Grids are Beautiful
Wednesday, May 10th 2006 | Ismael Ghalimi
Last month, I wrote about 3TERA, the company developing the amazing AppLogic grid operating system. Today, I formally joined 3TERA’s Advisory Board. My own experience pales in comparison to the company’s other advisors, but I will do my best to add some value.
One way to do this is by helping Office 2.0 startups adopt 3TERA’s infrastructure. I am already facilitating such discussions with a couple of companies that are listed on the Office 2.0 Database, but if you think that your service could benefit from a true grid architecture, please feel free to drop me an email, and I will make proper introductions to Vladimir Miloushev and his team.
One of the reasons why I really like what the 3TERA folks are doing is that applications do not have to be re-written in order to take advantage of AppLogic. As a result, investments on the part of Office 2.0 entrepreneurs remain extremely limited, and 3TERA brings a very cost-effective way to manage the risk of service disruption following faster-than-anticipated growth for any online application (remember Friendster?). So give it a try!
Last but not least, if you’ve started a cool Office 2.0 company and are looking for an advisor or a board member, feel free to contact me as well. I cannot promise that I will be able to spend much time with you, but if you’re application could add value to my Office 2.0 setup, I’ll make sure to give it a try.
Entry filed under: Cloud Computing, Office 2.0
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Ismael,
Congratulation on your new nomination to 3TERA’s advisory board. Looks like your are expanding the network of strategic alliances necessary to build the technical foundations in supporting Office 2.O, as well as a “reservoir” of open sources business process component. Is that correct? Looking forward to hearing the progress as you proceed.
Tomoaki,
Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated.
Ismael
Is Intalio going to be offering a process server as an Office 2.0 application?
Tom,
We’re seriously thinking about it and are trying to gauge customer interest.
I think a process service would have to offer something less abstract that custom BPEL integration. Services such as opt-in/opt-out email services that collect and save structured information would be interesting. Another area might be a collaborative ‘workflow appliance’ that permits users to add their own forms. One could build virtual corporate applications with something like this.
Tom,
I agree. Anything hosted should come with templates and packaged services.
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