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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...Amazon Cloud Computing Stack
13. November 2009, by RickyHo
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...Beyond the hype – can some real work using Cloud Computing start now?
14. October 2009, by Manish Rathi
Few months back in the month of June, I had wailed against the increasing marketing hype and the resulting over-expectations set on Cloud Computing which IMO is a powerful concept but yet is still at its nascent stage. (read my blog post titled “Cloud Computing – Is this the case study for Marketing gone out [...]
Continue reading...Going to the Cloud the Agile Way — Q & A
23. July 2009, by Sachin Saxena
Cloud computing is dramatically changing the way applications will be developed, delivered and deployed by everyone from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses and start-ups. Users will need to understand the various Cloud options and providers available to them. So it is time to jump in with pilots and in most cases you have already tried [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Azure vs. Google Apps vs. Amazon – Your choice?
14. July 2009, by Vikas Khandpur
It’s been quite some time, Microsoft have joined the Cloud computing space with the advent of Microsoft Azure platform. The other players already fighting battle in this scenario are Amazon and Google. It would be an interesting task to compare the three major offerings existing today in the cloud compute market space. But, first of all [...]
Continue reading...When is SaaS a preferred delivery model?
4. March 2009, by Sachin Saxena
Over the last few years we have seen a shift in software industry. Traditional software companies offering on-premise/ packaged software are now competing with alternatives that are SaaS based business and delivery models. (GoogleApps vs. Microsoft, Monster vs. Corporate internet, Salesforce.com vs. Siebel), Netsuite vs. SAP, WebEx vs. ….) Like any new technologies, the question is [...]
Continue reading...Werner Vogels Is Informationweek CTO Of The Year
22. December 2008, by Stowe Boyd
Werner Vogels is the highly visible and peripatetic CTO of Amazon, who has become the poster child of cloud computing, and has been acknowledged by IW as the CTO of the year. Vogels writes on his blog — All Things Distributed — frequently, and recently summed up the value proposition for Amazon Web Services in our [...]
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26. November 2009, by RickyHo
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