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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

It can be deceptively easy to set up your own, SMTP server, to send email on behalf of that app. There are lots of areas that get lots of attention, but when you go into the middleware of cloud computing, there are lots of technical challenges, but there are not many people wanting to jump in and do that.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

He sees this as similar to what happened with SMTP, POP, HTTP, etc. Large number of Players in Cloud Computing. A couple of the more interesting ones: Amazon EC2 Google App Engine Salesforce.com Force IBM’s Blue Cloud Only guarantee for longevity is if you have options. Pretty much lines up with where I'm at.

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