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Last time we did an introduction to the different flavors of cloud implementation architecture.  This time around we'll focus specifically on public cloud and use our own Pervasive DataCloud platform as an example of what can be accomplished using this implementation architecture.  Next post we'll explore the private cloud architecture so stay tuned…

This is the first of a series of posts related to the different cloud architectures that have evolved while cloud computing has matured in the last few years.

The Pervasive DataCloud2 is growing.  In fact the last business quarter marked a milestone in the number of execution requests that were received by our customers in the form of just over 1 million requests!

 

 

Cloud computing has proven, if nothing else, that software can be delivered over the Internet as a service successfully. Salesforce.com, Netsuite, and others have been making a great living using this model for quite some time now. These frameworks are built on business sales records, either CRM or ERP specifically.

 

Other companies, however late to the game, have started to catch up and are producing the next generation of cloud applications. These include applications that involve data that is drawn from several sources and is continually dynamic. CRM and ERP data is certainly in the mix but these new applications can include data from a wide variety of sources.

 

The legacy cloud applications combined with the newer niche cloud applications are producing data in the cloud at a record setting rate. And the cloud data being produced is a virtual gold mine of new insights. All kinds of new attributes can be derived from the readily accessible data. Because of this,...

The Pervasive DataCloud2 team is constantly looking at ways to improve the compliance and security around DataCloud2 and our partners at Amazon Web Services (AWS) help us stay in tuned with the needs of our customers.

 

Accenture published a great little video about kids and cloud computing.  It predicts the future.  In fact it shows us the future is already here.  Our children are already leveraging cloud computing as a matter of fact.