I read a really interesting article from MIT Technology Review from July 25, 2008, named Reaching for the Clouds, that talks about a new entrant in the web application infrastructure market called 10gen.
In this market, basically shared between Google and Amazon, 10gen innovates exactly in the point where these two giants are more closed: the very infrastructure.
10gen creates an open source stack of tools for web application infrastructure, that is allegedly analogous to Google App Engine, being purpose-built to run in a cloud environment.
In the article it is mentioned that they still don't have a business model that defines clearly how 10gen will operate (and survive). Although a bit naive, it seems interesting enough to take a look, wait and see...
In this market, basically shared between Google and Amazon, 10gen innovates exactly in the point where these two giants are more closed: the very infrastructure.
In the article it is mentioned that they still don't have a business model that defines clearly how 10gen will operate (and survive). Although a bit naive, it seems interesting enough to take a look, wait and see...
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