About the Authors

Dr. Jörg Domaschka

  • holds a doctorate in computer science
  • has been conducting research for over 15 years on distributed systems, resilience and optimization
  • has seen a lot of IT trends, things come and go
  • looks very critically at many hypes and often questions them cynically
  • loves to get to the bottom of things – especially when they promise linear scaling

Dr. Daniel Seybold

  • holds a doctorate in computer science
  • has been conducting research for over 10 years on databases, performance measurements and chaos testing
  • has analyzed over 200 databases and DBaaS products
  • has already given over 50 presentations at conferences (Data2Days, Percona Live, CMG, ….)
  • loves to tune and measure database systems – always wondering how the marketing claims were generated

Jan Ocker

  • studied physics and economy
  • worked for over 10 years in IT as product lead, data analyst and project manager
  • knows a lot of IT guys – still trying to understand how they tick
  • is deep into cloud costs and database pricing models
  • loves to write about tech – not without pointing out some of the industries imperfections

Guests

  • integrating guest writers from our network and new contacts
  • just contact us under newsletter@benchant.com