Jason Perlow

Senior Contributing Writer

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Jason Perlow is a technologist with over two decades of experience integrating large heterogeneous multi-vendor computing environments in Fortune 500 companies. His expressed views do not necessarily represent those of his employer, The Lin…ux Foundation.

Jason Perlow's full-time employer is The Linux Foundation, a 501(c)3 not for profit organization. He writes as a freelancer for ZDNET. The postings and opinions on this blog are his own and don't necessarily represent the positions, strategies, or opinions of the Linux Foundation.

Latest from Jason Perlow

Without Dennis Ritchie, there would be no Jobs

Modern computing as we know it would not have existed without Dennis Ritchie. Remembering the Father of C and UNIX on what would have been his 80th birthday.

September 9, 2022 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

How Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the IT industry

What the conflict in Eastern Europe will mean for relationships with software companies, developers, and outsourced tech talent connected with Russia.

February 25, 2022 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

Book bans: How Amazon, Google, and Apple can fight back with a Freedom Archive

Because you can't burn a digital book.

February 3, 2022 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

Going Google-free: Neeva gives search result control and context back to the user

With your existing search engine, how do you know you are really getting the results you want?

November 8, 2021 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

Why I will never use Zuckerberg's metaverse

It sounds like a nightmare from Black Mirror or a bad Netflix or Amazon Prime movie.

November 4, 2021 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

Dear Apple: Why can't iCloud's backup and restore be more like, well, Google's?

My Dad just wanted to set up his new iPhone 13 Pro. Several dropped connections, device freezes, and reboots later -- I've never seen the old man so angry.

October 28, 2021 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

WWDC 2021: A week of reckoning for Apple’s cloud services rivals

Apple intends to replace every leading third-party consumer cloud app with its own platform equivalents. Sharing and privacy are everything.

June 11, 2021 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

AAUGH! We ditched cable for streaming and, like Charlie Brown, we all got a rock

I've developed a new philosophy with content streaming. I only dread one day at a time!

October 27, 2020 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

Hello, Azurebook: Why Microsoft's Windows future is Intel-free and cloudy

When it comes to Windows and the PC, all roads lead to Azure, not Arm.

July 6, 2020 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

Our post-coronavirus future: 7 ways the tech and services industry could be transformed

Will the pandemic blow away every tech business assumption we've ever held, from 5G and bandwidth to legacy tech and the cloud? Here's one thing I expect: The rise of the phablet.

March 23, 2020 by Jason Perlow in Cloud

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