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 ...

Understanding your customer base and planning early are essential steps when designing a scalable, multi-tenant database architecture that balances cost, performance and isolation. Building and ...

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 ...

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 ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. The first public cloud services ...