By Bob Warfield on January 19, 2011
Matt McAdams writes an interesting guest post for Phil Wainewright’s ZDNet blog, Software as Services. I knew when I read the snarky title, “Database.com, nice name, shame about the platform,” I had to check it out. The key issue McAdams seems to have with Database.com (aside from the fact his own company’s vision of PaaS is […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, Cloud Computing, DaaS, Data as a Service, database.com, latency, phil wainewright, salesforce.com, Software development
By Michael Krigsman on October 5, 2010
As cloud computing gains mainstream adoption, vendors are jostling for position to gain ownership over the “true meaning of cloud.” It’s a sign the market is growing and maturing.
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Enterprise Irregulars, multitenancy, netsuite, phil wainewright, scalability
By John Taschek on September 27, 2010
The media, the analysts, and the enterprise are all in a state of flux, says Phil Wainewright, a leading UK-based analyst, in an interview last week with CloudBlog. It was indeed a cloudy day in London, but the light was brilliant as was Wainewright on the second half of the…
Posted in Business | Tagged Cloud Computing, Facebook, phil wainewright, salesforce.com, small business, Social, Web/Tech, Weblogs
By R "Ray" Wang on March 23, 2010
Confusion Continues With Cloud Computing And SaaS Definitions Coincidence or just brilliance must be in the air as three esteemed industry colleagues, Phil Wainewright, Michael Cote, and James Governor, have both decided to clarify definitions on SaaS and Cloud within a few days of each other. In fact, this couldn’t be more timely as SaaS […]
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By David Terrar on October 20, 2009
In recent weeks there has been plenty of activity around the Cloud Computing bridge with way too much emphasis on jargon and technicalities. The Intellect SaaS Group has started and is just about to publish a white paper to address that issue. BASDA has formed a Cloud SIG. Last week’s Cloud panel at Softworld was […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, enterprise, eurocloud, europe, General Business, iaas, PaaS, phil wainewright, SaaS, SaaS & On Demand, software as a service, standards