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My New Blog

I’m blogging again, seriously this time. Since I wanted to do some customization to my site, I...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 10/29/2010

Application Marketplaces and the Money Trail

This paper describes the forces behind long tail software economics and the architecture of...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 02/18/2008

An Application Marketplace Architecture for Commercializing Software and Services

Recently I've been thinking about the increasing attention being paid to application marketplaces....

Author: Fred Chong Date: 02/10/2008

The Forces of Long Tail Software and Services

Chris Anderson's book on "the business of selling more of less" has enlightened people's thinking...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 11/28/2007

The SaaSy Tale of Martians and Venusians

Our latest paper is an attempt to match-make software vendors and hosters. The paper explains why...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 11/14/2007

Going After the Long Tail? Think Channel as a Service (CaaS)

Charles Fitzgerald recently posted an article on the elusive long tail market. The article mentioned...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 10/08/2007

Interview with .NET Rocks

I spoke with Carl and Richard at .NET Rocks earlier this year. Click on the .NET Rocks image below...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 09/04/2007

Implications of Self-, Outsourced- and OEM-Hosting

The last couple of month I've been talking to many software vendors in China and Singapore and the...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 06/11/2007

Spring Time Christmas Gift: SaaS Architecture Workshop

I just finished conducting a 3-day SaaS architecture workshop for our internal employees and ISV...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 04/03/2007

Windows XP Version of Litware HR Available

We recently released an updated version of Litware HR sample application that runs on Windows XP....

Author: Fred Chong Date: 03/24/2007

Release Announcment: Litware HR - A Sample SaaS Application

It sure feels like a long time ago since I first started working on this project. I'm very happy to...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 02/08/2007

Architecture Dimensions of the SaaS Ecosystem

GP and I wrote an article on "The Architecture Dimensions of the SaaS Ecosystem" for the...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 01/08/2007

More SaaS TV

Here's more video episodes of the Remend architecture case study I wrote about in my previous post:...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 11/29/2006

SaaS Application Architecture Case Study: Remend

Back in July this year, Armando Hernandez, a solutions architect from Remend contacted us after...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 11/18/2006

The Dual-Purpose Aggregator Platform

I learned a few interesting things about SaaS hosters and aggregators during a recent trip to...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 11/13/2006

SaaS: An Enterprise Perspective

We have published a new paper. This is the paper some of us have been waiting to see for some time....

Author: Fred Chong Date: 11/10/2006

Multi-tenancy and Virtualization

Multi-tenancy is hard work. Very often SaaS application will scale better if it is designed from the...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 10/23/2006

SaaSCon Reminiscing

I was co-presenting with Gianpaolo at SaaSCon last week. The event marked a highlight in my...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 10/06/2006

Defining the Software as a Service Continuum

Every now and then, I find myself having “passionate” discussions with colleagues and customers...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 09/27/2006

Podcast Preview of SaaSCon Session

Computerworld interviewed Gianpaolo and I on our SaaS architecture work. You can check out the...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 09/08/2006

Enterprise SaaS Customers: Are You Ready for the Two Headed Monster?

I have been pondering about the technical implications of SaaS for the enterprise. So far, I think...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 08/24/2006

Multi-tenant Data Architecture Slide Deck Now Available

This is the companion slide deck for the multi-tenant data architecture paper we published recently....

Author: Fred Chong Date: 08/17/2006

MSDN SaaS Architecture Website Launched!

Today, my team launched the SaaS architecture website on MSDN. Over time, we would like this to...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 08/15/2006

Architecture Session at SaaSCon

Gianpaolo and I will be presenting an architecture session at the SaaScon in September. We’ll be...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 08/11/2006

Enabling the Long Tail of SaaS Providers

I love the long tail metaphor. It explained the business model behind Amazon, Netflix, Web 2.0 and...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 08/07/2006

SaaS ARCast with Ron Jacobs

Recently, my colleague Ron Jacobs interviewed Gianpaolo and me on the SaaS topic. Check out the...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 07/18/2006

Federated Identity and SaaS

In addition to the SaaS architecture papers, I’ve also recently published a paper on federated...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 07/12/2006

SaaS Architecture Guidance Validation

I just came back from a long vacation, and before that I was cranking on the two SaaS architecture...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 07/11/2006

WSA article: Single Instance Multi-Tenancy Demystified

Check out our article at the Washington Software Association website:...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 04/25/2006

The Making of Web Services Security Guide

The Web Service Security Guide has been released! It seems like ages ago when I thought about how...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 01/05/2006

Intro

I’m a solutions architect in the Architecture Strategy team at Microsoft where I spend my time...

Author: Fred Chong Date: 10/19/2005