Monthly Archives: April 2012

PaaS, Application Life Cycle Management

I was fortunate today to sit with a couple product managers at VMware and get an inside scoop on a new product that was just releases called vFabric Applications Director (vFAppD).  It’s not often that I get impressed by some … Continue reading

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Database as a Service, a specific implementation of PaaS

I’m really excited about a new product from VMware called vFabric Data Director (vFDD). We’ve seen a lot of PaaS offerings, and most are designed to be general purpose in nature, providing portals and pre-built/configured application packages for consumption. However, … Continue reading

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Platform as a Service, Software as a Service, what are they and where do we draw the line?

I feel compelled to discuss a topic that came up recently with some associates and I was amazed to discover the variations of definition and opinion we had in what  we believe platform as a service and software as a … Continue reading

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