Cloud Foundry: Inside the Machine
Derek Collison presents Cloud Foundry’s architecture with details on the Cloud Controller, the Service Provisioning Agent, the Droplet Execution Agent, and the Messaging System.
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WebLogic 12c Taking Java EE 6 to the Cloud
At the beginning of December, Oracle released WebLogic Server 12c. The new version of WebLogic is the first release of the application server to fully support the Java EE 6 standard, originally approved in December 2009. In addition, WebLogic Server 12c is a key part of Oracle's entire cloud strategy. InfoQ spoke to Vice President of Development at Oracle, Cameron Purdy to find out more.
Microsoft Previews Windows Azure Application Integration Services
In late December 2011, Microsoft announced the pre-release of a set of services labeled Windows Azure Service Bus EAI Labs. These enhancements to the existing Windows Azure Service Bus make it easier to connect (cloud) applications through the use of message routing rules, protocol bridging, message transformation services and connectivity to on-premises line of business systems.
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Everything Is PaaSible
In this article, William Vambenepe takes a look at PaaS as an enabler; especially in the enterprise; that will afford business advantages in terms of cost, time to market and choice of tools. He suggests that the paradigm shift from machine-centric design to PaaS is a big leap in application design, that will enable application developers to always use the right tool for the job.
Virtual Panel: PaaS Present and Future
Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a delivery of a computing platform over the web. PaaS enables agility, and provides a low cost alternative to buying and managing complex software and/or hardware. InfoQ had a chance to conduct a virtual panel to explore the world of PaaS, the different flavors that it comes in, its relevance in the enterprise and get a sense for the future of PaaS ecosystem.
Presentations about PaaS
Running Heroku on Heroku
Noah Zoschke discusses self-hosting, bootstrapping, cross-compiling, avoiding circular dependencies, distributed process management, all in the context of running Heroku support apps on Heroku.
How to get the most out of Spring and Google App Engine
Chris Ramsdale will get you up and running building Spring apps on Google App Engine. He'll go step-by-step building a real Spring app and identify not only the basics of App Engine, but more advanced topics such as integrating with Google's SQL Service and using App Engine's "Always on" feature to ensure high performance.
Interviews about PaaS
Paul Cowan Discusses the Resin Application Server and Cloud
In this interview Charles Humble talks to Paul Cowan about the Resin Application Server architecture, capabilities, and where it fits in the Cloud market.
CloudBees' Sacha Labourey Discusses the Role of Java EE in PaaS
Sacha Labourey talks to Charles Humble about the general PaaS vendor landscape, where CloudBees' fits, and the role of Java EE within the firm's platform.