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Virtual Panel: Cloud Services Governance

Governance plays an indisputably important role in maintaining and guiding the implementation of an architectural vision. The advent of cloud computing has changed the architectural landscape affecting the needs and demands of existing governance programs. InfoQ presents a virtual panel discussion with six leading experts on the current state and future of cloud services governance.

Jeevak Kasarkod
on Nov 24, 2011
Enterprise Shared Services and the Cloud

As an industry, we have converged onto a standard three-layered service model (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) to describe cloud computing, with each layer defined in terms of the operational control capabilities it offers. This is unlike, enterprise shared services, which have unique characteristics around ownership, funding and operations, and they span SaaS and PaaS layers, as we explore the differences.

Ganesh Prasad
on Nov 16, 2011
Moving Channel9.msdn.com to Windows Azure

Imagine if architects had to be the janitor for every building they designed. With an understaffed Channel 9 development team handling production support on a web farm built from mismatched servers, something had to be done. When Windows Azure was launched in the summer of 2010 the development team saw it as a way to hand off support and return to building features.

Duncan Mackenzie
on Nov 07, 2011
Test automation and Continuous Delivery

This article shows how automating certain programmable aspects of a test suite can help software delivery. Covered are automated testing, costs per deployment, tests as documentation & manual testing.

Ranjan D Sakalley
on Oct 21, 2011
The SaaS Development Lifecycle

Many companies today are struggling with how to take advantage of cloud technologies while integrating them into their existing development and operating procedures. This article will show you how to adapt your existing development and operating procedures to the cloud.

Hanu Kommalapati William H. Zack
on Oct 03, 2011
Virtual Panel: SOA and Cloud Computing

SOA and Cloud computing experts discuss relationships between SOA and Cloud computing, principles and technologies they can/should share, the applications that can best leverage combining SOA and Cloud computing and the things that are the most important for Cloud computing success.

Boris Lublinsky
on Sep 22, 2011
Patterns for Continuous Delivery

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to implementing Continuous Delivery. The number and composition of the teams will greatly affect what options are available and what trade-offs need to be made. Staff editor Jonathan Allen reflects on some of the patterns he has observed over the last 15 years.

Jonathan Allen
on Sep 15, 2011
Interview and Book Review: Continuous Delivery

Continuous delivery means that a software product is production-ready from day one of the project, even if all features not implemented, and the product can be released to users on demand. InfoQ spoke with Jez Humble and David Farley, authors of "Continuous Delivery" book on the continuous delivery concept and how it can be used to deliver the software product more efficiently.

Srini Penchikala
on Sep 06, 2011
SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer Discusses the Impact of the Cloud on Enterprise IT

This article is a transcript of an interview with SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer, recorded at the inaugural What's Next Conference in Paris in May. Colyer discusses the impact of mobile devices, HTML 5 and cloud-computing on enterprise IT generally, and SpringSource's Cloud Foundary product.

Charles Humble
on Sep 06, 2011
The Problem with Cloud-Computing Standardization

In this IEEE article, author Sixto Ortiz Jr. discusses the issues and challenges we are facing in cloud computing standardization. He also compares the cloud-computing standards proposed by organizations like Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), IEEE, Open Grid Forum, OASIS, and Storage Networking Industry Association.

Sixto Ortiz Jr
on Sep 02, 2011
Interview with Rob Linton, author of “Amazon Web Services: Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application”

A new "Amazon Web Services : Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application" book by Rob Linton provides a deep insight into Amazon Web Services (AWS) covering a wide spectrum of topics from describing AWS components and their role in applications architecture to step-by-step instructions on setting and configuring each AWS component . InfoQ spoke with by Rob Linton about his book.

Boris Lublinsky
on Sep 01, 2011
Understanding Cloud Computing Vulnerabilities

In this IEEE article, authors Bernd Grobauer, Tobias Walloschek and Elmar Stöcker discuss the cloud computing security and cloud-specific vulnerabilities using the vulnerability definition from the Open Group's risk taxonomy.

Elmar Stöcker Tobias Walloschek Bernd Grobauer
on Aug 15, 2011

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