Is database-as-a-service a good idea?

Seen this article by Jean-Jacques Dubray on InfoQ, related to this other article by Arnon Rotem who explains why Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is a bad idea:

• It circumvents the whole idea about "Services" - there's no business logic


• It makes for CRUD resources/services


• It is exposing internal database structure or data rather than a thought-out contract


• It encourages bypassing real services and going straight to their data


• It creates a blob service (the data source)


• It encourages minuscule half-services (the multiple "interfaces" of said blob) that disregard few of the fallacies of distributed computing


• It is just client-server in sheep's clothing

To me, DBaaS is just a new way to access a database and it is far from Data Services (which are all about data integration, mapping, persistence & SOA). The most interesting benefits of a DBaaS are to offer a DB that you won't administrate. Conversely, it also raises some questions in terms of scalability and confidentiality.

Is database-as-a-service a good idea?

Seen this article by Jean-Jacques Dubray on InfoQ, related to this other article by Arnon Rotem who explains why Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is a bad idea:

• It circumvents the whole idea about "Services" - there's no business logic


• It makes for CRUD resources/services


• It is exposing internal database structure or data rather than a thought-out contract


• It encourages bypassing real services and going straight to their data


• It creates a blob service (the data source)


• It encourages minuscule half-services (the multiple "interfaces" of said blob) that disregard few of the fallacies of distributed computing


• It is just client-server in sheep's clothing

To me, DBaaS is just a new way to access a database and it is far from Data Services (which are all about data integration, mapping, persistence & SOA). The most interesting benefits of a DBaaS are to offer a DB that you won't administrate. Conversely, it also raises some questions in terms of scalability and confidentiality.

The coming wave in Data Services

A good introduction to Data Services by John Goodson, VP and GM of DataDirect, as part of the last Data Services World event, last June in NY.

The coming wave in Data Services

A good introduction to Data Services by John Goodson, VP and GM of DataDirect, as part of the last Data Services World event, last June in NY.

YAODBMS: NeoDatis

Yet another ODBMS: NeoDatis.

I have no time to review its features, but it is so funny to see all these new ODBMS.

YAODBMS: NeoDatis

Yet another ODBMS: NeoDatis.

I have no time to review its features, but it is so funny to see all these new ODBMS.

Alternative to the Entity Framework?

NHibernate 2.0 arrived. It seems there is no support for LINQ yet, but it is on the roadmap a next major release (2.1).

It seems this blog frequently covers the differences between NHibernate and the Entity Framework:

• http://blog.domaindotnet.com/2008/08/24/nhibernate-20-gold-released-must-wait-for-linq-to-nhibernate/


• http://blog.domaindotnet.com/2008/06/29/nhibernate-20-goes-beta-1-while-microsoft-linq-to-entities-receives-vote-of-no-confidence-from-many-leading-net-experts-as-unacceptable/


• http://blog.domaindotnet.com/2006/09/09/objectrelational-tools-nhibernate-and-microsoft-adonet-entity-framework/