Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Ripples in the industry

The Cloud hype has already had a ripple effect on the hardware and software industry and many industry pundits are predicating it to play a major role in altering the skyline of the industry. Dominant database and software companies, like Oracle and SAP, seem to be sitting directly across the fence from the trend and may have to alter future products. Microsoft is a prime example of how traditional software vendors are up to the task of evolving for the cloud environment. Microsoft Azure is a flexible cloud platform, extending cloud elasticity to Microsoft's heavyweight developmental products. It is a promising development that may bring significant cloud products from rival developers in the future.

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