Most (but not all) SaaS solutions fall under the larger cloud computing definition as “massively scalable”, they also have a number of other defining factors. I understand the need to seperate the two distinct terms, but it's also important to understand their relationship to each other.
On Jan 21, 3:33 pm, Glenn <[email protected]> wrote: > Um, Brandon...I think you've already started! You're doing a good job, so > don't stop on our account. Some of us may actually learn something from it. > > ...Glenn > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Brandon Betances <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > NO. Cloud Computing is not SaaS, and SaaS is not Cloud Computing. > > > Cloud computing incorporates SaaS, and that's it. I believe the OP is > > referring to "calling a method over there from over here." That's not what > > cloud computing is. I stand with Larry Ellison on this one. "What the HELL > > is cloud computing?!". > > > Cloud computing is creating an application and throwing it "up there" > > instead of serving it from a dedicated server. Sharing resources, and > > location independence. So, I guess cloud computing REQUIRES SaaS. Cloud > > Computing for Microsoft.NET is NOT called WCF as someone above said, Azure > > is the framework for could computing in .NET. And it's still a beta. > > > Please, don't get me started on cloud computing.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
