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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cf-beat-draws-crowd-examines-the-state-of-cloud-foundry\/#Challenges_and_opportunities\" >Challenges and opportunities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloud_Foundry_and_Internet_of_Things\"><\/span>Cloud Foundry and Internet of Things<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cDo you care about the platform at the other end of what you\u2019re doing with the IoT at the edges of the cloud?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thus responded <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scottjenson\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Scott Jenson\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script>, leader of the Physical Web project, in response to my question during a lively lightning panel session at the CF Beat end-of-year mini-conference and party, held at HPE\u2019s headquarters in Palo Alto.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which drew more than 100 developers and architects who work with Cloud Foundry, also featured several round tables, a presentation by <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/skmonson\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Scott Monson\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> of the CF Foundation, and several other insightful talks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-audience.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-audience.jpg\" alt=\"cf-beat-2015-audience\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11875\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott Jenson outlined the current activities of the Physical Web during a panel entitled, \u201cIs Cloud Foundry the Ultimate IoT Machine?\u201d His opinion is that much talk of the IoT is too vague, and he compared the IoT to electricity in this context.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined the current state of his project, which is part of the Google Chrome, as sort of like QR codes with physical addresses. The range of services it could entail run the gamut from cat collars that let you find the owners to buses that tell you the next stop to stores of any size that offer you an online experience the instant you walk into them.<\/p>\n<p>Panelist <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/merling\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Laura Merling\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> of Momenta Partners agreed that specificity is critical in IoT conversations, and gave an insightful overview of the several security issues that will characterize IoT deployments end-to-end.<\/p>\n<p>Altoros&#8217;s CEO <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/renatco\/\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Renat Khasanshyn\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> was also on this panel, and stressed the need for valid use cases across a range of industries to substantiate the validity of Cloud Foundry within the growing phenomenon of the IoT worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Year_in_review\"><\/span>Year in review<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Scott Monson\u2019s year-end review was another highlight of the evening. He reviewed a number of highlights that were also covered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-beat-goes-on-with-cloud-foundry\/\" target=\"_blank\">a recent CF Live story<\/a>, including the growth of CFF membership by 83%, the presence of meetups in more than 100 countries worldwide, and more than 34,000 participants in those meetups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scott-monson-cloud-foundry-foundation.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/scott-monson-cloud-foundry-foundation.jpg\" alt=\"scott-monson-cloud-foundry-foundation\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11867\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scott said that 2016 would be \u201can epic year\u201d and noted that Cloud Foundry \u201cis the industry standard for cloud applications today (and) we offer no vendor lock-in.\u201d He also said the CFF is building support for specific vertical clusters for the Industrial IoT, Financial Services, and Service Providers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-scott-monson-overview.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-scott-monson-overview.jpg\" alt=\"cf-beat-2015-scott-monson-overview\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11876\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renat Khasanshyn also provided a year-end review, detailing the growth of buildpacks and number of contributors to other information about Cloud Foundry\u2019s growth over the past year. He cheekily echoed the famous JFK quote in challenging the audience to \u201cask not what Cloud Foundry can do for you, but ask what you can do for Cloud Foundry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/renat-khasanshyn-altoros-cf-beat-2015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/renat-khasanshyn-altoros-cf-beat-2015.jpg\" alt=\"renat-khasanshyn-altoros-cf-beat-2015\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11870\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renat also offered his opinion that Abacus is his favorite current project in the Cloud Foundry incubator, and said he\u2019d like to see an increased diversity of projects in incubation in 2016, polygot workload support in UDP, and for it to become increasingly easier for developers to get started with Cloud Foundry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-cloud-foundry-talent-renat-khasanshyn-altoros.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-cloud-foundry-talent-renat-khasanshyn-altoros.jpg\" alt=\"cf-beat-2015-cloud-foundry-talent-renat-khasanshyn-altoros\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11878\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inside_view\"><\/span>Inside view<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/peter-leong-198b86\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Peter Leong\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/bny-mellon-nexen-drives-digital-transformation-with-cloud-foundry\/\">BNY Mellon<\/a> offered a generous inside look of Cloud Foundry from the customer\u2019s point of view. BNY Mellon is a CFF member as well as a well-established Cloud Foundry customer. Peter, in a brief \u201cfireside chat\u201d with Renat, stressed the importance of getting organizational buy-in from other groups within the enterprise, and said it\u2019s also critical to know precisely how the platform fits into the overall enterprise infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud Foundry \u201cis a way for startups to integrate their products and reach customers,\u201d he said, noting that BNY Mellon\u2019s goal is to develop external API capabilities. Web apps, microservices, and data-scientist workloads are all part of this picture, with traceability of all changes to the system.<\/p>\n<!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnwetherill\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"John Wetherill\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script>, who recently joined BNY Mellon from the ActiveState (then HPE) Stackato team, echoed a number of Peter\u2019s comments and also critically noted that the firm\u2019s \u201ccommitment to platform and microservices is coming from the top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/John-Wetherill-bny-mellon-activestate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/John-Wetherill-bny-mellon-activestate.jpg\" alt=\"John-Wetherill-bny-mellon-activestate\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11868\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the results achieved by BNY Mellon with Cloud Foundry:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-bny-mellon-results.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-bny-mellon-results.jpg\" alt=\"cf-beat-2015-bny-mellon-results\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11879\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Challenges_and_opportunities\"><\/span>Challenges and opportunities<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rpl111\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Roger Levy\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> from MariaDB stressed the importance of educating developers during a lightning panel that focused on challenges and opportunities to Cloud Foundry adoption. He said he had seen developers \u201cput bumpers on things\u201d as part of their resistance to the new platform and way of doing things, and said the challenge is \u201cto show examples of what can be achieved with the platform.\u201d In this context, he mentioned \u201cwhiskey as a service,\u201d a topic that the audience seemed to agree merited further discussion after-hours.<\/p>\n<!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rubinalex\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Alex Rubin\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> from the IBM Bluemix team was also on this panel, and stressed \u201chow folks can do things quickly and efficiently. Developers don\u2019t want to submit 120 tickets and wait for six months. They want to innovate now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-panel-mariadb-ibm-adobe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cf-beat-2015-panel-mariadb-ibm-adobe.jpg\" alt=\"cf-beat-2015-panel-mariadb-ibm-adobe\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11873\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A third panel attendee, <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sxgarg\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Sachin Garg\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> from Adobe, outlined the company\u2019s commitment to Cloud Foundry, and stressed that the journey needs to be taken in steps and bites. He noted that \u201cdevelopers like to be in control,\u201d and that with Cloud Foundry they can often feel as if this is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>For example, \u201cstart with a PoC, prove that it works, then move to production,\u201d he said. His comment was affirmed by Roger Levy, who said that achieving small successes along the way provides the path to overall, transformational success.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the formal start of the program, <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dnielsen\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Dave Nielsen\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> of Redis Labs led a group of round tables in his coolly inimitable way, and OpenStack proponent <!-- Linkedin Profile Badge: http:\/\/3doordigital.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/linkedin-profile-badge\/ -->\r\n<script type=\"IN\/MemberProfile\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lnamphy\" data-format=\"hover\"  data-text=\"Lisa-Marie Namphy\" data-related=\"false\"><\/script> from HPE gave a stirring welcome to the crowd while emphasizing her interest in seeing continued cooperation and collaboration among members 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