Results for ‘paas’

The Open Cloud: The Push for Standardization
Friday, April 6th, 2012Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE When one thinks of cloud hosting, it is not difficult to imagine an entirely open platform. This is not a stretch, since the Web itself is open and based on open technology (i.e. HTML, Javascript, and others). Nevertheless, this assumption...

Apache licensecloud development platformcloud hostingcloudstackopen cloud





Open Platform as a Service (PaaS) Solutions
Saturday, September 24th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE VMWare has been providing the IT world with virtualization solutions for several years, but it is not surprising that the company has now branched out into cloud computing. Through this natural progression, VMWare developed Cloud Foundry, a cloud platform as...

Cloud computingCloud FoundryjavapaasPerl





The Benefits of a Cloud Application Platform
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Tavis J. Hampton  
ARTICLE One of the terms you might have heard from cloud service providers is “cloud application platform” or simply “cloud platform”. You are likely at least somewhat familiar with cloud services, either from personal use, with web-based email, or business use,...

cloudcloud application platformcloud platformopen sourcepaas





Security and Cloud Hosting
Monday, December 20th, 2010THN News  
ARTICLE When cloud hosting is properly managed and configured, this new shift into information technology is just as secure as non-virtualized or non-cloud environments. The compelling benefits of cloud computing ranging from lower capital outlay, reduced operating costs, unlimited bandwidth, storage,...

clouddataIaaSpaasSaaS