(Note to self: Don’t ever do an image search on the word “Sassy” ever again.  Ever.)In part 3 you’ll recall that we outlined three delivery methods for Cloud-based services: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.  Today we’re going to go a little deeper into SaaS.“But Kevin.. I already know what it is.”Bear with me. Even though people … Continue reading Getting SAASy (“Cloudy April” – Part 4)

These are probably not new acronyms to most of you.“Acronyms?  I thought you were just a really rotten spelller!”Yeah.. acronyms.  SaaS = Software as a Service PaaS = Platform as a Service IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service. These are the three delivery methods that we talk about when considering how to deliver, leverage, or … Continue reading SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.. Oh my! (“Cloudy April” – Part 3)

Is ‘the cloud” making you concerned for your job?  And by that, I mean, are you primarily working with a product or technology that may soon be cloudified?  “Cloudified?”Okay.. I’m making up words again.  But I think you know what I’m talking about.  Are you working with a technology that is seeing a big shift … Continue reading The Cloud Ate My Job! (“Cloudy April” – Part 2)

Greetings!  Welcome to my 31-part series of articles all about this thing called “the cloud”.“Seriously, Kevin?  Is this some warped April-Fools joke?  Haven’t we heard enough about ‘the cloud’?”I’m going to answer that question with another question: What have you heard?  “It means something I use is hosted somewhere else.  But honestly… every company out … Continue reading “Cloudy April” Part 1: Full of I.T. with my head in the clouds