Blueprint Technologies

Blueprint Technologies | August 05, 2020

At Blueprint, one of our key Practice Areas is helping clients establish their Modern Data Estate. However, many are not familiar with the term nor do they understand the benefits of having a modernized data pipeline. We interviewed our Solution Architect, Jeba Selvaraj, to help answer some of the most asked questions. The world is changing. Previously, companies built platforms architecturally and it took years and years to build something that allowed for advanced consumption and analysis of d...

Blueprint Technologies | July 30, 2020

You’ve surely experienced some, if not all, of the stages of the Gartner Hype Cycle when trying to find the Next Big Thing in your organization. The Hype Cycle is a widely used image meant to demonstrate the general lifecycle of a new technology as it goes from extremely promising brainchild to tried-and-true, thoroughly adopted tool.When any revolutionary and potentially world-changing technology hits the public consciousness, “hype” surrounding potential applications sk...

ZDnet | January 14, 2020

A group of tech companies and organisations have come forth with support for Google in its legal stoush against Oracle, a case that could determine the outlook of software development's future. The Google-Oracle legal battle dates back over a decade, with the core issue being whether copyright laws bar the commonplace practice of software reimplementation -- the "process of writing new software to perform certain functions of a legacy product". It was also...

CNN International | January 14, 2020

Amazon will ask a federal court to temporarily block Microsoft (MSFT) from working on a $10 billion cloud computing contract for the military, according to a court filing Monday. Microsoft is scheduled to begin its work on the contract on Feb. 11. But Amazon's cloud computing division will seek a preliminary injunction to "prevent the issuance of substantive task orders under the contract," the filing said. Amazon's request will be submitted by Jan. 24. The request is part of A...