Reference Center: Platform As A Service: White paper

Filesystem Sharding Tactics and Processes

July 9, 2009 - Engine Yard
Benefits of filesystem sharding, which is particularly helpful for high disk IO applications.

Windows Azure Table - Programming Table Storage

July 8, 2009 - Microsoft
Concepts and advanced features of Windows Azure Table, which provides provides scalable, available, and durable structured storage in the form of tables.

The Eucalyptus Open-source Cloud-computing System

July 5, 2009 - Eucalyptus
Detail on the thinking behind the development of Eucalyptus, as well as, how it delivers new functionality while maintaining familiarity with existing application development environments.

Introducing the Azure Services Platform

July 5, 2009 - Microsoft
2008 look at Windows Azure - a good primer on the Microsoft's cloud service offerings.

Introducing Windows Azure

July 5, 2009 - Microsoft
Guide to Windows Azure with a deep dive into the compute and storage service, includes examples of how it may be used to create scalable web applications under various processing scenarios and how to use cloud storage for on-premise or hosted applications. This is a March 2009 update to "...