Published in Academic Papers, Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
A copy of my paper published in the open-access Journal of Cloud Computing.
Published in Writing.
In researching and reading academic papers, even those published this year, I have encountered a major problem: dead references. What can we do about it?
Published in Academic Papers, Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
The scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, has published a paper I’ve written about how moving to the cloud can result in greenhouse gas emissions being hidden.
Published in Privacy, Product Engineering.
The world has moved to a rental model – access is cheaper and content available on demand. But what happens to your data when you get locked out, stop paying or the service goes down? Better to keep a copy and work locally.
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Data Center Water, Environment.
US data centers are expected to use 660 billion litres of water in 2020. In 2018, Google consumed 15.79bn litres and Microsoft 3.61bn litres, primarily for their data centers. What is this used for and how does it impact the environment?
Published in Hardware, Product Engineering.
Examining the design tradeoffs of the kickstand on the Surface Pro tablets vs the Macbook Air and iPad.
Published in Startups.
Pure prosumer software might be new but the fundamentals haven’t changed. Products cannot be successful without a deliberate commercial go-to-market approach.
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
We want to encourage more efficient use of cloud resources but designing incentives is hard. That changes with serverless and edge compute. Now energy usage is linked to price.
Published in Product Engineering, Startups.
E-mail is seeing a wave of innovation. You might think that e-mail is “done” but opinionated software can appeal to niches of hundreds of thousands of customers. This is how startups can compete today.
Published in Cloud, Data Center Energy, Environment.
The first example of carbon aware compute is uniquely suited to hyperscale cloud environments. It becomes even more interesting with carbon aware load balancing and serverless.
