Insight into “Windows Azure Platform”
Microsoft Azure is the new cloud-based computing platform from Microsoft. Azure is a platform that includes web hosting, computing, messaging, and storage components. In addition to the raw components in Azure, Microsoft has additional complementary services that can be composed within an Azure solution to add even more power. These include (but are not limited [...]
Continue reading...by Mahesh Choudhari
Introduction to SaaS Architecture
In our previous blog we discussed about SaaS and how SaaS is different from Cloud Computing or ASP. In this blog we’ll discuss about SaaS architecture. There are three key differentiators that separate a well-designed SaaS application from a poorly designed one. A well-designed SaaS application is scalable, multi-tenant-efficient, and configurable. Scalable: Scaling the application means [...]
Continue reading...by Vaibhav Jain
Five Cloud Computing Patterns
I have attended a presentation by Simon Guest from Microsoft on their cloud computing architecture. Although there was no new concept or idea introduced, Simon has provided an excellent summary on the major patterns of doing cloud computing. I have to admit that I am not familiar with Azure and this is my first time [...]
Continue reading...by RickyHo
Diff (“Cloud”,” SaaS”, “ASP”) = ?
SaaS (Software as a Service) is a software application delivery model where the vendor develops as well as operates the software application to be used by its customers via the internet. SaaS delivers a single application through the browser to thousands of customers using a multitenant architecture. On the customer side, it means no upfront investment [...]
Continue reading...by Rajesh Kumar
Software: The last hand-made thing
“Collector” is probably too generous a word, but I am definitely an aficionado of handcrafted items. While true hand craftsmanship has become rare and generally prohibitively expensive in the West, I’m fortunate that I get to travel to places where hand-made items are still relatively affordable. Over the years I’ve managed to accumulate artwork, metal-craft, [...]
Continue reading...by Jim Walsh
Exploring the Cloud
In words of Larry Ellison, Oracle’s CEO - ”Computer industry is the only industry which is more fashion driven than women’s fashion”. Do little tweak here and there, valla, it sells like a new big thing in today’s buzzword-prone IT landscape. There’s a whole lot of buzz around Cloud Computing. Commentators talking about Software as a Service [...]
Continue reading...by Mahesh Choudhari
Amazon Cloud Computing Stack
Cloud computing is becoming a very hot area as it provides cost savings and time-to-market benefits to a wide spectrum of organizations. At the consumer end, small startup companies found Cloud computing can significantly reduce their initial setup cost. Large enterprises also found Cloud computing allows them to improve resource utilization and cost effectiveness, although they [...]
Continue reading...by RickyHo
The tale of two Webs
Web 2.0 vs. Web 1.0 The tale of these two Webs is best told once we understand the meaning, importance and the differences between the following key words for each of the two versions of the web: * Communities * Content * Communication *Conversations Communities: Humans are social creature and associating with a [...]
Continue reading...by Sachin Saxena
Nov 6, 2009
Comments Off
Designing SOA in a RESTful way
Based on the same architectural pattern of the web, “REST” has a growing dominance of the SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) implementation these days. In this article, we will discuss some basic design principles of REST. SOAP : The Remote Procedure Call Model Before the REST become a dominance, most of SOA architecture are built around WS* stack, [...]
Continue reading...by RickyHo
Test as a Spec
One of a frequently encountered question in enterprise software development is where does the hand off happen from the architect (who design the software) to the developer (who implements the software). Usually, the architect designs the software at a higher level of abstraction and then communicate her design to the developers, who take the idea [...]
Continue reading...by RickyHo
Dec 22, 2009
0 Comments