Author Archives: Nati Shalom

Read/write scale without complete re-write

In the last week of May I attended one of our Partner events in Stockholm where I presented the convergence of trends in the data scalability world – specifically the transition from NoSQL to NewSQL and the convergence of trends that … Continue reading

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GigaSpaces Citrix integration on top of OpenStack

3837Citrix OpenstackIn my one of my previous posts (GigaSpaces OpenStack Explained) I made a reference to the joint work that we are doing with Citrix through the integration of our new PaaS API: The specific integration with NetScaler (load balancer) … Continue reading

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PaaS on OpenStack

In my last post (GigaSpaces OpenStack Explained) I introduced our plan to add support for OpenStack in our platform: One of the goals for our second-generation PaaS/SaaS enablement platform was to enable smooth migration between different cloud providers. We were… Continue reading

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GigaSpaces OpenStack Explained

One of the major concerns of many IT organizations is cloud vendor lock-in. This concern was expressed recently in "Banks fear cloud vendor lock-in," from IT Wire: The onset of cloud computing gives vendors the chance to lock customers in … Continue reading

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Multi-tenancy: emulation or the real thing? – My Take

Phil Wainewright wrote and interesting take on Zdnet (Multi-tenancy: emulation or the real thing?) where he outlines different multi-tenancy levels: Hosting single-tenant applications on multi-tenant infrastructure Redistributing application processes across virtualized machines Injecting a user-specific column in the database driver… Continue reading

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