The second article in a series about designing multi-tenant applications identifies three distinct approaches for creating data architectures. (25 printed pages), including: Three Approaches to Managing Multi-Tenant Data, Choosing an Approach, and Realizing Multi-Tenant Data Architecture.

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Quick video presentation of the challenges existing enterprise software providers face in transitioning to SaaS, cloud computing and managed services markets, including the 5C’s of Failure: Company Culture, Cannibalization, Commoditization, Channel Conflict and Customer Confusion…

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As the new year and decade get underway, here are a few of the areas of the cloud computing market which I think will be important competitive battlefields for established and emerging players

1) Collaboration Wars

2) Business-Oriented Social Networks

3) Platforms-as-a-Service Wars

4) Cloud Governance…

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