I've been trying to formulate some clear thinking for awhile now regarding a major challenge on the network today. It's been brewing for years, and the proliferation of API usage is boiling it
For the purposes of this post I'm going to define "cloud computing" as a service that allows you to easily run your application on someone elses' infrastructure, and importantly, within their IP address
You know your business is becoming a commodity when your competitor differentiation becomes "better customer support." If you get to this point, you better be a significant marketshare player in your space otherwise
Over the past couple of weeks I've had conversations with several folks about Gnip leveraging Amazon's Cloud services, and the fact that they are not. The vast majority of the time it is
Cirus - What IBM is building. Cumulonimbus - Amazon Stratus - Mosso Cumulus - Google App Engine Fog - we've seen a few of these crop up. they're generally random, small, traditional managed