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A RedMonk Conversation with Derek Collison, "the Forrest Gump of Messaging"

A RedMonk Conversation with Derek Collison, "the Forrest Gump of Messaging"

The MonkCast · RedMonk

February 10, 20251h 14m

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Show Notes

In this RedMonk conversation, Derek Collison, founder and CEO of Synadia and creator of NATS.io, discusses the evolution and importance of messaging systems with Kate Holterhoff, senior analyst at RedMonk. In this wide-ranging interview, Derek shares insights from his time at TIBCO building Rendezvous, Google co-founding AJAX APIs, VMware co-founding Cloud Foundry, and now Synadia maintaining NATS. Derek not only talks about the history of the tech industry and how it has evolved since the 90s, but also his current views on AI, streaming, open source foundations, edge computing, distributed systems, and the rise of enterprise application integration (EAI).