So, almost exactly one month after Google launched their App Engine, Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced a considerable bandwidth price reduction. Google’s rival to AWS is still only in a closed beta release stage, but it has nonetheless already impacted positively on the breadth of options available to programmers - and now also contributed to reducing costs.
Amazon are unlikely to openly concede that their price cut is a response to the launch of Google’s free rival, but there can be no doubt that the reduction will make AWS more competitive against the GAE (N.B. the AWS price cuts are significant; heavier users could save somewhere in the region of 25%).
With Google’s App Engine still a limited beta release, and…
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EtonDigital is proud to announce the completion of an extensive project for Simon Harrison Ltd. The prestigious London-based firm sought an effective Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution to help manage their work designing and supplying custom jewelery designs worldwide.
The company oversees a complex global operation, catering for the bespoke needs of every one of their clients - all of whom are premier global brands in the fashion and luxury accessories industry. The company runs several locations around the world, supporting a variety of flexible production and delivery processes.
In order to drive efficiency and integrate many complex daily company activities, Simon Harrison asked EtonDigital to design and deliver a Workflow and Resource Management solution that would not only replicate their current…
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Software as a Service (SaaS) has been around for some time. However, the technology to capitalise on its massive potential is only just becoming affordable and commonplace. Consequently, it’s no surprise that many businesses and service providers are now keen to explore the wealth of opportunity offered by SaaS practices.
SaaS is a model of software delivery that rivals the traditional system of selling software packages and support to individual clients on a one-to-one basis. The key to SaaS is a one-to-many business model that provides web-native packages for multiple clients simultaneously.
In short, the software is developed and hosted by the service provider which charges clients to use, rather than own, the programmes in question.
With the advancements in processor speeds, broadband…
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