WaveMaker started 2009 staring into the abyss and ended the year on top of
the clouds - funny how things work out in the startup world. During the year,
WaveMaker doubled annual revenues and achieved profitability while also
increasing quarterly sales by over 53%.
The biggest momentum driver came from the success of our Cloud Quick Start
Partnership with IBM, Amazon and RightScale. We also started seeing
significant sell-through from SaaS ISVs and systems integration partners.
WaveMaker's position as the only open source cloud development platform makes
it a "must have" cloud ecosystem partner. WaveMaker is ideal for ISVs who
want to SaaS-enable their offerings and enterprises who want an easy way to
take advantage of cloud computing's compelling economics.
Analysts group... (more)
Amazon Cloud on Ulitzer
I was surprised to find an Amazon Web Services booth at the Microsoft PDC
yesterday. They had nothing specific to say regarding additional Windows
support or capabilities - at least not officially. What I did get was a
wink-wink, nudge, nudge when I commented on Azure's integration with Active
Directory and other touchpoints. "This is coming soon," I was then told.... (more)
WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 10/30/09 -- SYS-CON Events announced
today that the 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo will
take place April 19-20-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New
York City.
The International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is the world's
leading Cloud-focused event and is held three times a year, in New York,
Sili... (more)
CNET's Gordon Haff wrote a great piece on the shortcomings of the exchange
model for cloud computing. His prognosis is right there in his title: "Why
cloud exchanges won't work."
I've done some thinking and writing on the topic, and it's easy to see Haff's
point: Interoperability, security, and inertia threaten to derail this new
concept before it starts.
Shortcomings of the Exchange Mode... (more)
Windows Azure at Cloud Expo
RightScale, the cloud manager, plans to support Windows Azure and let
customers deploy RightScale-managed applications and take advantage of
Azure's particular properties.
It said it would support Azure infrastructure-level services through its new
Service Management API like it does Amazon and Rackspace and give Azure users
access to other cloud platforms.
I... (more)