The Cloud For Non Technical People – Episode 1 First in our series of micro-podcasts explaining cloud computing and the cloud for non technical people. What is the cloud? Its the question we get asked more than any other. If you’re a non-technical person and you just want to understand cloud computing a bit more, […]
Three Primary Acronyms You Should Know If You’re New To Cloud Computing
In the world of cloud computing, there are several different delivery models to choose from. Different delivery models vary with respect to complexity, ease of use, cost, and suitability for any particular application. Choosing the right service type for any given situation will almost always involve an alphabet soup of acronyms. If you’re new to […]
Cloud Migration Strategy – Why A Fork Lift Isn’t Always Bad
When it comes to cloud migration strategy, “fork-lifting” an application into the cloud is often frowned upon. Fork-lifting means simply swapping a physical server for a virtual cloud server. It really is the most basic cloud migration strategy and it does completely ignore several key benefits of cloud computing, including elasticity, scalability and the resilience […]
AWS Outages – Necessary Evils?
There are some that argue that without the Apollo 1 tragedy that killed three astronauts on the launch pad, we might not have gotten to the moon. That’s certainly not to minimize what happened to those men, but there’s some truth in the idea that there can be no success without lessons learned in […]