Tag Archives: cloud-computing

Cloud computing portal: central resource for user-generated content?

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Andrew Biss

The Cloud Computing Portal wants to be the focus of user-generated content on cloud computing. While built using the Qrimp cloud application builder, it is not clear if the portal is from Qrimp or a third party. Continue reading →

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Revealed: The confidence trick at the heart of cloud computing

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Andrew Biss

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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Andrew Biss

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 … Continue reading →

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Cloud computing, SaaS and PaaS: Understanding the market

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Andrew Biss

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 … Continue reading →

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Is jetting to Cuba this summer a bad idea for European SaaS ISVs?

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Andrew Biss

Because PaaS applications and data are “in the cloud” it should not matter where they are. In the real world of laws, borders and trade disputes, however, location still matters. A recent example shows what can go wrong when European … Continue reading →

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