tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129364529128729229.post6307376981968118011..comments2023-12-25T02:28:50.114-08:00Comments on Aloof Architecture: Five Clouds? I think not...Aloof Schipperkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09756043716220393962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129364529128729229.post-76367692100080406522007-11-27T18:23:00.000-08:002007-11-27T18:23:00.000-08:00That's a good point for startups.Growing existing ...That's a good point for startups.<BR/><BR/>Growing existing infrastructure is still a viable option for businesses wanting to leverage existing vertical market expertise, particularly given the challenges of selling external platforms solutions into environments with entranced interests. Having said this, external utility computing platforms are rapidly becoming a viable alternative even for these cases.Aloof Schipperkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09756043716220393962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9129364529128729229.post-35747935792194293162007-11-27T00:39:00.000-08:002007-11-27T00:39:00.000-08:00A succesfull vertical cloud requires conquering sc...A succesfull vertical cloud requires conquering scaling issues. Rather than reinvent the wheel, the logical basis for doing this today would be to start with a commercially available utility computing solution. The beginnings of this trend are Ruby offerings based on EC2 and 3tera's AppLogic. Moving forward, it's logical that we'll see more specialized offerings - banking, healthcare, investing, social networking. This is part of the reason we at 3tera have taken to partnering with multiple providers and allowing each to specialize their offerings for their customer base.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com