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Having founded my own cloud company back in 2005, I became familiar with all the trials and tribulations of the SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS businesses long before the terms were coined. We delivered a video distribution and sharing service for consumers (www.eyespot.com), a video PaaS for businesses (www.eyespotcorp.com), and built our own scalable and elastic video IaaS platform (since Amazon Web Service didn’t yet exist).

The phrase “cloud computing” originated from the cloud symbol that is usually used by flow charts and diagrams to symbolize the Internet. The principle behind the “cloud” is that any computer connected to the Internet is connected to the same pool of computing power, applications, and data. Users can store and access personal files such as music, pictures, videos, and bookmarks or play games or use productivity applications on a remote platform. Almost all users of the Internet may be using a form of cloud computing though few realize it.

I believe Cloud Computing is disrupting enterprise and consumer software markets as we know it. Currently we’re seeing more and more deployments of Software As A Service (SaaS) for business users and consumers; Platform As A Service (PaaS) for application developers; and Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS) for IT organizations.

Why the Pivotal Initiative’s Fate will Mirror VMware’s April 24, 2013
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Customized, Intelligent, Vertical Applications – the future of Big Data? February 21, 2013
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Infochimps Leading New Category of Intelligent Applications January 5, 2013
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Big Data Predictions for 2013 January 2, 2013
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Era of Analytic Applications – Part 2 December 28, 2012
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Era of Analytic Applications – Part 1 December 28, 2012
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Big Data’s Fourth Dimension – Time to Action December 16, 2012
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Enterprise Big Data Cloud December 14, 2012
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New Cloud Ecosystem December 6, 2012
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Infochimps Uses Capital To Launch New Cloud Targeted at Intelligent Applications September 1, 2012
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The Data Era – Moving from 1.0 to 2.0 August 28, 2012
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Mid-Market = Semi-Big Data? February 9, 2012
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Big Data PaaS? November 27, 2011
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The Big Data Warehouse – The New Enterprise November 26, 2011
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Big Data Use-Case: Real-time Dispenser Maintenance November 25, 2011
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Consumer Experience is Key November 14, 2011
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Top 25 Voices in Security September 9, 2011
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What is Consumer Cloud? August 9, 2011
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Another view of the IaaS/PaaS Cloud Landscape August 8, 2011
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Pass on PaaS Until It’s Ready August 8, 2011
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Citrix vs. VMware in Cloud August 7, 2011
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Cloud Orchestration & Management July 13, 2011
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Dirty Little Secret About VMware’s Market Penetration July 12, 2011
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What’s the Biggest Security Threat? July 8, 2011
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The Reality Of Public Cloud June 27, 2011
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