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Distress on the cloud

November 27th, 2008 Comments

This a typical example of one of the drawbacks with Cloud computing. Though Cloud computing is an ideal choice for startups with low capital, it can turn into a nuisance if the problems aren’t noticed by the end customer. Cloud computing platform does nothing but hosting the service. Any problems with the [...]

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Capgemini and Amazon WS collaborate on the cloud

November 18th, 2008 Comments

Such a collaboration was waiting to happen. Many of us were right in assuming that Cloud Computing might be the way that the organizations would go, during economic downturn. Capgemini is taking a step in the right direction, by building expertise to deploy enterprise services on the cloud.
Capgemini has announced a collaboration with [...]

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Google Visualization API

November 3rd, 2008 Comments

It’s a cherry on top of the Cloud Computing paradigm. In short this is what Google Visualization API does:
Google Visualization API aims to fetch data from any data source connected to the Internet and provide useful visual outputs like Graphs, Charts, Dashboards etc. Earlier, the API worked with Google Spreadsheets and now Google [...]

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Force.com - Platform-as-a-service

November 3rd, 2008 Comments

“Web 3.0 is broadly defined today as the semantic Web. I think Web 3.0 really could be platform as a service,” - said Marc Benioff, Chairman/CEO of Salesforce.com. What he was talking about, is the Force.com platform provided by Salesforce.com.

Force.com is a cloud computing platform, provided by Salesforce.com, for building and deploying enterprise applications. [...]

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Azure – The Cloud Computing Platform from Microsoft

October 28th, 2008 Comments

 

The Azure Services Platform (Azure) is Microsoft’s answer to the cloud computing platform.  Azure provides an operating system and a set of developer services, all required to build applications on the cloud. 
As with any cloud computing service, Azure has the following benefits from the Business standpoint:

Reduce the need for Upfront Technology Purchases
Higher [...]

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