Is it worthwhile to develop software that supports multi-tenancy, or is it better to deploy multiple instances with each only supporting one tenant? Not really looking for a yes/no, but rather what ...

There is a truth about SaaS (software as a service) solutions that twist the definition of cloud-based technology. Is the solution offered by the vendor a lift and shift of their traditional software ...

Marketers today find they need increasingly nuanced solutions for their IT needs – in fact, Gartner has predicted that on average, marketing departments will have bigger IT budgets than IT departments ...

Serving one customer. A single tenant refers to hardware, software or a service for one customer (one tenant). See single-tenant VM. A "multi-tenant" system serves several customers and comprises ...

Alarm bells rang when several respected ediscovery providers announced they had shut down their sites due to security breaches. The causes were different for each, but the results were the same.

Success with a multi-tenant architecture requires the close alignment of design, use case, and underlying technology. Let’s dive into the key design patterns, their benefits, and their challenges.

Whether an IT organization is going with public or private clouds, it’s important to understand the nuances of multi-tenant architecture. For public clouds, IT managers need to understand the degree ...

Acumatica (a circa 2007 application software firm founded by a number of ex-Solomon executives) recently announced version 4.1 of its cloud ERP solution. One of the pleasant surprises I and others ...