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Inside the Complexity of Delivering Cloud Computing

There's a lot more to cloud computing than meets the eye. This article presents an insider's view on what really is entailed in designing and deploying a cloud-based solution.

JP Morgenthal
on Oct 03, 2012
Testing in the Cloud: Exploring the Practice

In this article, authors discuss the effects of cloud-based testing in software delivery process. They talk about cloud-based testing services such as performance testing and web-based application testing. They also share the results from their interviews with different organizations and their use of cloud in testing and suggest a cloud-based testing roadmap.

Ossi Taipale Kari Smolander Leah Riungu-Kalliosaari
on Sep 27, 2012
Jason Zander on Visual Studio's Past, Present, and Future

InfoQ recently had an exclusive interview with Microsoft's Jason Zander to discuss the latest release of Visual Studio and the state of the project as a whole. The wide ranging talk covered everything from C99/C+11 standards compliance plans, to cross-platform support and how Microsoft tries to balance the needs of corporate developers with those of smaller, independent users.

Jeff Martin
on Sep 19, 2012
SaaS-ify Legacy Applications

Legacy applications can be difficult to move to the cloud, yet you may want to include them in your IT-as-a-Service strategy. This article discusses an approach to wrapping legacy applications for delivery as Software-as-a-Service.

Chen Ping
on Sep 06, 2012
The Pragmatic Architect - To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

In this article, author Frank Buschmann talks about the architectural importance of the interaction between system components than within the components. He discusses three secrets of pragmatic architects: Uncover Hidden Domain Concepts, Be Where Things Meet and Use Uncertainty as a Driver.

Frank Buschmann
on Aug 24, 2012
Do we really need identity propagation in SOA and Clouds?

Identity Propagation through Single Sign-On(SSO) has been assumed to be a panacea for all identity issues in SOA and Clouds. In this article, Michael Poulin raises questions around the business feasibility of propagation and proposes a delegate model of representation instead.

Michael Poulin
on Aug 20, 2012
Interview with Arun Murthy on Apache YARN

Apache Hadoop YARN – a new Hadoop resource manager - has just been promoted to a high level Hadoop subproject. InfoQ had the chance to discuss YARN with Arun Murthy - founder and architect at Hortonworks.

Boris Lublinsky
on Aug 17, 2012
Mule ESB 3.3 Release and CloudHub

MuleSoft, the company behind Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) product Mule, recently released version 3.3 of the product. The new version's focus is to combine data integration with Mule's application integration capabilities and to deliver a solution for on-premise or cloud integration for developers. InfoQ spoke with Ross Mason and Daniel Feist about the new features and product roadmap.

Srini Penchikala
on Aug 15, 2012
Don't SCIM over your Data Model

This opinion piece discusses three specific suggestions for improving the SCIM data model: 1. Both the enterprise client and cloud provider should map their internal IDs to a shared External ID, which is the only ID exposed through the API. 2. Multi-valued attributes of a resource must be converted from an array into a dictionary with unique keys. 3. 3 ways to improve the PATCH command

Ganesh Prasad
on Aug 08, 2012
Wireframes: A Great Way to Start Development Projects

In this article, Andreas Wulf introduces wireframing as a simple and effective way to kickstart your development projects. Wireframes allow you to present your ideas in a tangible form so that can be shared and debated (without writing any code). By leaving out graphic design details, wireframes are not only quick and easy to create and change, they help us stay focused on the “big picture”.

Andreas Wulf
on Aug 07, 2012
A Brave New World of Testing? An Interview with Google's James Whittaker

Cloud Computing is creating substantial changes to the usual way of doing business. How should organizations leverage this approach to improve testing and quality assurance of software? To get an answer, author Forrest Shull spoke with James Whittaker from Google about cloud computing testing.

Forrest Shull
on Aug 06, 2012
Cloud Computing Described Through The Analogy of (US) Thanksgiving Dinner

This article explains Cloud computing using the analogy of US Thanksgiving dinner.

JP Morgenthal
on Jul 25, 2012

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