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Situational
Report
Where are we? A Train of Thought.
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Distributed Systems
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Enabled
Compute
Storage
Network
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Super Computers
1000’s of EC2 Instances
In Memory
SSD Backed
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S3, EBS, Glacier
Table, Queue
Object Storage
Junk Trunks
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Developers
Asynchronous Patterns
Shifted Languages
Shifted Stacks
DevOps
Leadership
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Vertical Systems
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CRUD & LOB Apps
Faster Design
Development Simplified
Simple Scaling Options
Enabled
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GSD
Create, Read, Update & Delete
Line of Business
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Development
Faster?
RAD / RUP / Agile / TLA Soup
Known Patterns
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Simplified
Vertical is Easy
Known Objects, Known Ideals
Architecture is Up & Down
KISS !!
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Polarized Scaling
Scale by Hardware...
Scale by Tuning...
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Next...
Moving into the future...
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Tooling
Docker
Vagrant
JavaScript + Node.js
PaaS
...others ??
Multi-tenancy
Programmable
Hardware
...others ??
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The Future?
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Converged?
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Yikes!??!
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What do we need?
Clarity
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How-to?
● Practices?
○ Documentation
○ Testing
● Standards?
○ Official
○ Industry
○ By use?
● New Tooling?
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Questions...
1. What do developers in the industry need to make true distributed computing advances
while drawing on the known elements of the vertical computing realm?
2. What do we need as developers and leaders to more reliably advance the industry
without setbacks.
3. What do we need as leaders to move the industry forward to the next steps, stages and
developments in converging technology?
4. Are these even valid questions?