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5 Classes of Cloud Computing
11.18.2008

David Linthicum

The best way to look at cloud computing is to learn how to classify the clouds. Right now I see at least five classifications: storage-as-a-service, database-as-a-service, applications-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, integration-as-a-service, and security-as-a-service. Each category has its own path to maturation, with applications-as-a-service (or SaaS), leading the way. The next push will be...

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Doug Henschen

'Soul of the Web' At Stake
11.17.2008
I'm here at Mashup Camp in Mountain View, CA, where weighty topics including "the most exciting development environment ever" and "a battle for the soul of the Internet" are being debated. The development environment being discussed, of course, is the mashup... The battle is forming between Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight, on the one hand, and OpenAjax on the other.

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Open Source BI: Eclipse BIRT and Talend
11.17.2008

Seth Grimes

Information Week has published my article on open source business intelligence (OSBI), Open Source BI Still Fighting For Its Share, a title that applies both to the BI software market and to IW column inches. I'll share with readers material I wrote, cut by IW's editors, on open-source data-integration vendor Talend and on Eclipse BIRT, Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools.

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Kas Thomas

Cloud Computing: Ellison Rants, Others Reap
11.14.2008
Oracle founder Larry Ellison, speaking at the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference, raised quite a few eyebrows when he derided "cloud computing" as "complete gibberish" in an extended on-stage rant... To me, cloud computing is about rethinking the role of infrastructure in a world of astonishingly cheap and abundant infrastructure.

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EVENTS
• BPM Institute SOA/Business Architecture Conference
New York November 5-6, 2008

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RESOURCE LINKS

CRM
Netsuite CRM software provides a true 360 degree view of customers.

Web Conferencing
Easy to use secure web conferencing from WiredRed.com

Enterprise Instant Messaging
Integrate Enterprise Instant Messaging with your applications from IBM

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS INSIGHT

Open Source BI Fights For Its Share
November 16, 2008
by Seth Grimes
With growing capabilities in a strong segment, vendors are looking past developer markets to business end users.

The Open Source Enterprise: Its Time Has Come
November 15, 2008
by Charles Babcock
The problems that made open source code impractical for many businesses are falling away. Add in the 'cheaper' factor, and this should get interesting.

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ENTERPRISE APPS NEWS & ANALYSIS

Teradata Offers Hardware/Software Packages For Data Warehousing
The Teradata Accelerate bundles are meant to give mid-size companies a quick way to get started in data warehousing in four months or less.

Making the Business Case for Mashups
Once a boutique pursuit for geeks, mashups are entering the enterprise application development mainstream.

Adobe To Unify Developer Apps With Flash Platform
Adobe is rolling out several new and updated products to fend off Microsoft's Silverlight, not to mention the growing use of open source technologies like HTML, CSS, and Ajax.

Appian Readies Upgrades Of BPM Suite
The latest version of Appian Enterprise 5.7 introduces features that make the product easier to use, such as expanded support for custom data types and Web services.

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WHITE PAPERS

•Beyond Job Scheduling: The Road to Enterprise Process Automation

•Server Virtualization Security: 90% Process, 10% Technology

•The Cloud on Your Terms: Your Apps, Where and When You Want Them

•The Roadmap to Virtual Infrastructure

•The Top 12 Most Difficult Active Directory Management Tasks (and How to Make Them Easier)

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IN FOCUS

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS TOPICS

The Enteprise Applications channel offers thought leadership from experts including Bruce Silver, Nelson King, Kas Thomas and Shawn Shell. You'll also find news coverage, trend analysis, Q&A interviews and case studies on the following topics:

Composite Applications and SOA

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Enterprise Application Development

Enterprise Application Integration

Enterprise Resource Planning

Mobile Applications

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Supply Chain Management

Enterprise Apps REVIEWS

• Rich Internet Apps the Microsoft Way

• Put to the Test: Best Smartphone Platforms For Business

• Put to the Test: Google Search Appliance Version 5