I’ve been looking at the PaaS space for some time now. I spent some time
with the good folks at CloudBees (naturally), and have had many conversations
on CloudFoundry, Azure, and more with vendors, customers and other cloudy
folks.
Krishnan posted a very good article over on CloudAve, and at one level I
fully agree that PaaS will be come more of a data-centric (vs. code-centric)
animal over the next few years. To some degree that’s generally true of
all areas of IT – data, intelligence and action from data, etc. But there
is a lot more to this.
Most PaaS frameworks have very few actual services – other than code logic
containers, maybe one messaging framework, and some data services (structured
and unstructured persistence and query). You get some scale out, load
balancing, and rudimentary IAM and operations services. Over time as the
enterprise PaaS market r... (more)
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the Big Game on Feb. 5
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif..--Apple and General Motors Ads Dominate NFL Playoff
Games According to Ace Metrix
MINNEAPOLIS--Football’s Biggest Day Means Big Business for Buffalo Wild
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CENTENNIAL, Colo.--Kia Motors Premieres Super Bowl Ad Across National
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shares outstanding unless noted otherwise).
TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Celestica Inc. (NYSE, TSX: CLS), a
global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions,
today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year
ended December 31, 2011.
"Celestica continued to deliver strong operating results in the fourth
quarter, despite the volatility in customer demand," said Craig Muhlhauser,
President and CEO, Celestica. "With a continued focus on operational
effectiveness... (more)
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- TaurusQuest commences
operations at its third delivery center in Chennai. The delivery center is
located in Ramanujan IT City, a special economic zone promoted in Chennai by
Tata Group.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120127/CG42255)
The new operations center will be dedicated to TaurusQuest XBRL and
iXBRL services for its clients in the United States and United Kingdom.
The facility, when fully commissioned, can accommodate around 900 people.
TaurusQuest already has two delivery centers in Chennai, India. TaurusQuest ... (more)
MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 01/27/12 -- National Bank of Canada
(TSX:NA) - This press release provides unaudited financial information
prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles
(Canadian GAAP) and with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
for fiscal 2011. It is available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and on
the Bank's website at www.nbc.ca. A financial information supplement entitled
"Supplementary Financial Information - IFRS Transition" is also available at
www.nbc.ca. All amounts are in Canadian dollars.
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