Seattle
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A Warning to Seattle: Don’t Become the Next Cleveland
This post was originally published on GeekWire on February 10, 2026 Consider a successful mid-sized American city. One with decades of population growth. Median household incomes on par with or exceeding New York City. A bustling port in a prime location. Bold civic architecture. A vibrant arts and cultural scene. And home to some of…
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The Cloud is Not Flat
I am late to updating the geographic view of Gartner’s Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Magic Quadrant. Here is the update for 2017 (see 2016, 2015): Commentary: 1\ The Seattle region (aka the Leaders quadrant) is unchanged. This supermassive region may turn into a black hole, warp the space-time continuum, and consume most of the…
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Tweetstorm Digest: May 19, 2015
Lest you missed a bit of a @charlesfitz victory lap for Cloud City (Seattle) on Twitter: 1/ A geographic look at the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud is revealing: 2/ The Leader quadrant for cloud computing shall henceforth be known as the Seattle quadrant. 3/ Seattle has also annexed the best real estate in the…