by Ron Miller

Group Aims to Build Shadow Internet

Image by mattiasostmar via Flickr

If the US government passes SOPA, could a P2P network bypass conventional Internet technology and the censors in the process?

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Change is Inevitable. Are Your Monitoring Tools Ready?

Image by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr

Change is an inevitable aspect of any system, and IT Ops is no different. The trick is having tools in place to deal with changes that upset the system.

Read my full post on the Real User Monitoring blog.

EU Eyes Mobile Patent Wars

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The EU is looking into the practice of using patents to stifle competition and all I can say is that it's about time.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Sure you can virtualize apps, but can you monitor them?

As we move to virtualized environments, monitoring presents a challenge to IT Ops pros, who must find ways to track a shifting instead of a fixed environment.

Read my full commentary on the Real User Monitoring blog.

Could Apple's Mobile Dominance Have Peaked?

Image by Patrick Nouhailler via Flickr

It was a rare tough quarter for Apple. Even though it still made lots of money, it sold fewer iPhones than expected and dealt with the death of Steve Jobs. While it could be a blip, it could also be that after a decade of dominance, it's just time to pass the baton to a new brand.

Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.

HP Tablet Number 2 with a Bullet (to the head)

HP got the dubious honor or being the number two tablet seller in the US for the first three quarters this year. Unfortunately it achieved this by dumping their product for pennies on the dollar.

Read my full commentary on the TechTarget View from Above blog.

Monitoring in a Cloud World

As companies make the transition to the cloud, it's not always easy to map your monitoring software to cloud applications and cloud vendors are only beginning to address the problem.

Read my full commentary on the Real User Monitoring blog.

HTML5 Could Mute Apps-Browser Argument

In the past when I've suggested that the apps versus browser argument is a non-starter I've been slammed with angry comments from people with both viewpoints, but perhaps we can really put an end to the discussion if we can use HTML5 technologies in most instances, regardless of the final container.

Read my full commentary on the Ness SPL Blog.

Photo by Jemimus on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License.

So Many Androids, So Little Income

Developers face a conundrum when it comes to mobile development. Do they chase the large and ever-growing Android market with its open development platform, or do they follow the money to Apple and its closed development environment?

Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.

Photo by Jemimus on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons License.

Amazon Releases EC2 Monitoring APIs

Last week, Amazon announced new APIs that enable monitoring tool vendors and enterprise customers to integrate some basic EC2 monitoring status updates directly into monitoring software. It's not ideal by any means, but it's a start.

Read my full post on the Real User Monitoring blog.

Photo of web monitoring tool courtesy of Amazon.