PaaS

Overheard - Frank Gillett’s cloud computing reality check

Forrester’s Frank Gillett talks with Beet.tv about “cloudwashing.”  He does a nice job breaking down where the future might lie for cloud computing and unlike a lot of other pundits, Frank seems to have his feet on the ground (and not in the clouds).  Don’t miss this one.

Thanks go to Dennis Shiao for recommending this video clip. My takeaway?  I need to keep an eye on three things: software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and virtual infrastructure as a service (usually shortened to just IaaS).

Overheard: Geva Perry explains PaaS

Another dimension PaaS vendors should think about is who is the target user of the platform. The typical choices are programmers versus so-called business users (non-programmers). Bungee, Google App Engine and 10gen are all clearly targeting programmers. Ning, on the other hand, allows people without any code-writing skills to quickly create their own social network. Geva Perry, Thoughts on Platform-as-a-Service