, at first glance, as nitpicking, these are very important differences. They will impact a vendor's short-term and long-term profitability, viability and responsiveness, and a customer's ability to rely on a vendor.

In the previous article, we discussed what the (terribly overhyped) word "cloud" means. Before we start to delve into the difference between "true cloud" and "we just call it cloud", let's look at the different major categories of "cloud" services available. As we discussed previously, cloud services replace: Expertise with consumption Capex with opex Fixed costs with metered prices Unsurprisingly, you can use that model with any technology you consume.