Tibco Silver Cloud Computing Platform: A Work in Progress

Abstract

While Tibco needs to more clearly define Tibco Silver' s attributes and build a clearer business case behind the product, it is early days for Tibco Silver(and for cloud computing itself), and Tibco has time to get it right.

Table of Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• In a Nutshell
• SWOT analysis
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
• A PaaS offering
• Smart ‘elastic fabric' on top of Amazon EC2
• Elastic fabric
• Intelligent fabric
• On top of Amazon EC2 (initially)
• Bringing SOA to the cloud
• Application composition via Tibco Business Studio Silver Edition
• Composition level versus development level
• A starting point
• A free beta offering
• Pricing is still to be defined
• Global ambitions
• Targeting Global 2000 customers
• Starting with its own customer base
• Custom-distributed applications
• A cute but potentially dangerous name
• A good start, but more effort is needed
• A stronger business case behind Tibco Silver
• More details about the applications
• More details about Tibco Silver technologies
• A stronger Tibco Silver partner ecosystem
• A refined approach to governance
• More emphasis on Tibco' s integration credentials