Archive for February, 2009

Standardizing Cloud Computing

Thursday, February 26, 2009 23:22 1 Comment

The tech media’s reaction to Coghead’s folding has bubbled up the perception that suddenly we cloud computing and platform-as-a-service vendors need to look at standardization, because businesses need to be able to move their “stuff” over from one vendor to another. While this is certainly an understandable desire, especially for those left in a lurch [...]

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Coghead’s PaaSing

Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:13 5 Comments

It was revealed last night by TechCrunch that one of our platform-as-a-service competitors ran out of funding and is closing its doors. While on one hand it is heartening to see someone in your space, who has done a commendable job helping to bring attention to the space, take such an unfortunate turn, it has [...]

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SaaS – Acceptance is the Last Stage of Grief

Friday, February 6, 2009 10:09 No Comments

When something long standing and codependent dies, like traditional computing, SaaS and cloud computing are going to be our best friends at the wake. SaaS solutions have been around for going on 10 years now and the time is right to see broader and deeper adoption of this approach to application development and utilization. Lower risk [...]

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