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What is the definition of Software as a Service?
24 April 07 10:16 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
If you go to www.microsoft.com/saas you will end up with the definition: “Software deployed as a Service and accessed using Internet technologies”. To me this is very broad probably too broad. Unfortunately I don’t have anything clearer and more precise Read More...
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Ownership of customer relations
24 April 07 10:16 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
Many hosters make their money servicing consumers in a low margin business. Many of them have a business brand like Cohaesio vs. Surftown or Schlund&Partner vs. 1&1. I’m not sure how realistic a scenario would be where a hoster would give up customer Read More...
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Design-time vs. Run-time
24 April 07 10:15 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
In a hosted environment an application will not have the full freedom of choosing it’s runtime behavior and the way it is being provisioned. There are many policies defined in a hosted environment that need to be enforced from the service provider. Therefore Read More...
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Design and Architecture of a SaaS Delivery Platform
24 April 07 10:12 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
Michel Baladi posted a lot of information on the outcome of our efforts regarding the SaaS Delivery platform in his blog. You can find the information at blogs.msdn.com/baladi Read More...
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Application Manifest and Platform Manifest
24 April 07 10:12 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
The two most significant innovations which came out of the Architecture sessions are those two manifests. The application manifest is something built by the software vendor to actually define the needs of an application in a hosted environment. It contains Read More...
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Shared database scenario – Why care?
24 April 07 10:10 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
We discussed the shared database approach or multi-tenant data layer and came to the conclusion that running backups is not so much of a problem but restoring data on a tenant by tenant basis would be a complex pattern that is not supported currently, Read More...
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My view on Architecture of a multi-tenant application
24 April 07 10:08 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
with the nex posts I'd like to share some of my experiences with Software as a Service. They are intended to be a basis for a discussion and my very personal view. Read More...
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Visit Estonia
05 December 06 08:59 PM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
Today I started my first trip to Estonia where I'll be speaking to students about Web2.0 and related SaaS engagements I'm currently doing. Additionally I'll give an overview on ASP.net AJAX We will also visit a hoster this week. Read More...
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Enabling and Delivering Software as a Service
24 November 06 10:46 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
Presentations from this conference are available here . Read More...
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Entering the SaaS space
24 November 06 09:11 AM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
With a first ADS (Architectural Design Session) at the Microsoft Innovation Center in Denmark we stepped into a very interesting space. In October we spent three days together with a hoster and a software vendor discussing opportunities and technologies Read More...
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SaaS - Whitepaper
31 May 06 03:54 PM | mariobriana | 1 Comments   
It is called "Architecture Strategies for Catching the Long Tail" and for me it is the best paper about this topic so far - and I like the the way Frederick Chong and Gianpaolo Carraro view the SaaS world with a mixture of de-mystification and what the Read More...
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Microsoft Command Shell Activity
11 April 06 02:41 PM | mariobriana | 0 Comments   
On Webhosting Day in Brühl I showed a Windows Workflow Activity which is able to host the Microsoft Shell. I think this could potentially be a way to build a modern Provisioning System. There would be several advantages. You would have a lot of flexibilty Read More...
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