Reality Distortion Field : 17 Companies’ Sitrep
I’m sitting on the bus this morning. As happens almost every day of the week. I’m flipping pages, sort of, it’s an eBook on my Kindle App. I’m reading about Steve Jobs taking over the Macintosh Program at Apple. How things started to fall into place for Apple, for the Macintosh, and how Jobs saw […]
AppFog Announces Java Support – What The Heck Is Happening In PaaS Space?
Yesterday AppFog (previous CloudAve coverage), formerly known as PHPFog, announced that they are adding support for Java. With the addition Java support, they can now target enterprise developers who still believe in Java over the modern day languages. Along with Java, AppFog now support PHP, Ruby and Node.js. AppFog has a dual strategy in the space. […]
PaaS Is The Future Of Cloud Services: CloudFoundry Validates Its OpenPaaS Mantra
As I advocate the bright future PaaS holds in the cloud era, I never missed a chance to point our how VMware’s CloudFoundry is disrupting this space. The reason I think CloudFoundry is disruptive is because of the open approach they take (OpenPaaS) in their platform services. While there are some lock-in worries about the […]
Importance of PHPFog’s 1.8 Million Funding
PHPFog, the portland based startup trying to push PHP into the PaaS space, yesterday announced that they have raised $1.8 Million funding from Madrona Venture Group, First Round Capital, Founder’s Co-Op, and other prominent angel investors. PHPFog is currently in the private beta. This funding will help them add more developers and launch earlier than […]
