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Clouds and The Distorted Notion of Direct Control

I would like to share a few thoughts on the notion of being in direct control of your environment. This article is a continuation from my previous one and it aims to justify why nowadays individuals and organizations prefer to give away control in order to gain more agility. Needless to say, less control is often equal to less security.

Some of you who have been following the blog may be familiar with some of my other articles on the same topic. [...]

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Google and Wildcard Domains

Ok, ignore the image. This is the best I could find online. This post is about a thing I happen to notice while messing around with my own Google for Applications accounts.

Basically, Google allows you to use custom domains for your Google for Applications, Blogspot, Mashup Editor and of course App Engine accounts. I think this is an excellent feature and I use it for several of my domains. [...]

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Most Attractive Targets: SaaS

Ok, so I have been busy. But soon you will see why. In the meanwhile I would like to draw your attention on a very interesting discussion me and ap have started some time ago.

For those of you who don’t know, SaaS stands for Software as a Service, which is the new hot topic on the market. It is so hot, it radiates light. Of course all vendors are jumping into the SaaS bandwagon, and for a reason. [...]

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