Technology Thoughts

Presentation was a part of FIT CVUT / MI-AIT (Případové studie aplikace a řízení IT). We compare the traditional organization model of separate teams for engineering, QA and operations to the DevOps model using autonomous cross-functional teams. The presentation uses GoodData as a case study. GoodData: The DevOps Story @ FIT CVUT October 16 2013 from Jaroslav Gergic

Cloud computing is accelerating the pace of migration from on-premise behind-the-firewall software deployment to Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription based delivery model. While accelerated innovation cycle and reduced time to value enabled by the above paradigm shift are well recognized due to their direct business impact, it is often overlooked how the new delivery model is affecting software engineering itself in terms of tools, processes as well as of its theoretical arsenal needed to develop cloud applications. Updated GoodData platform statistics as of Q2 2013! Software Engineering in the Age of SaaS and Cloud Computing - SERA 2013 - MFF UK - August 2013 from Jaroslav Gergic

Napad roku is a competition for young entrepreneurs in Czech Republic. I was asked to present GoodData as a 15 min case study of a successful global startup with Czech founder and R&D in Czech Republic. GoodData case study at "Nápad roku 2013" - "Jak vybudovat úspěšný globální startup" - May 2 2013 from Jaroslav Gergic

Presentation held as a part of eClub @ Czech Technical University in Prague. eClub CVUT - How to organize work in a small startup? - Prague - April 11 2013 from Jaroslav Gergic

A presentation about what it takes to deliver a SaaS product as opposed to the traditional software engineering. Delivered to the students of computer science at Charles University, Prague on March 6 2013 as part of the Commercial Workshop series. SaaS - Software as a Service - Charles University - Prague - March 2013 from Jaroslav Gergic

On Tuesday April 12, coincidentally on the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight, GoodData have launched Release 50 featuring GoodData Sales Analytics for Salesforce . I took this special opportunity to look back and recap the journey from the " R1 " as we call it internally to the latest " R50 ". Continue reading GoodData turned 50 in just 32 months! on our developer blog .

Late March 2011 Motorola has finally begun to roll out Froyo for Milestone in Europe. Yesterday, it's been a week since I upgraded my Milestone from Eclair to Froyo , so here comes a list of first impressions: The Good Stuff (Pros) Move to SD is great stuff, I have been fighting with insufficient space on internal drive for most of the last six months. New breed of Google Apps including Gmail with Priority Inbox and Calendar with enhanced sync for multiple Google accounts represents a big productivity boost for me. Overall, many apps with Froyo-only features such as push-sync in RememberTheMilk or SHOUTcast radio support in WinAmp make the phone much more up-to-date. The switching back and forth between Flight Mode and normal mode is reliable in Froyo (this has been huge annoyance in Eclair ) I have not experienced a single spontaneous restart during the past week. The Flash support in the Browser also comes handy - no more websites with the annoying blue missing plu...