SDI and Cloud Computing
Orax SDI is a hosted SaaS offering, but how does it fit in the Cloud Computing model?
Back in 2000 when I first conceived Orax dataAPI (a multi-user, multi-company, secure, business infrastructure), I knew that sharing resources right down to database tables was the most efficient way to provide the business service I had in mind. The concept was brilliant because it allowed me to add companies like you add users. Efficient and powerful. Yet, I soon deserted it and moved to a new model, a multi-user, single company model. Why?
IT is just as powerful as it's function in a business. IT makes business, and business makes IT. I soon realized that the kind of data I was expecting a business to entrust in my infrastructure was not the kind of data a typical businessman would like to share with others. Even if it was very secure and risk free, something about a businessman (and I know, because I am one) says: I want to own my data and have options. I don't want to share my service with others in the same stack. It may not make IT sense, but it definitely makes human sense.
When I look at Cloud Computing and some of the concepts, I see my initial design in action. I also see why it works. Most current Cloud solutions perform a certain function in a business. It is a part of your business, a specific edge or corner. SDI however is an infrastructure. Instead of bringing SDI into a part of your business, you are moving your business into SDI. It's a business infrastructure. It forms the core of your data, not an outer edge.
For this reason, we run each SDI instance with its own database and processes, completely independent of other instances. We do share basic services like shared storage and cluster services, but this makes it more efficient without compromising on insolation.
Are we going to change this? Should we make it even more efficient by fusing clients together? I don't think so. I like the basics. Keep it simple and safe. Less complexity, less risk.
By Peet de Vos on 2010-07-29 20:08:00
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