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Is Database-as-a-Service a Bad Idea?

Community
Architecture
Topics
Platforms,
SaaS

Data Management represents a strategic asset for Cloud Platforms as the most popular Data Services will likely command the largest platform market share. In a post this week, Arnon Rotem-gal-Oz argues that "Database-as-a-Service" is a bad idea. Would you trust your enterprise data to DaaS?

David Chappell: Introduction To Cloud Computing

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
SaaS,
Cloud Computing

David Chappell published a Microsoft sponsored white paper on Introduction to Cloud Platforms

Open Source Data Integration Software XAware 5.1 Supports REST, XML Validation and JMX BizComponent

Community
Java,
SOA
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
SOA Platforms,
SaaS

The latest version of XAware, an open-source composite data services software supports REST operations, XML schema validation and enhancements to JMX BizComponent monitoring component. XAware development team last week announced release of version 5.1 of the data integration solution which can be used for creating and managing data services for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications.

Enter the Cloud with Caution

Community
Architecture
Topics
SaaS,
Cloud Computing

Cloud computing seems inevitable, simply because of its business case. Prof. Lewis wrote an article where he recommends caution and provides a series of questions that anyone should answer before using capabilities from the Cloud. Are you using Cloud Services in the Enterprise? What are the benefits and the drawbacks?

Securing the Web with Decentralized Information Flow Control

Community
Architecture
Topics
REST,
Rule Engines,
SaaS

Max Krohn and his colleagues at MIT developed a new end-to-end security architecture to help achieving data secrecy and integrity across complex Web Applications. In this talk and a series of papers, Max presents their findings and a use case based on MoinMoin Wiki.

37signals Uses New Relic's Rails Performance Monitoring Solution

Community
Ruby
Topics
Performance & Scalability,
SaaS,
Ruby on Rails

New Relic announced that 37signals uses their Ruby on Rails performance management solution to find problematic areas in their applications. David Heinemeier Hansson confirmed that they achieved a 50% speedup in certain actions.

Defining Cloud Computing

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
Hype,
Virtualization,
SaaS,
Cloud Computing,
Deployment / Datacenter,
Grid Computing

The term "cloud computing" has shown up everywhere from the Web 2.0 conference to the enterprise architecture whiteboard sessions in big companies to the laptops of startup developers. The big question being asked now is "what is cloud computing?"

Rails performance analysis with New Relic

Community
Ruby
Topics
SaaS,
Performance & Scalability,
JRuby,
Ruby on Rails

New Relic introduces a new performance analysis tool for Rails applications. The tool is installable as a Rails plugin, and offloads the analysis to the New Relic service. We talked to New Relic's Lew Cirne about the technology behind the product.