A few days ago, our friends from the Dell Center for Entrepreneurs kicked off their new Lunch & Learn @ 1871 series, which will be bringing in experts and industry partners to 1871 to share their knowledge on topics relevant to tech startups.
Today, we hosted Barton George, Dell’s Director of Developer Programs and Cloud Technologies, who has become known as Dell’s “Cloud Evangelist” for his expertise in the application of software development and the cloud. Barton highlighted key trends in the tech and developer community that are making “the Developer King”:
1) Ease of access to open source software – This has significantly decreased barriers to entry for developer projects through such platforms as GitHub, Bitbucket, and Kiln.
2) Technology shifts towards Cloud technologies – According to Barton, 85% of net new software in 2013 is being built for cloud delivery, which will allow business to further scale more easily moving forward.
3) Internet – The explosion of Internet as necessary for business.
4) Seed stage funding – The shift towards open source and cloud technologies lowered barriers for starting companies and allowed seed funding to go further.
As the developer becomes “king,” Barton has developed Project Sputnik, Dell’s newest laptop, the Ubuntu-based Dell XPS 13, targeted solely for developers. It was a great intrapreneurship story for the startups here at 1871.
Written by Jenna Pugrant, CEC intern
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