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Industry View: How relevant are pure-Cloud platforms for the real business world?

Posted by David Akka in Applications on Tue, 05/01/2010 - 16:13
  • How does a pure Cloud philosophy fit within the real-world application development needs of enterprise and ISVs?
  • Cloud migration is financial and business dilemma for ISVs, as the bulk of their revenues are from licensed Client/Server applications.
  • A pure Cloud development & deployment environment may be relevant to many enterprises and ISVs looking to reap the full benefits of Web deployment.

David Akka, managing director at Magic Software Enterprises (UK, Eire, and the Nordics), looks at pure-Cloud platforms, their relevance in the ‘real business world’, and the issues currently facing ISVs looking to deploy on multiple platforms.

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