Networks Generation

Sometimes it makes a refreshing change to get away from the plumbing that works the Internet and folks' networks, and get stuck into some application stuff instead.

After all, without apps, what's the plumbing for (other than keeping a few of us in jobs)? So, I welcomed an invite from TIBCO to attend a virtual launch of a new product, TIBCO Silver, defined as a "rapid application delivery platform which has been specifically designed for building and deploying cloud applications inside Global 2000 environments."


Well, it makes a change from Ethernet switches. First, the "venue". These virtual exhibitions crack me up  - I love the little people wandering around the halls - I even thought I recognised one or two of them. And it seems to work - apparently there were 1500 registered attendees.

You could also "wander around" and get info on all areas of the TIBCO offering. Just no scantily clad girls or beer, otherwise it's a perfect replacement for the old Networks shows at the NEC (oh, and the lack of Balti's in the evening - that is a sad loss).

So, onto the presentation. While obviously pre-recorded and therefore not exactly interactive, the content itself was genuinely interesting. Basically it delivers for me on two premises - 1: it removes the virtuality from the "Cloud" and makes real Enterprise apps available in that fluffy environment and 2: it massively reduces deployment time. 'Months to minutes' is the mantra (enough "M"s) and it's one I'm all for, following what we call the "Thingamy" path, me being a big fan of said Enterprise software start-up which offers the same short-cuts to success, as indeed does my recently blogged Sunrise Sostenuto ITSM. Looks like the ISVs are coming out of the dark ages at last and realising there is more to life than developing products that are so complex that they never actually work properly. I don't need to name names...