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Dr. Jim Walsh, CTO of GlobalLogic, leads GlobalLogic’s architecture, innovation and engineering excellence teams. He is a software industry veteran who has been leading commercial software development projects since 1982 at companies such as NeXT and Apple, as well as at startups and other companies in the Silicon Valley. Jim is based in GlobalLogic's San Jose, CA office.
Insanely great: Steve Jobs
I am finding the strong and world-wide reaction to the passing of Steve Jobs intensely moving. That so many people were touched by Steve and what he stood for in people’s minds speaks well for the human race. Steve was a vital and vibrant human being. He was the kind of guy who was excited to [...]
Continue reading...What is the Cloud? Part III
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
What is the Cloud? Part III Is a virtualized data center a cloud? About the author: Dr. Jim Walsh, CTO of GlobalLogic, leads GlobalLogic’s cloud architecture team. GlobalLogic has designed and is implementing cloud-based carrier-scale streaming media solutions, cutting-edge analytic systems, and IaaS and PaaS systems for a number of multi-billion dollar companies. In my previous blog post, I [...]
Continue reading...What is the Cloud? Part II
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
What is the Cloud? Part II: The Key Architectural Principles About the author: Dr. Jim Walsh, CTO of GlobalLogic, leads GlobalLogic’s cloud architecture team. GlobalLogic has designed and is implementing cloud-based carrier-scale streaming media solutions, cutting-edge analytic systems, and IaaS and PaaS systems for a number of multi-billion dollar companies. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, [...]
Continue reading...What is the Cloud? Part I
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Many offerings and initiatives seem to be labeled as “cloud” simply because the word has become trendy. Misunderstandings about what the cloud is or isn’t have the potential to dilute this new paradigm’s impact, and I think it’s a good idea to get clarity on this point.
Continue reading...Software: The last hand-made thing
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
“Collector” is probably too generous a word, but I am definitely an aficionado of handcrafted items. While true hand craftsmanship has become rare and generally prohibitively expensive in the West, I’m fortunate that I get to travel to places where hand-made items are still relatively affordable. Over the years I’ve managed to accumulate artwork, metal-craft, [...]
Continue reading...Scrum and Innovation, Part II
Monday, August 24, 2009
Series: “Scrum and the Copernican Revolution” Does the Agile / Scrum software development paradigm encourage innovation, or discourage it? We continue to explore this topic in part II of our little fantasy. As you’ll recall from part I, we are imagining that the Copernican revolution in Astronomy happened during the course of a Scrum-driven effort to [...]
Continue reading...If you haven’t suffered, you’re not using Agile
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
It used to be a common cliché that an artist could not be truly “great” unless he or she had “suffered”. I suppose this expression has fallen into disuse because there are many examples of great artists who enjoyed happy childhoods, were rewarded with early success and a reasonable degree of material prosperity, and who [...]
Continue reading...Scrum and Innovation, Part I
Friday, July 3, 2009
Series: “Scrum and the Copernican Revolution” Does the Agile / Scrum software development paradigm encourage innovation, or discourage it? Agile / Scrum is a highly disciplined approach when implemented correctly, so this is a question that could go either way. My answer: the methodology is neutral, and can be used to encourage or discourage innovation. If [...]
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
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