Ben Frenkel

It is hard not to miss the noise that has been made about multi-tenant architecture. It has been cleverly woven into the definition of software-as-a-service (SaaS) by vendors that have a vested interest in positioning it that way. However, I think that customers deserve more than the tyranny of the multi-tenant SaaS providers. ... (more)

The Evolving Cloud Computing Landscape and Some Predictions

The current popular view of cloud computing is as a stack of services: Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service. However, this view is beginning to look increasingly outdated as offerings that used to fit cleanly into just one category have started to blend into others.  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is adding capabilities to challenge Terremark and rackspace, and with its launch of Elastic Beanstalk it is taking on Google Apps. ... (more)

Top Five Favorite Cloud Articles - February 2011 Edition

1. A prescient article on cloud computing from the MIT Sloan Management Review that I found almost 6 years ago. ... (more)

Cloud Choice versus Cloud Dogma

Recently I was given the opportunity to speak to a room of military folks. While sitting in the back of the room waiting to stand before the group, I had the chance to hear about the diversity of the military’s information technology. As they talked I realized that an application that was a great fit for the cloud for one group could be needed by another group for which only an on-premise deployment was possible. ... (more)

Who cares about multi-tenancy?

I’ll tell you who. It’s the SaaS vendors themselves. It is hard not to miss the noise that has been made about multi-tenant architectures. It has been cleverly woven into the definition of software-as-a-service (SaaS) by vendors that have a vested interest in positioning it that way. However, I think that customers deserve more than the tyranny of the multi-tenant SaaS providers. ... (more)