Why have only one server when you can have as many as you need, on demand? That’s the premise behind cloud computing, harnessing data centers of processor and storage power without actually having to provision them yourself. But if you’re without the right tools for the job, it’s that much harder to reap the full gamut of benefits from working in the cloud.John Foley at Information week does a great job exploring the tools you have at your disposal which are likely to be limited, if not dictated entirely, by the cloud computing service you’ve chosen. A good deal of this is due to cloud computing interfaces — the application programming interfaces mainly — not being interchangeable. The applications themselves that are run in the cloud, the stuff you provide, are only part of the picture. How you get it into the cloud, and deal with it from that point on, is also crucial. Read More…
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This post was written by admin on November 6, 2008
