There is quite a bit of confusion in how the terms CaaS, PaaS, Container Platforms and Application Platforms are used. The confusion exist in the market and we want to use this post to clarify what these terms mean in the context of cloud native ecosystem. The difference between CaaS or PaaS and Container […]
A Modern Enterprise Framework For Continuous Innovation
Picking The Right Technology: VMs, Containers or Serverless?
With newer technologies coming up faster than the rate at which IT decision makers can update the platforms, there is always a confusion about which technology is better suited for a workload. In this post, we are proposing a simplified framework for deciding the right platform technology for your application based on your application architecture. […]
Serverless and SLA: Do you care?
The Pros and Cons of Multi Cloud
At Rishidot Research, we are convinced that multi-cloud will be the foundation of a modern enterprise. We strongly advise our enterprise clients to hone on a multi-cloud strategy because it is critical to retain the flexibility to innovate rapidly. Our internal research indicates that by 2020, most of the enterprises will adopt a multi-cloud strategy. […]
CIO Perspective: On Multi Cloud and Lock-In
The Multi Cloud hype is increasing every day with both legacy vendors and public cloud providers (more specifically, Google which is lagging behind both AWS and Azure) talking about Multi Cloud, there is quite a bit of confusion on whether Multi Cloud will help avoid lock-in. A recent conversation on Twitter provided arguments on both sides […]
Abstractions In A Multi Cloud World
Information Technology is always focussed on abstractions as a way to remove complexity and simplify IT use for end users. IT evolution can be directly correlated to the quest to abstract at higher layers. Whether it is an evolution from binary programming to programming in higher level languages or virtualizing the servers for operations efficiencies […]
Multi Cloud Is Inevitable
In the early days of cloud computing, I was hoping for a more federated model of cloud providers because of my strong belief that oligarchy of cloud providers is bad for customers. I was hoping that open source infrastructure software like OpenStack, CloudStack, etc will lower the barrier for service providers to compete with Amazon […]