Revealed: The confidence trick at the heart of cloud computing
Do ISVs looking at PaaS know the confidence trick at the heart of cloud computing? Banking relies on a similar confidence trick. We ignore it, however, as banking is so useful. Cloud computing is equally important to ISVs building SaaS solutions. …continue reading “Revealed: The confidence trick at the heart of cloud computing”
Want to make money with SaaS? Then don’t migrate your on-premise application to managed-hosting
Managed hosting seems a good way to migrate on-premise applications to SaaS. Looking closer, however, the chances of making any money that way are slim to non-existent. Oh, and forget about do-it-yourself for PaaS. …continue reading “Want to make money with SaaS? Then don’t migrate your on-premise application to managed-hosting”
If you can’t tell PaaS vendors apart, use this five-layer model to classify them
Knowing the best cake to pick is difficult when they all look the same. If you look more carefully you spot the differences. ISVs moving to SaaS have difficulty telling apart the different PaaS approaches. Phil Wainewright’s five-layer market model helps classify the many PaaS vendors. …continue reading “If you can't tell PaaS vendors apart, use this five-layer model to classify them”
Cloud computing, SaaS and PaaS: Understanding the market
Before I look at the main PaaS providers, let’s quickly review the broad market for cloud computing, SaaS and PaaS. Peter Laird from BEA Systems has usefully published a market map that, while not claiming to be comprehensive, is a good place to start. …continue reading “Cloud computing, SaaS and PaaS: Understanding the market”
