The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 11-2011

• E-Commerce done easy with Shopify for users and developers alike

  Ian Hardenburgh shares an overview of the cloud service Shopify, which provides a scalable online retail platform.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | November 30, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• Rackspace: Cloud options for the small and medium business

  Steven Trippe describes the basic options in Rackspace’s cloud services for small and medium businesses to consider. Here’s what you need to know to get started.

  Posted by Steven Trippe | November 28, 2011, 10:56 AM PST

• Readying Windows Azure to supplement Office (365/2010)

  Ian Hardenburgh offers an overview of the Windows Azure platform and the benefits of leveraging Microsoft’s data center to host applications and store data.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | November 24, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• Getting to the command line: Starting up your AWS EC2 machine with SSH

  Nick Hardiman continues his soup-to-nuts series on getting started and learning to work with Amazon Web Services. Here are tips on using the command line to open an EC2 machine.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | November 23, 2011, 8:53 AM PST

• What high availability for cloud services means in the real world

  Thoran Rodrigues looks at what “high availability” really means when considering cloud services. Is contracting with multiple providers the answer?

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | November 21, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• How the cloud is helping to boost the auto industry recovery

  Aditi Ghatak looks at how the auto industry has embraced cloud technology and how it’s being used to boost innovation.

  Posted by Aditi Roy Ghatak | November 17, 2011, 9:00 AM PST

• What can Salesforce.com's Do app actually 'do' for the enterprise?

  Ian Hardenburgh takes a look at the new Do social productivity app launched by Salesforce.com and evaluates it’s prospects for enterprise users.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | November 16, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant

  Nick Hardiman shows you how to set up a secure connection to an Amazon EC2 machine using PuTTY and Pageant to handle your private key.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | November 15, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• How to price cloud services

  Thoran Rodrigues offers tips on setting a pricing structure for cloud services from a provider’s perspective. Understanding this model will also help cloud service users find the right...

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | November 14, 2011, 6:00 AM PST

• How to create and destroy an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

  Nick Hardiman walks you through the steps of the AWS wizard — this time to create and then destroy a virtual machine.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | November 9, 2011, 6:00 AM PST