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Even Stephen Fry fails to get cloud computing
Stephen Fry recently published an article on cloud computing. Like many others he got it completely wrong and was describing nothing more than what the Internet is. Cloud computing is not the second coming. Leave Comment Related Entries: Cloud
Posted: Oct. 10, 2008 09:52 PM
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I will be presenting at Amazon's upcoming London road show on how we are using their web services technology. If you are in London the 4th November then stop by.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Calculating your cloud storage costsUpdated Simple Java API
Posted: Oct. 10, 2008 05:16 AM
Calculating your cloud storage costs
Amazon have recently reduced the price of their S3 service. But they are not the only player in the field. We've introduced a simple online storage calculator to let you see how they compare.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Updated Simple Java API cla
Posted: Oct. 9, 2008 03:09 PM
Updated Simple Java API class for Amazon SimpleDB
Access Amazon's SimpleDB via a Java class that has no other dependencies or external libraries. Code as it should be. Uncomplicated and works.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Cloud Bootcamp announced, learn what all the fuss is aboutAmazon's EC2 now wi
Posted: Oct. 7, 2008 07:26 AM
Why get involved with open source?
I was recently interviewed, with many others, on my views on open source and why i got involved. A fascinating review of what many different people feel and how they react.Leave CommentRelated Entries:java.lang.InternalError at sun.misc.URLClassPath
Posted: Oct. 3, 2008 05:29 AM
Cloud Bootcamp announced, learn what all the fuss is about
Ever wondered what all the cloud fuss was about? Well I will be hosting a full day of bootcamp in November at San Jose. Discover the world of clouds and how you can utilise the likes of Amazon, GoGrid, Flexiscale et al to aid your deployment.Leave
Posted: Oct. 2, 2008 05:55 AM
Amazon's EC2 now with Windows
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Upcoming online webinar - Flying through the clouds
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Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the SUN campus, where I was given a tour of a lab that makes James Bond's Q lab look like a childs room. We've forgotton what SUN actually do. Maybe they have too.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Windows 3.1 on
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