Today Amazon made a big announcement, the availability of Oracle as an option for their Relational Database Service (RDS). What does this mean for the Enterprise?
Website on S3
By: | February 18, 2011 | Leave a comment
S3 Lab- For this lab we will demonstrate the ease of hosting static content in S3. This should not take very long and is very easy, just follow the steps below or watch the video located here. 1. Open a web browser and go to http://www.freewebsitetemplates.com/ here we will select a free website to … read the whole post
How to Make WordPress on EC2!
By: | February 16, 2011 | Leave a comment
In this exercise we will show the steps to setting up a AWS EC2 server, connect over ssh and install all the tools and config WordPress. I have attached a video to each step and it might make more sense to read the steps, watch the video and then try them yourself. If you are … read the whole post
What Can the Public Cloud Do For Your Enterprise Today?
By: | January 25, 2011 | Leave a comment
So this is an interesting question: Many small businesses are finding the cloud extremely useful, but how will the enterprises incorporate it? I am sure you have all seen the Microsoft commercials aimed at the consumer “to the cloud!”, and I am sure most of you have used a cloud app before like drop … read the whole post
The Freshman Post, and It Is A Whopper!
By: | December 16, 2010 | Leave a comment
Boom, just like that AWS changes the game again. Last night they announced VM-Import. As of now they can only import 32 and 64 bit windows 2008, however they are working on geting the “nixs” working. Can you imagine what this means for diaster recovery? Or what this will do to let enterprises test the … read the whole post
10 Golden Rules for Developing in the Clouds
By: | September 14, 2010 | Leave a comment
Theres a few rules that I've learned while working with Salesforce/Azure/Amazon Web Service/Google App Engine that everyone should follow: Manage your DB read/writes - It may seem beneficial to do a write then a read for the latest data, but manage the data in cache so you don't waste precious resources. Many Cloud providers lock … read the whole post
Top 9 Cloud Computing Stories of 2009 – (#5) Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
By: | December 22, 2009 | Leave a comment
Amazon’s Web Services have been getting better and better, but typically by incremental amounts. Up until now, it’s been a slow trickle of improvements to a solid suite of offerings. Cheap storage, cheap computing power, cheap access to PCI compliance, etc. This new offering however, may truly be a game-changer for their web services division. … read the whole post
EC2 – Easier and Faster
By: | December 4, 2009 | Leave a comment
Today Amazon made a couple of interesting announcements. First off they have opened a new region (Northern California) with multiple availability zones (analogous to data centers, but each on separate flood plains and electrical grids). This further increases their computing capacity and also puts data closer to all of the start-up’s in the Bay … read the whole post
Cloud Loader – “How To”
By: | April 8, 2009 | (1) Comment
We have had a lot of great interest in Cloud Loader, so the next question is "How do I start using it?" Well, here is a simple 5 Step guide to get going with Cloud Loader to start doing integration for $0.10 an hour (or less with a reserved instance). Step 1 – Sign … read the whole post
Introducing Cloud Loader
By: | March 30, 2009 | Leave a comment
So why do I need a server again to integrate with the cloud? Historically one of the arguments against SaaS, or now “The Cloud” was that integration is difficult or expensive. Several great providers have emerged in this space to make integration with cloud platforms inexpensive and more recently, even cloud based. These approaches are … read the whole post
Dear IT Leadership: Please Lead
By: | February 25, 2009 | (1) Comment
Follow Reid Carlberg on Twitter or contact him at rcarlberg@modelmetrics.com. Dear IT Leadership, Today, your business needs you more than ever. The economy is weakening. Competition is intense.. You’ve helped it navigate technologies for years. But the business has immensely complex new challenges today. It needs your help to operate more efficiently. It needs your … read the whole post
Top Five and One Half Amazon Web Services Factoids I Learned in Seattle
By: | February 21, 2009 | (1) Comment
You can follow Reid Carlberg on Twitter or email him at rcarlberg@modelmetrics.com We’ve used Amazon Web Services in my department, but I wasn’t very close to the project. So when I had a chance to take a deeper dive, I jumped at it. Here are some of the things I learned. 1. AWS Dropped prices on their SimpleDB … read the whole post
In the Cloud with SFDC, Amazon, and Barack
By: | January 20, 2009 | Leave a comment
First blog since Dreamforce… not good! The marketing guys are all over me. “You have to blog consistently.” Of course they’re right, but who has the time! Inauguration was yesterday, pretty amazing times. So now that Obama is in and the recession will be coming to an end, banks will become stabilized, the capital markets will bounce back, and general … read the whole post
In the Clouds at Dreamforce
By: | November 3, 2008 | Leave a comment
I’m at Dreamforce in the keynote. And the focus is all about the cloud computing convergence. Everyone is excited about the new force.com Sites product. With Sites you can now use the power of Visualforce to create a public facing website. The Site is dynamic and content is delivered directly from custom objects. You can … read the whole post