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.

It's a mark of how much progress SaaS has made towards mainstream acceptance that vendors entering the space now proudly wear multi-tenancy as a badge of honor, rather than espousing the argument that ...

Software is called "multi-tenanted" if a single instance can serve multiple tenants, and multi-tenancy is often referred to as an application "architecture." Cloud-native technology is challenging ...

Imagine managing a large apartment complex that is occupied by digital residents rather than real ones. They all share the same infrastructure, from the plumbing (the network) to the elevator (the ...

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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 ...

Dennis Howlett has summarized the story so far in a debate I was having these past few days with Josh Greenbaum, Bob Warfield and assorted other Enterprise Irregulars (and it's not the first time I've ...

A cleverly chosen multi-tenant architecture creates the necessary structures. The tenants share an application with other tenants, all of which are isolated from each other so that the application ...

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 ...