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The Cloud is Going to Change Your Life
Nobody understands the ultimate impact that the Cloud will have on human beings. Not me, not anyone at AWS or Google, no one. What we — the Cloud converts — do know is that it will be big — really, really big. Woodworking…
Joaquin Lippincott
October 28th, 2020
What's an ISV?
In the world of AWS acronyms abound. The term ISV gets thrown around a lot but it's relatively easy to unpack. First, ISV stands for Independent Software Vendor. What this means is a company who product or service is…
Joaquin Lippincott
October 22nd, 2020
But what is Phase 2??
I've been spending more time talking to clients about data engineering. As I was discussing the creation of a data lake the question came up, 'how do I utilize this data in a way that will drive ROI for my business unit?'...…
Jonathan Mills
October 15th, 2020
The Future of College is Virtually Unknown
Last month my family and I received an email we had been dreading. The subject line seemed fairly innocuous Fall 2020 Updated Housing Options, but it delivered the message that our 18-year-old daughter would not be spending…
Joaquin Lippincott
October 13th, 2020
Data Lakes in Hollywood
Most people don't know that my experience in Hollywood goes back almost 20 years. My first real job was working at HOME BOX OFFICE (HBO) in the mid-2000's. And in my current role as Director of Accounts at Metal Toad I am…
Jonathan Mills
October 10th, 2020
Media Content Distribution + Cloud
Executive Interview with Fredrik Andersson, Founder and SVP of Products of Accedo While in-person events have been curtailed by COVID-19, innovation continues to advance in both tech and media and entertainment. I’ve been…
Joaquin Lippincott
October 9th, 2020
Facial Recognition is really “Anything Recognition
Last week, Forbes quoted me in their article 12 Things You Need To Know About Facial Recognition Technology. I am a member of the Forbes Technology Council, and they regularly check in with us to get our take on what's…
Joaquin Lippincott
October 7th, 2020
Metal Toad Brazil
As we round the bend into Fall (which officially starts September 22), we are reminded of the changing season by things that are familiar to us: getting kids back to school, a welcome cooling of the air, the changing of the…
Joaquin Lippincott
September 18th, 2020
🔥 Fire & Flood
The morning sun from my home in Los Angeles is blood red as it shines through the smoke. Alongside everything else that has happened in this year of 2020 — COVID19, political unrest — large areas of the Western United States…
Joaquin Lippincott
September 16th, 2020
Why Core Values Transform a Tech Company
We’re all familiar with the basic corporate American experience. You clock into work, perform your required tasks, and leave at the end of the day. Maybe you talk to a few coworkers throughout the day, but it’s certainly not…
Irina Goldman
September 15th, 2020
1999 Called: They Want Your Website Back
A quick primer for the non-technical readers: A Content Management System (CMS) is the technology used to make a website that marketing people can edit easily, without knowing how to code. How Websites Get Built Longer-…
Joaquin Lippincott
September 3rd, 2020
The Impact of the Cloud on Universities
An Executive Interview with Chris Manriquez, Vice President for Information Technology/CIO at California State University, Dominguez Hills I’ve been chatting (virtually) with some of the execs I admire—from across a range…
Joaquin Lippincott
September 1st, 2020