Cloud computing - A side by side comparison

Web application deployment has changed substantially throughout the years. Once the domain of niche market players or 'hosting providers' that allowed you to park content on the web, this space has grown considerably, sparking the interest of players like Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

These larger companies are setting the stage to change not only how you deploy web applications, but also how you design them and how you pay for their presence on the web. All of which has given way to 'platforms' that scale and adapt more easily, than the services offered by the 'hosting providers' of yesteryear.

But what are the benefits of such 'platforms' or 'cloud computing platforms' as they are now called ? In what ways are the offerings made by Google, Microsoft and Amazon in this space different ? This entry contains more details, including an extensive 6 page Reference Card I recently wrote on the topic.

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January 11, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Scaling in the 'cloud', a few case scenarios : Memcached & EC2

I've seen a few stories in recent months all having to do with scaling, there's of course the Google I/O conference that covered what can be considered 'proprietary'-'non-available' technology, the Twitter scaling nightmare -- which is backed by Ruby/Rails BTW -- and yet another on how Facebook is buying thousands of servers to support its traffic -- which is backed by PHP of all things -- its no doubt an interesting topic, but what are the real technical options out-there for scaling ? This entry will cover a few case scenarios I've worked on related to scaling, elaborating on the software that makes it all happen.

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July 9, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

OSGi and server side Java : Implications and how does it actually work

OSGi is slowly but surely moving into Java server-side territory and a few other SOA product lines in the industry. Among the most noted, you will find a few of the earliest Java Application Servers now being tagged 'OSGi compliant' or 'OSGi based', in addition, popular Java frameworks like Spring have also blossomed OSGi integration sub-projects. But what are the actual implications behind OSGi ? And more importantly how can you work with it ? This entry covers an article I recently wrote on the subject which includes a hands-on OSGi example, as well as the potential implications OSGi will have on the overall Java and SOA ecosystem.

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January 7, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Track Back (0)

SOA and Microsoft Oslo

Just when you thought new acronyms were a thing of the past in the SOA world, Microsoft just unveiled its latest undertaking code-named 'Oslo'. Its not a product by itself, but rather a holistic approach to all the numerous parts that will eventually compose the Service Orientated Architecture vision from a Microsoft stand-point.

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November 7, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Choosing an AJAX framework : Think graphic designers, usability experts and web services

Its nifty, its responsive and clients love it, but it also represents a greater amount of work and a paradigm shift from to the old ways of structuring web apps, welcome to the world of AJAX, where almost everything starts off by choosing your first pain killer : An AJAX framework.

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August 15, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Track Back (0)

OSGi takes on Server Side Java and SOA.

You could say those behind Java server-side strategies were 'asking for it', and developers along with companies using server-side Java were begging for it! A coherent strategy for making sense and working out the hundreds of fragmented -- and on occasions overlapping -- API's, JSR's and frameworks that typically dwell in server-side Java environments. Stepping up to the task now is OSGi, a familiar name in IT since 99', but one which had made small in-roads into server-side Java until now.

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July 13, 2007 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Track Back (0)

JSON : XML alternative for the browser.

XML is a boon when it comes to application interoperability, but looses a lot of its appeal when it comes to performance, not to mention it can be a nightmare to process in environments like a browser, to this end, a new alternative to XML is catching on for applications specifically designed for the web : JavaScript object notation (JSON).

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October 26, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0) | Track Back (0)

Sun's Project Tango : Java Web Services technology united.

Java and web services may seem like old news at this juncture, but like everything in software, there is always something brewing to do it a little bit faster or better, such is the case for Java's Project Tango.

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September 10, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (1) | Track Back (0)

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