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08 Dec 09

In the cloud, scale means concurrency

  • So the explosion of concurrent usage is already beginning, as the traffic and backend impact is expanding.  To manage this and maintain stability of existing infrastructure, a new layer of infrastructure is emerging, much as HTTP load balancers have evolved to serve the needs of web computing.  What we’re seeing is the rise of cloud service controllers, a category of infrastructure that works well with existing systems and builds on top of the strengths of application servers, enterprise messaging systems, and application delivery controllers.
21 Nov 09

Former Microsoft Open Source Maven Talks Up Cloud - Cloud Computing

  • Open and free are both crucial attributes in order for a market economy to grow.  There are many aspects of cloud computing but for the developers and users of cloud services, the atomic unit of the cloud is the API. In this world the free aspect isn’t typically interpreted as freedom, but as price. Freedom in the cloud, however, is more typically associated with data and your rights to move it from one service to another and this is a very important attribute. In the software industry open platforms have typically outperformed closed platforms in the long run due to the economies that develop on top of them, cementing those platforms’ place in a range of markets. Open APIs being used by many companies in the cloud are leading to increased usage and revenue due to new innovations by their partners and customers. Many companies are already doing this and seeing commercial success.
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