· Charlie Holland · Architecture
Don't Get Caught in the Crossfire
The cloud wars are raging. The secret to coming out unscathed is to back open technologies, think carefully about IaaS vs PaaS, and not get locked in while the giants fight it out.
The cloud wars are raging. The secret to coming out unscathed is to back open technologies, think carefully about IaaS vs PaaS, and not get locked in while the giants fight it out.
Since the 1950s we've been looking for better ways to build software. Iterative development, continuous integration, and SaaS delivery have fundamentally changed the feedback loop — and the winners are those who embrace it.
Software as a service is a quiet revolution, dramatically changing the way we do things. The winners accept that they're carrying the can for quality of service — and that's their competitive advantage.