Hello TheViz, While I understand, from a philosophical point of view that the idea of cloud computing services is no barrier to enterprise adoption, but as RickB mentions "applications in regulated environment such as pharmaceutical manufacturing" are so incredibly regulated that any dependence on an external operation is not an option. These types of applications cannot and will never be allowed to depend on a 'cloud.' The example that you provide with Salesforce.com is not applicable to what RickB is talking about since, in this example, Salesforce.com exists *in* the cloud (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing).
I think where I am going with this is that the tools that Google provides are very good and the ability to take them off the internet and on to intranets where they may function without the 'cloud' would be extremely useful. Also, I see a potential market for these web- based applications in a regulated environment as I am working for a company that would like to deploy tools for the very type of applications in environments similar to what RickB is talking about. The downside is that we cannot depend on Google.com since the networks will not have external access and now we will have to look for other tools. Hopefully this sheds some light on the situation. Regards. On Jun 8, 6:12 am, TheViz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rick, > > In the longer term it certainly makes sense to provide the API so that it is > not tied to Google.com. However, we do not feel the API is quite there yet > for it to be "untied". > > In parallel we'd like to note that providing services over the cloud is > certainly no barrier to enterprise adoption, provided the SLAs and support > are there. Both of these have been brought to high standards on the > Visualization (and other Google) APIs in the past several months. > > We have many enterprise customers using Google APIs which are wholly > cloud-based, including for the Visualization API. One notable example are > Salesforce.com and their customer list. The Visualization API is one of > their most popular > add-ons<http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/05/visualizing-your-clou...>on > their Force.com platform. Salesforce.com and their customers require > the > highest standards, have mission critical applications, and are all > enterprise customers. > > The Visualization Team > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:04 PM, RickB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I know this has been discussed before, with the answer of "something > > we're considering", but with the desire by Google to capture more > > enterprise developers, this really will be a "must have". Add to that > > the decision to support locally hosted Wave servers, and the trend is > > definitely towards supporting an externally hosted Visualization API > > server. I'd really like to re-start a serious dialog towards making > > this a reality. > > > Thanks. > > > On Jun 1, 11:44 am, RickB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It would be very nice to have this as a first-class GWT citizen, or at > > > least, able to load locally without a dependency on Google.com. I'm > > > sure this has been asked a few times, but couldn't find a definitive > > > answer as to "why not", beyond "to ensure the version is up to date". > > > I'm sure those who would want to use the Visualization API "off the > > > grid" are capable enough to ensure that they periodically update the > > > code. Plus, for some mission critical applications (and applications > > > in regulated environment such as pharmaceutical manufacturing), > > > unplanned updates to the API for which the developer has no control > > > could wreak havoc. > > > > So, can we start a dialog to enable off-the-net access to the > > > Visualization API's capabilities? > > > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-visualization-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
