From the monthly archives:

May 2008

Revealed: The confidence trick at the heart of cloud computing

May 20, 2008
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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. In part one of this article I introduced Phil Wainewright’s five layer PaaS model. [...]

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Profitable SaaS: Don’t migrate on-premise apps to managed-hosting

May 15, 2008
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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. In part one of this article I introduced Phil Wainewright’s five layer PaaS model. Phil asked readers to say which layer [...]

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Can’t tell PaaS vendors apart? Use this 5-layer model to classify them

May 8, 2008
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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. As an ISV moving to PaaS, you need to [...]

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Cloud computing, SaaS and PaaS: Understanding the market

May 5, 2008
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Before I look at the main PaaS providers, let’s quickly review the broad market for cloud computing, SaaS and PaaS. Peter Laird, formerly from BEA Systems has usefully published a market map that, while not claiming to be comprehensive, is a good place to start. Peter splits the market into four main areas:

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