Whitepapers

Solution and technology-focused white papers from Adactus

Capacity planning for high transaction Microsoft based eCommerce systems

This whitepaper is the first in a series of papers that discusses the issues associated with scaling high transaction eCommerce websites. It covers the need for capacity planning and provides a practical step-by-step approach to lifting the bonnet off websites, developed with Microsoft technologies, to determine what is really needed to meet user demand.

Feb 2011

The Economics of the Cloud

Computing is undergoing a seismic shift from client/server to the cloud, a shift similar in importance and impact to the transition from mainframe to client/server. Speculation abounds on how this new era will evolve in the coming years, and IT leaders have a critical need for a clear vision of where the industry is heading. We believe the best way to form this vision is to understand the underlying economics driving the long-term trend. In this paper, we will assess the economics of the cloud by using in-depth modeling. We then use this framework to better understand the long-term IT landscape.

Feb 2011