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	<title>Kunal&#039;s Blog &#187; Cloud Computing</title>
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	<description>Blog on Cloud Computing, SOA, SaaS, and my personal flying experiences....</description>
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		<title>Anatomy of a SAAS Application</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2010/03/anatomy-of-a-saas-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SaaS architectures are pretty basic. I thought I would write a few words too describe the basics of any SaaS application.
Obviously each SaaS application offers some Core Functionality or Services. This is the core on which a vendor is able to attract customers and earn money. For example &#8211; WorkDay is a SaaS vendor that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multitenancy in the Cloud</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2010/03/multitenancy-in-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2010/03/multitenancy-in-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multitenancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have (like many others) been part of several debates and conversations on why is multitenancy important for the cloud. Alok Misra posts an interesting article in Information World with a lot of valid reasons and certainly I agree with them.
http://www.informationweek.com/cloud-computing/blog/archives/2010/02/why_multitenanc.html?catid=cloud-computing
Here is what I have to add -
I was recently on a call with Oracle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing Providers</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/10/235/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/10/235/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The classification of cloud providers continues to expand. Gartner and InfoWorld (amongst others) have created diagrams trying to explain the different categories of Cloud providers and services. My view below encompasses both their views as well as tries to rationalize the categories in a slightly different way than those papers.
I will not explain each box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodhtree and my partnership for SaaS and Cloud Computing</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/08/bodhtree-and-my-partnership-for-saas-and-cloud-computing/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/08/bodhtree-and-my-partnership-for-saas-and-cloud-computing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bodhtree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COE]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am partnering with Bodhtree Consulting, a boutique consulting form from Hyderabad, India to build a SaaS and Cloud Computing center of excellence. Here is a recent press release announcing this partnership.
CNBC
Reuters
          Sys-Con
          Financial Express
   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consulting CTO&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/08/consulting-ctos/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/08/consulting-ctos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process and Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief technology officier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[startup]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See this interesting blog posting about the value of a Consulting CTO. Consulting CTO&#8217;s can help you out on a short term basis; generally for small amounts of equity.
Depending on the type and amount of work; you will end up giving 25,000-100,000 stock options (where you have 10 million outstanding @ .01 &#8211; .10 cents). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprises thinking about using the Cloud&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/07/enterprises-thinking-about-using-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/07/enterprises-thinking-about-using-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authentication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[authorization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of Enterprise IT, you might have been asked this questions a few times now – “Should we be using a Cloud as part of our data center strategy?”
In order to answer this questions, here is some food for thought…
What do you expect the benefits to be?

Data Center Agility – managing unpredictable demand
Economic – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of Identity in a Cloud</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/05/importance-of-identity-in-a-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/05/importance-of-identity-in-a-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 02:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Cloud Computing phenomena catches on, the management of Identity becomes even more critical. Consider the simplest use case &#8211; A typical consumer is trying to buy a eBook and store it some online storage SaaS provider. The diagram shows the typical flow for this consumer. How can this person link all their accounts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SaaS, Web 2.0, SOA &#8211; The relationship</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/03/saas-web-20-soa-the-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/03/saas-web-20-soa-the-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Oriented Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SaaS and Web 2.0 are the new mantras, and once we recover from the financial crisis, these technology concepts will see a new birth. The hundreds of startups, service providers and hosting providers that are aggresively innovating new products and services will finally see the customer base they would have hoped for, if the economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing Alphabet Soup</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/01/cloud-computing-alphabet-soup/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/01/cloud-computing-alphabet-soup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAAS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In IT, I guess we finally got tired of TLA&#8217;s (three letter acronyms) &#8211; so in the Cloud world, we are inventing FLA&#8217;s (four letter acronyms).
SAAS &#8211; Software as a Service is now pretty well known.
So let&#8217;s add to it &#8211; 
PAAS &#8211; Platform as a Service (can be a whole range &#8211; User Interface, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 Cloud Companies to look at</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/01/20-cloud-companies-to-look-at/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/01/20-cloud-companies-to-look-at/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent infoweek article talks about 20 Cloud vendors to keep your eye on. These include
CogHead
Enomaly
Heroku
Hyperic
Intridea
Joyent
Layered Technologies
Mosso
Parascale
Relationals
10Gen
3Tera
You can find the article at
http://i.cmpnet.com/informationweekreports/doc/2008/210602537.pdf
                    ]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Vendor Analysis</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/01/cloud-vendor-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2009/01/cloud-vendor-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SaaS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vendor analysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been analyzing the different cloud vendors in the market. The table below shows one snapshot of this analysis &#8211; which compares the number of vendors that have products in beta vs production. I am offering this analysis and advice as part of my consulting services. Contact me if you are interested in learning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing Maturity Models</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2008/12/cloud-computing-maturity-models/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2008/12/cloud-computing-maturity-models/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maturity Model]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am generally pretty big into the concept of a Maturity Model based on the Capability Maturity Model (CMM). In the past I have worked on a J2EE Maturity Model to help assess a company&#8217;s maturity with J2EE based web technologies. After that I published and consulted on a Service Oriented Architecture Maturity Model (SOAMM). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing Market Size</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2008/12/cloud-computing-market-size/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2008/12/cloud-computing-market-size/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I collected a few stats on the market size of Cloud Computing -


Merrill Lynch Estimates the market to be $100+ billion

Gartner considers Cloud Computing to be in its Top 10 list of disruptive technologies

Forrester&#8217;s says that Cloud Computing is a disruptive innovation that is evolving fast

Every major IT company is providing new technologies for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud Computing and Green IT</title>
		<link>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-green-it/</link>
		<comments>http://kunalmittal.com/blog/2008/12/cloud-computing-and-green-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kunal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kunalmittal.com/blog/?p=128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IT energy use has doubled since 2000 and will likely double again by 2011. It will be interesting to see how this will impact Cloud Computing.
Cloud Computing allows enterprises to reduce their costs of power in traditional data centers quiet dramatically. However, will this really be a driver for the adoption of the Cloud? 
 [...]]]></description>
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