I’ve written in the past that change is something to embrace, not fear. Reaction to change is a particularly interesting thing to consider with cloud computing because it has the potential to disrupt the status quo and modify business models in countless industries from software, entertainment, energy (smart grid), and many more. Read the rest of this entry »

When we run across something interesting to read about cloud computing, something that we think will stand the test of time, we typically just update CloudLinks. But every so often, we find gems that are worth announcing in our blog. Found one today!

Rick Cattell recently published a nice summary of scalable datastores. If database scalability is the bottleneck in your cloud app, Rick’s summary will no doubt help you understand what solutions are currently available and emerging. Nice job Rick!

Cloud computing is all the rage (and hype). In the past few weeks, many of our readers have sent us feedback asking for some basic information about cloud computing for newbies. We aim to please. So this post familiarizes you with some basic terms and concepts surrounding cloud computing, including cloud models such as public, private, and hybrid clouds, as well as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
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I recently contributed to a short article over at CIO titled 5 Things You Need to Know about Platform as a Service. The article quotes yours truly as stating that scalability is not guaranteed when you move to the cloud. The article quotes me as saying “That’s one of the great myths—that as soon as you go to the cloud, you scale.” Because all of my thoughts were not included in this article, I’ll expand on them here. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the first post in the series “All About Multi-Tenancy.” Here, I plan to share with you many of my thoughts about multi-tenancy that stem from several years of research and practical experience implementing multi-tenant, cloud-based application and platform designs. Read the rest of this entry »

I am very excited to announce the launch of The Cloud View (thecloudview.com), a new web site that sets out to help you learn more about cloud computing. Whether you are a business person, a technical type, or both, there’s something for everyone interested in cloud computing here at The Cloud View. In this initial blog post, I’ll give you a short tour of the initial version of the site. Read the rest of this entry »