A Simple Outline of the Clouds: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Sep/092
[from Udayan Banerjee on the Cloud Computing Journal]
What I think Udayan really nails in his post is the various strategies of the prime cloud players. Particularly clear is the his assessment of Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform.
“Microsoft: I am giving you a platform which is very similar to what you use so that you can seamlessly extend your application to the cloud and even the developers can continue to use the same set of tools.”
And here is his visual map of the cloud space.
Read the entire article on the Cloud Computing Journal: Cloud Computing Strategy.
Adaptivity Talks About Their IT Transformation Factory Concept at SYS-CON
Aug/090
[Excerpt from a Q&A for Cloud Computing Journal with SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo Conference Chair, Jeremy Geelan, Tony Bishop - CEO of Adaptivity - discusses Adaptivity's "IT Transformation Factory" and their Cloud Computing strategy.]
Cloud Computing Journal: What’s the idea behind the term ‘IT Transformation Factory’ as an umbrella term for Adaptivity’s activities in the Cloud Computing space?
Tony Bishop: The industry is intensely focused on a narrow definition of Cloud Computing (remotely managed IaaS resources). Adaptivity sees the opportunity from a much broader perspective. IaaS type resources managed externally from the enterprise do provide value; however, the larger opportunity is enabling enterprises to change how they deliver and consume IT resources.
The IT Transformation Factory is a combination of tools, knowledge base, and advisory services, which together form turnkey programs that accelerate systematic enterprise IT delivery transformation.
Excerpt of inteview with Tony Bishop – CEO of Adaptivity
See the entire interview on the Sys-Con site.
