What Is PaaS All About? - Part 1
This is the first part of the multi-part series on "What is PaaS all about?" Let’s start by looking at the “Platform” story prior to Cloud. Enterprise IT did a lot of heavy lifting. They handcrafted...
View ArticleSupplier Evaluation as a Service
This is the continuation of my series of articles on Industry SaaS. The term ‘Industry SaaS' can be used interchangeably with BpaaS (Business Process as a Service). However, the term ‘Industry SaaS'...
View ArticleThe Future of Cloud Computing: Industry Predictions for 2012
With 9th Cloud Expo - Cloud Expo Silicon Valley - in full swing at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California, what's being said about the future landscape of cloud computing? In this round-up we...
View ArticleCloud Computing: Labor Contract and Negotiations as a Service
This is the continuation of my series of Articles on Industry SaaS . This term ‘Industry SaaS’ can be interchangeably used with BpaaS (Business Process As A Service). However the term ‘Industry SaaS’...
View ArticleKeys to the PaaSing Game: Multi-Tenancy
Whether SaaS, IaaS or PaaS, one of the central concepts of all layers of cloud computing is multi-tenancy. If there is no shared resource in a deployment, it’s difficult to justify calling that...
View ArticleCloud Expo Takeaways: Cloud Policy and Governance is the Missing Link
With 9th Cloud Expo at Silicon Valley's Santa Clara Convention Center now finished, Cloud Computing Journal asked a variety of industry stakeholders what their Top Three takeaways were from the event,...
View ArticleWill PaaS Finally Bring Open Source Love to the Enterprise?
Open source platform as a service (PaaS) platforms are one of the most exciting topics in the software industry nowadays. Following the $212M acquisition of Heroku by Salesforce.com, we’ve seen how, in...
View ArticleDifferent Approaches to Databases in PaaS: A Round-Up
In an application deployed directly on IaaS, you know and control everything about the database; in a SaaS application you know little and control nothing. But how does it work in PaaS? Since a PaaS is...
View ArticlePaaSing Comments – Data and PaaS
I’ve been looking at the PaaS space for some time now. I spent some time with the good folks at CloudBees (naturally), and have had many conversations on CloudFoundry, Azure, and more with vendors,...
View ArticleStory of a 'Bad' Category - Gartner's iPaaS for Cloud and SaaS Integration
"Categories" are supposed to help. But sometimes they hurt. When they help, they reduce confusion. When they hurt, they cause confusion. Helpful categories is one of those "Best Practices" that is high...
View ArticleCloud Computing: Application Services and PaaS
One of the first things I learned when I started talking with clients about their plans for platform-based clouds is that there is no such thing as a ‘simple application environment.’ Even for the most...
View ArticleA Look at CumuLogic’s Java PaaS for Clouds
CumuLogic is a cloud computing company founded by Sun Microsystems’ alumni. The company has developed a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software that makes it easier and faster to develop and deploy...
View ArticleAny Language, Any Stack, Any Cloud
ActiveState, whose software enables developers and enterprises to innovate from code to cloud, today announced the general availability of Stackato 1.0. Stackato is the application platform for...
View ArticleShouldn't PaaS for Enterprises Be More than DevOps?
This is Part 2 in my series of post on the topic of PaaS (Platform as a Service) and in this post I have covered why PaaS for enterprises is more than just DevOps and a larger "technology convergence"...
View ArticleCreating a Private PaaS on Any Cloud
"We decided in January 2012 to create Appsembler," said Appsembler CEO Nate Aune as it was announced that his company has integrated ActiveState's Stackato application platform technology into its...
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Enterprise Cloud Curves Ahead: PaaS Carefully
We’re seeing a lot of changes in the IT landscape. Oracle buying its way into the Cloud, AMD wants in on the server business, Dell is no longer a PC company, and some legacy players are learning about...
View ArticleInspecting the PaaS Landscape
There has been a lot of press around the notion of Platform as a Service (PaaS). It seems like a week doesn't go by without an announcement about a PaaS platform. In this article, I will try to explore...
View ArticleVisual PaaS: If Data Is King, Then Logic Is Queen
You can't imagine any business application without a business logic/rule. Yet, business rules are the most abused term and least understood. Everybody knows the importance of it, but sadly everyone has...
View ArticleA–Z of Cloud Computing & Big Data: Cloud Expo 2012 New York
Only ten weeks to go! Time for an alphabetical summary of the many leading-edge themes & topics to be discussed at Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) - being held June 11-14, 2012, at the...
View ArticleCIO Question: What is the Right PaaS for Enterprises?
There are a number of the Cloud Application Platforms out there. And, that makes the life of CIO difficult in choosing the right PaaS for his enterprise. This post takes a logical approach to this...
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