These are my links for April 1st from 12:15 to 21:00:

• Building Cloud-Based Application Platforms – It seems that cloud computing conversations are slowly beginning to march up the stack. Much of the initial focus in the space has been on cloud-based infrastructures such as servers, storage, networks, etc. To some degree, cloud-based approaches to this layer of IT are becoming more of a norm and less of an exception. As this happens, the industry begins to look at the next layer of the IT stack in the context of cloud computing: application platforms.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1341743">read more</a></p>
• The IT Services Delivery Revolution – Need a pair of shoes, an airline ticket, or a book? Looking for 100 servers to get you through an online sales rush? No problem. Go online and your needs are (nearly) instantaneously fulfilled. Instant gratification may be the single greatest driver in the revolution that is fueled by virtualization and the delivery of software and services from the cloud. The impact is only beginning to be understood. Some obvious advantages are driving cloud-based development, such as eliminating the expense and endless cycle of procurement and upgrading of a long list of IT solutions, and the never-ending fight for priority with IT to move an innovation forward. The cloud provides a world in which the end user has complete control over their client/server, web-based, and computing solutions – allowing them to choose what they use, where they use it, and where they get solutions from. It is the culmination of a 25-year end-user computing revolution that began with the introduction of the PC. Each phase of this revolution has created terrific efficiency gains and cost reductions for businesses, moving from the mainframe to the PC, from the PC to client/server, to the web and now to the cloud. <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1341690">read more</a></p>
• Layer 7 Technologies to Exhibit at Cloud Expo East – SYS-CON Events announced today that Layer 7 Technologies, the leader in SOA and Cloud governance, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 5th International Cloud Expo (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com" title="www.CloudComputingExpo.com">www.CloudComputingExpo.com</a>), which will take place on April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
  Cloud Expo is the world's leading Cloud-focused event since 2007, and is held five times a year, in New York City, Silicon Valley, Prague, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
  Layer 7 Technologies is the leader in SOA and Cloud governance. Layer 7 helps organizations connect to the cloud, protect applications in the cloud, and securely span private and public clouds.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1341724">read more</a></p>
• Objectivity VP to Present at Cloud Expo East – There is much talk about elastic scalability in cloud computing. This may be true in terms of processing; it is not so easy with traditional databases. In his session at the 5th International Cloud Expo, Brian Clark, Vice President, Product Management at Objectivity, will show how an alternative database architecture can truly scale in the cloud while giving a single logical view across all data.
  Cloud Expo is the world's leading Cloud-focused event since 2007, and is held five times a year, in New York City, Silicon Valley, Prague, Tokyo and Hong Kong.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1340685">read more</a></p>
• Univa UD to Exhibit at Cloud Expo East – SYS-CON Events announced today that Univa UD, a leading provider of cloud management software, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 5th International Cloud Expo (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com" title="www.CloudComputingExpo.com">www.CloudComputingExpo.com</a>), which will take place on April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City.
  Cloud Expo is the world's leading Cloud-focused event since 2007, and is held five times a year, in New York City, Silicon Valley, Prague, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
  Univa UD is a leading provider of cloud management software. Companies worldwide use our award-winning products to build and manage internal cloud environments, leverage public cloud services, and enable cloud service offerings for end customers. Univa offers the widest range of production-ready private, public and hybrid cloud management products available anywhere, including cloud infrastructure management and service governance. For over a decade, Univa products have delivered measurable business value to organizations of all kinds by reducing costs, increasing resource utilization, and optimizing the computing environment. With a focus on making business easier for customers, Univa is advancing the vision and practice of cloud computing.<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1340748">read more</a></p>