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The Best Clouds Will Use SOA

Posted on28. Sep, 2009 by vbrown.

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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.

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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 targ Facebook Twitter LinkedIn email Technorati Digg StumbleUpon

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Cloud Computing Books

Posted on09. May, 2009 by vbrown.

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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 Ge Facebook Twitter LinkedIn email Technorati Digg StumbleUpon

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Clouds and SOA: A powerful combination

Posted on07. May, 2009 by vbrown.

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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 da Facebook Twitter LinkedIn email Technorati Digg StumbleUpon

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Cloud Computing: When Does It Make Sense?

Posted on01. Dec, 2008 by vbrown.

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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-sit Facebook Twitter LinkedIn email Technorati Digg StumbleUpon