Twitter Microfeed Covering the SaaS/PaaS/Cloud Markets for those without a Cognitive Surplus
by Peter Laird | Comments (0)
Most of you have probably seen Clay Shirky's material on the great Cognitive Surplus - the free time that everyone wastes by watching TV. Awesome stuff, but if you are trying to keep up with all the activity in the SaaS, PaaS and Cloud industries by definition you have no Cognitive Surplus. We are in information overload. Subscribing to specific feeds or Google Alerts can help isolate the signal from the noise, but sometimes even that can be challenging. Let me propose a solution: I have created a microfeed for this space on Twitter. This blog discusses how you can subscribe to this feed and stay in touch with the news in a very lightweight way.

Understanding the Cloud Computing/SaaS/PaaS markets: a Map of the Players in the Industry
by Peter Laird | Comments (10)
The Cloud Computing/SaaS/PaaS space is loaded with interesting vendors, and the space is booming. If you are trying to navigate this world and need a guide, this blog entry will help. We have assembled a visual map of the industry, showing how the major players fit into the overall space. It will give you an overview of who's who, and what types of solutions are being offered.

Lifecycle of the Services Managed by WLOC
by Lina Xu | Comments (2)
In the first blog, I mentioned service transitioning states such as starting, stopping, staging and destroying in deployment-state-constraint description. I realized the service lifecycle could be confusing for new users, hopefully this blog entry could be helpful :)   Service… read more