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Do you have a clear understanding of what Software as a Services is and what “Cloud computing” means, at least as it pertains to today’s IT industry?

Here is a whitepaper and a blog post that can be useful in understanding both SaaS & Cloud Computing.  They’re from people you may have heard about: David Chappell – industry expert in Technology Directions & Application Architecture and John Osborn who has a blog on O’Reilly.

• O’Reilly Blog:
  Post on Software as a Service
  http://news.oreilly.com/2008/08/david-chappells-taxonomy-of-cl.html
• David Chappell’s Whitepaper: 
  “A Short Introduction to Cloud Platforms:  An Enterprise-oriented View”
  http://www.davidchappell.com/CloudPlatforms–Chappell.pdf