Webcloud World

We’re in an interesting transition within the software space. Specifically, we’re all in agreement that SaaS is changing the industry in a very positive way. More importantly, however, is the recent evolution of platform as a service (PaaS), which is where Apprenda lives. Recently, we’ve seen more and more noise around PaaS (both consumer and [...]

Capgemini has announced its ‘Business Aware Application Outsourcing’ model. Capgemini’s approach takes application outsourcing beyond its traditional focus as an IT cost-reduction mechanism towards a business services focus and a platform for innovation. This enables clients to deliver applications that evolve with the business and produce a more measurable impact on business transformation.
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With the launch of its first product Z-Billing, Zuora wants to provide subscription-based business with a fully integrated and hosted solution to benefit from a central location for all of their transaction data. The openness of the platform allows customers to integrate Z-Billing with popular CRM and accounting packages.

Here is the official press release

Animoto, a succesfull startup enabling people to create dynamic slideshows and spread them trough various social-networks, has managed to deal with its growing server instances thanks to Amazon Webservices : S3 and EC2. Thanks to Amazon, they managed to scale from the equivalent of 50 servers to 2,500 in only three days!
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Described by Clayton M. Christensen in his book “The innovator’s dilemma”, disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a term describing a technological innovation, product, or service that uses a “disruptive” strategy, rather than a “revolutionary” or “sustaining” strategy, to overturn the existing dominant technologies or status quo products in a market. Disruptive innovations can be [...]