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What is Service Oriented Architecture?

In order to understand Service Oriented Architecture, (SOA), it is important to grasp certain high-tech concepts. Basically, SOA is a bundle of computer services with “architecture” being the outline of a computer system that includes both the software and hardware necessary to run it.

Service itself occurs when a certain type of computer [...]

Market Smarter with Cloud Computing

Cloud computing and marketing. Two terms don’t seem to relate, right? Wrong. Marketing professionals are embracing cloud computing with open arms, because it is changing the way marketing gets done. No longer are they confined to the standard, traditional software that was once the only choice for doing business. Cloud computing offers businesses [...]

The Business of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the process of offering certain services and applications online rather than from a physical location or hardware. Many of these services are programs or software structures that are purely Web-based, and they’re gaining popularity almost daily.

The reason these programs are becoming more popular than their physical counterparts is due [...]

The Equalizing Effects of Cloud Computing

Leveling the playing field with the use of cloud computing, businesspeople are now able to compete with other, more established or more wealthy entities. The day is dawning that the small business can compete with corporations in their customer relationship management and service techniques. Quality of service depends on the training and the [...]

What Are the Long-Term Ramifications of Cloud Computing?

Cloud computing seems to be the latest buzzword surrounding the Internet, replacing Web 2.0. Unlike Web 2.0, cloud computing is a clearly defined combination of technology and service, which can change how customers and companies interact with each other over the next decade.

Cloud computing relies on three technologies that have come to [...]

Customer Retention Through Cloud Computing

Cloud computing has revolutionized customer relationship management in business. It has not only improved internal communications, overall technological efficiency, and productivity levels, but it has had a dramatic impact on the way businesses handle customers as well.

From an internal company perspective, cloud computing solutions have made possible the on-demand availability of accurate [...]

What Is An Application Service Provider?

Application service providers have emerged from the ever-growing arena of cloud computing solutions. The notion of cloud computing has evolved since the early 1980s, although the term seems relatively new as a marketing buzzword, and still rather unfamiliar to the average consumer. However, anyone who has used Web-based email, like Yahoo! or Gmail, [...]

What Is Cloud Grid Computing?

The terms “grid computing” and “cloud computing” are often used interchangeably, and in fact the two concepts do have a great deal in common. Both concern a large number of computer servers that are used in concert to solve one particularly difficult problem. Grid computing, however, can be distinguished from cloud computing in [...]

Cloud Computing and Social Media

Cloud computing, while only still in its infancy, has transformed the Computer and Information Age dramatically. Although the term “cloud computing” seems relatively new, the concept of cloud computing has been around for as long as Web-based mail. Anyone who has used Web-based email  such as Yahoo! or Hotmail, has had experience with [...]