blog Listing by Tag: application-development

On Saturday, GigaOm published a blog post I wrote entitled Who Will Build the LAMP Cloud? Please read the full post, but I basically ask in it the title question and speculate on...

Three weeks ago, VMware and Salesforce.com launched VMforce, a Salesforce-hosted platform as a service (PaaS) solution based on VMware runtime technology and force.com application services. In my...

On Tuesday Salesforce.com and VMware made good on their promise of big news with the announcement of VMforce, an enterprise Java cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) for the Java developer...

After some speculation, the news is finally out with the joint announcement from Salesforce.com and VMware that they will offer an enterprise Java cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) called...

Engine Yard, which offers both a public cloud and private cloud platform (PaaS) for Ruby on Rails application development and deployment, has decided to get out of the infrastructure game. To that...

There has been a lot of cloud computing provider activity in the last few days. Here is a summary of the latest from Amazon, IBM, Oracle, and Nasuni, a cloud storage startup. Plus, there are new...

Microsoft officially opened Windows Azure, it's cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS), to the general public. It is now generally available in 21 countries around the globe. Microsoft is...

Yesterday was a historic day in the computer and business world, as Oracle officially completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Larry Ellison claimed he wants the Oracle of 2010 to be the IBM of...

SAP has begun to lay out its strategy for cloud computing, as it looks to secure its installed base and take on rivals like Oracle and Salesforce.com, as well as, new emerging cloud-based players....

As cloud computing moves from hype to reality more discussion is centered on the old debate, as in the client/server days, between open and closed systems. Taking a shot at such proprietary platforms...