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The Value Proposition of Cloud Computing

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:57:09 EST

What are the benefits from using Cloud Computing services or platforms? Cost efficiency, shorter innovation cycles and scalability are frequently mentioned promises. However, the value proposition of Cloud Computing obviously depends on the corresponding business scenario. You cannot properly value the benefits from using Cloud Computing services unless you know and understand the relevant parameters of your project.

Cloud Computing & Force.com: Multitenancy vs Single Tenancy

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:25:00 EST

Steve Bobrowski wrote an interesting whitepaper about the Force.com Multitenant Architecture. He describes multitenancy as a design approache to improve the manageability of SaaS applications and metadata-driven architecture as the choice to implement multitenancy.

Merrill Lynch Estimates "Cloud Computing" To Be $100 Billion Market

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:51:00 EDT

What do the following companies all have in common: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, EMC, VMware, IBM, Sun, Dell, Akamai, SalesForce.com, NetSuite, and Activision. Answer: Cloud Computing. Merrill Lynch analysts reckon that by 2011 the volume of cloud computing market opportunity will amount to $160BN, including $95BN in business and productivity apps (e-mail, office, CRM, etc.) and $65BN in online advertising.

Cloud Computing is a Developer-Facing Business

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:10:00 EDT

Cloud Computing is not so much about SaaS (people already use Webmail, Google Docs, Salesforce, etc.). It is about virtualized hardware resources provided for developers as services on a pay-per-use basis. I do not understand how people can seriously argue they won’t go into the Cloud. They are already there.

The Cloud Computing Ecosphere: Main Companies and Applications Classified

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:00:00 EDT

In an attempt to better understand the nature of cloud computing I tried to draw a classification of some companies and applications that spawn in the cloud. The heart of the cloud is what some people call Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The next layer is Platform as a Service (PaaS). The outer layer of my onion is formed by all the applications and services that are built on top of either IaaS or PaaS.