PaaSTalk.com: Platform as a Service blog for ISVs is retired
Welcome to PaaS Talk, my blog for strategy consultancy ISV Focus on what Platform as a Service (PaaS) means to independent software vendors (ISVs) making the move from using traditional tools and techniques to the very different approach required to build, deploy and operate Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. I’ve now retired this blog, but if you’ve any questions then please add your comment to the relevant article, or get in touch with me direct.
What’s PaaS Talk?
PaaS Talk is a blog for independent software vendors (ISVs) on Platform as a Service (PaaS). Andrew Biss wrote PaaS Talk as he learned to use the WordPress platform. Learn more.
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While “The Cloud Computing Portal” is built using Qrimp’s cloud application builder, is this portal from Qrimp or a third party?
I recently came across the Cloud Computing Portal. While the look and feel needs some work, the goal is to become a central source of information on cloud computing. The model is to get user-generated content from the community.
Unlike Wikipedia, it is not obvious at first sight who is behind this portal. The only clue is the URL cloudcomputing.qrimp.com. This tells us that the portal is being hosted by Qrimp, a cloud application builder.
See the confidence trick at the heart of cloud computing? Banking relies on a similar trick, but seems to (mostly) get away with it.
In part one of this article I introduced Phil Wainewright’s five layer PaaS model. Phil asked readers to say which layer they would prefer to use for building a SaaS application. Readers had cast 173 votes by May 15th.
In part two I looked at layer one: do-it-yourself and layer two: managed-hosting. Neither is suitable for SaaS ISVs. In part three I move up to PaaS layer three: cloud computing. Might this be more suitable for ISVs building SaaS solutions?
Cloud computing was the most popular choice of Phil’s readers. 27% said they would prefer it to develop a SaaS application. I wonder how many of them realise that cloud computing, just like banking, relies on a simple confidence trick…
