Markus Klems

Markus Klems' Blog 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 busine... (more)

Marcus Klems' Blog Is a machine-centric Cloud Computing environment more suitable for delivering single-tenant instances? Steve Bobrowski wrote an interesting whitepaper about the Force.com Multitenant Architecture. He describes multitenancy as a design approach to improve the m... (more)

Marcus Klems' Blog 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 marke... (more)

Markus Klems' Blog 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... (more)

Markus Klems' Blog 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. Three different cloud computing levels Infrastructure The heart of the cloud is what some people call I... (more)