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My New Blog
I’m blogging again, seriously this time. Since I wanted to do some customization to my site, I...
Date: 10/29/2010
Application Marketplaces and the Money Trail
This paper describes the forces behind long tail software economics and the architecture of...
Date: 02/18/2008
An Application Marketplace Architecture for Commercializing Software and Services
Recently I've been thinking about the increasing attention being paid to application marketplaces....
Date: 02/10/2008
The Forces of Long Tail Software and Services
Chris Anderson's book on "the business of selling more of less" has enlightened people's thinking...
Date: 11/28/2007
The SaaSy Tale of Martians and Venusians
Our latest paper is an attempt to match-make software vendors and hosters. The paper explains why...
Date: 11/14/2007
Going After the Long Tail? Think Channel as a Service (CaaS)
Charles Fitzgerald recently posted an article on the elusive long tail market. The article mentioned...
Date: 10/08/2007
Interview with .NET Rocks
I spoke with Carl and Richard at .NET Rocks earlier this year. Click on the .NET Rocks image below...
Date: 09/04/2007
Implications of Self-, Outsourced- and OEM-Hosting
The last couple of month I've been talking to many software vendors in China and Singapore and the...
Date: 06/11/2007
Spring Time Christmas Gift: SaaS Architecture Workshop
I just finished conducting a 3-day SaaS architecture workshop for our internal employees and ISV...
Date: 04/03/2007
Windows XP Version of Litware HR Available
We recently released an updated version of Litware HR sample application that runs on Windows XP....
Date: 03/24/2007
Release Announcment: Litware HR - A Sample SaaS Application
It sure feels like a long time ago since I first started working on this project. I'm very happy to...
Date: 02/08/2007
Architecture Dimensions of the SaaS Ecosystem
GP and I wrote an article on "The Architecture Dimensions of the SaaS Ecosystem" for the...
Date: 01/08/2007
More SaaS TV
Here's more video episodes of the Remend architecture case study I wrote about in my previous post:...
Date: 11/29/2006
SaaS Application Architecture Case Study: Remend
Back in July this year, Armando Hernandez, a solutions architect from Remend contacted us after...
Date: 11/18/2006
The Dual-Purpose Aggregator Platform
I learned a few interesting things about SaaS hosters and aggregators during a recent trip to...
Date: 11/13/2006
SaaS: An Enterprise Perspective
We have published a new paper. This is the paper some of us have been waiting to see for some time....
Date: 11/10/2006
Multi-tenancy and Virtualization
Multi-tenancy is hard work. Very often SaaS application will scale better if it is designed from the...
Date: 10/23/2006
SaaSCon Reminiscing
I was co-presenting with Gianpaolo at SaaSCon last week. The event marked a highlight in my...
Date: 10/06/2006
Defining the Software as a Service Continuum
Every now and then, I find myself having “passionate” discussions with colleagues and customers...
Date: 09/27/2006
Podcast Preview of SaaSCon Session
Computerworld interviewed Gianpaolo and I on our SaaS architecture work. You can check out the...
Date: 09/08/2006
Enterprise SaaS Customers: Are You Ready for the Two Headed Monster?
I have been pondering about the technical implications of SaaS for the enterprise. So far, I think...
Date: 08/24/2006
Multi-tenant Data Architecture Slide Deck Now Available
This is the companion slide deck for the multi-tenant data architecture paper we published recently....
Date: 08/17/2006
MSDN SaaS Architecture Website Launched!
Today, my team launched the SaaS architecture website on MSDN. Over time, we would like this to...
Date: 08/15/2006
Architecture Session at SaaSCon
Gianpaolo and I will be presenting an architecture session at the SaaScon in September. We’ll be...
Date: 08/11/2006
Enabling the Long Tail of SaaS Providers
I love the long tail metaphor. It explained the business model behind Amazon, Netflix, Web 2.0 and...
Date: 08/07/2006
SaaS ARCast with Ron Jacobs
Recently, my colleague Ron Jacobs interviewed Gianpaolo and me on the SaaS topic. Check out the...
Date: 07/18/2006
Federated Identity and SaaS
In addition to the SaaS architecture papers, I’ve also recently published a paper on federated...
Date: 07/12/2006
SaaS Architecture Guidance Validation
I just came back from a long vacation, and before that I was cranking on the two SaaS architecture...
Date: 07/11/2006
WSA article: Single Instance Multi-Tenancy Demystified
Check out our article at the Washington Software Association website:...
Date: 04/25/2006
The Making of Web Services Security Guide
The Web Service Security Guide has been released! It seems like ages ago when I thought about how...
Date: 01/05/2006
Intro
I’m a solutions architect in the Architecture Strategy team at Microsoft where I spend my time...
Date: 10/19/2005