Archive for February, 2008
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
My excitement for Cloud Computing is not matched universally...it is not the answer to everybody's problems. I already described on the AWS user group discussion list how it is not helpful for small web sites. Well, perhaps it is true that distributed computing 'as a service' is not suitable for ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
I had a pint with two friends last week and they asked me why I was so excited about cloud computing. I was amazed about the question...why wouldn't you? I told them my "slash dot" story....butI should have told them the story about Christophe Bisciglia.
Bisciglia is a software developer at ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
I am a keen supporter of cloud computing and working on a few projects (including Emailcloud.com). I have picked up a few tricks over the past twelve months and I setup the AWSUG.com to pass on some of the these.
People always tell me that they find the AWS instructions very ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP) stack great for small websites and web apps...but what happens when you need scalability? There is no easy and cheap way to scale.
The only way to scale with the LAMP stack is to add more servers...but...once you split each component onto a separate server ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Blacknight Internet
"If you are looking for a hosting provider or a Co-Location partner, let me save you some valuable research time. Blacknight is the gold standard by which all others should be judged."
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Amazon Web Services
"I have been using AWS for a few months now. We have released a fully commercial product on the service and I am very happy with the level of service and quality. Check it out!
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Amazon Web Services are a collection of services, provided by Amazon (yes, the book ...
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