Formula 1 PostgreSQL Yugabyte Opinion The surprising link between Formula One and enterprise PostgreSQL optimisation There’s a key reason only a few FI drivers become great, says Yugabyte EMEA Field CTO David Walker; it’s because they keep learning from their peers. And there’s nothing to stop you following their example for your data engines! David Walker March 28, 2024
CIO digital transformation CTO astronauts Opinion IT’s inspiration must be astronauts, those champions of innovation and exploration If you think the past five years you spent rebuilding your entire IT stack means you can now relax, think again, says former divisional CTO at Worldpay and IT veteran David Walker. David Walker February 08, 2024
AI Yugabyte SQL databases Opinion It’s time for enterprise SQL systems to take their turn in the AI sandbox... "The addition of pgvector for the SQL database specialist is also good news for users in sectors like financial services" says technology veteran David Walker. David Walker January 08, 2024
Cloud hybrid cloud CIO Opinion Cloud workload repatriation will only deliver results if CIOs pivot to a hybrid-first strategy Former Chief Information Officer David Walker welcomes the new wave of flexible thinking and shares some advice on how to capitalise on this latest trend David Walker November 09, 2023
Opinion Agile databases digital transformation Yugabyte For IT Project Success, Consider The Wider Competition, not Just Today’s Fixture... "One reason we have become so short-term focused is Agile and how easy it makes it to spin projects up in the cloud..." David Walker September 28, 2023
multicloud Cloud Opinion Multi-cloud regulations might be in the pipeline, but why wait? Former divisional CTO at Worldpay and now Field CTO, EMEA, Yugabyte, David Walker, has some practical thoughts on avoiding the pain of cloud lock-in... David Walker August 03, 2023
Enterprise IT Featured Read This Three Feature Slider databases NoSQL SQL Yugabyte The BMW/Mercedes honesty problem - Why are NoSQL people still trotting out myths? In this month's column for The Stack, former divisional CTO at Worldpay and IT veteran David Walker is a little frustrated with SQL myths and a lack of database category salesperson knowledge. Or is it ethics? Some things in life are complicated: tax; love; the point of Tottenham... David Walker May 03, 2023
Featured Read This Three Feature Slider Cloud databases IBM PaaS Posgres PostgreSQL vendor lock-in Yugabyte Big cloud service providers too often operating like bad old IBM "I see tech vendors using customer naiveté to reproduce 1980s and 90s style lock-in and price gouging." David Walker February 22, 2023
