Archive for 'Cloud Computing'
The Best Clouds Will Use SOA
Posted on28. Sep, 2009 by vbrown.
I think that one of the most significant benefits from the over-heated interest in Cloud Computing may be the result of a change in the way we think about Services (SOA). Effective use of a Cloud - especially IaaS and PaaS - will essentially mandate that we implement our applications as services – at least, any application [...]
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Cloud Computing: More Substance than Hype!
Posted on03. Sep, 2009 by vbrown.
I have this strong tendency to view any new technology, methodology, or any claims made by those who have “the answer”, as suspect – and that’s a big understatement! I’ve watched too many Silver Bullets wiz by over the years, only to miss their target. Actually, in my early years as an IT professional I was [...]
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Cloud Computing Books
Posted on09. May, 2009 by vbrown.
Ok. Cloud Computing is hitting the mainstream! (I know, for many of us it is already mainstream and we’re deep into it!) I offer as evidence the emergence of a couple of excellent books on the subject. ”Cloud Application Architectures“, by George Reese, was released in April, and David Linthicum ‘s new book, “Cloud Computing [...]
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Clouds and SOA: A powerful combination
Posted on07. May, 2009 by vbrown.
As evidenced at IBM’s Impact event in Vegas this week, internal/private “Clouds” are a natural evolution (marriage) of platform virtualization and SOA. In leading enterprises, traditional data centers – often a proliferation of internal stovepipe data centers – are continuing to evolve to a central virtualized platform that offers maximum flexibility and use of computing assets [...]
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Cloud Computing: When Does It Make Sense?
Posted on01. Dec, 2008 by vbrown.
Cloud Computing: Is it a revolutionary new approach to providing IT products and services? Or a marketing opportunity? We’ve been evolving to on-site Cloud Computing for a decade. Isn’t off-site Cloud Computing just the latest innovation in outsourcing—which the industry’s been promoting in various forms since the middle of the 20th century? I’m a strong [...]
