Today, most of what we use the Web for on a daily basis aren’t just web pages, they are “applications”. These applications, which run inside our Web browsers, are increasingly becoming more advanced in their functionality and more interactive in their usability. The Web browser acts as the core…
In the cloud computing space, there’s the SaaS model, its cousin DaaS [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2008/04/06/daas-the-cousin/], and their distant mate – Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). All the “XaaS” platforms exist and operate under the same umbrella, so to speak. The “Comparing Amazon’s and Google’s Platform-as-a-Service…
With the announcement last night of Google App Engine [http://appengine.google.com/], it’s now literally possible to build your entire web app on top of Google’s vaunted infrastructure – the BigTable [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigTable], CPU cycles, and bandwidth – all courtesy Google. It has already been…
Earlier, I wrote about the SaaS [https://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2008/03/20/pain-in-the-saas/] (Software as a Service) model of software application delivery, and it drew the attention of Lars Leckie [http://larsleckie.blogspot.com/] who writes about SaaS, and more recently wrote about DaaS (Data as a Service)…
Ben Yoskovitz shares his experience with SaaS [http://www.instigatorblog.com/lessons-learned-running-a-saas-business/2008/03/10/] (Software as a Service), in which he suggests that vendors should charge their customers monthly, or offer discounts for longer term commitments. In my opinion, a more efficient option will be to offer a PAYG…
The project I’m working on at work is gaining momentum, and we are nearly starting with the proof-of-concept architecture solution. While I’ve used ORM [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping]‘s for data objects and domain persistence in the past, we have been playing with NHibernate [http:…
Google’s new Chart API [http://code.google.com/apis/chart/] lets you dynamically generate charts, through a ultra-simple HTTP request. Ridiculously easy and useful!…
Microsoft has released [http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/140319/microsoft_offers_volta_for_web_apps_development.html] a technology preview of its Volta Web developer toolset [http://labs.live.com/volta/], which is intended to make it easier to build multi-tier Web applications, including applications useful in SaaS [http:…