The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 04-2012

• 2012 AWS Cloud Summit: An intro to Amazon's cloud tech for businesses

  Nick Hardiman attended the 2012 AWS Summit in London and shares his impressions of the event and what he learned about Amazon’s cloud technology. Also, there was free beer.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | April 27, 2012, 12:35 PM PDT

• Big Data challenges and how the cloud can help

  Thoran Rodrigues explains the evolution of Big Data processing, highlights the challenges, and considers how the cloud can contribute to the Big Data boom.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | April 25, 2012, 8:13 AM PDT

• Stress-testing a web service: The basics

  Nick Hardiman describes his preparations to stress-test his simple Drupal-based web service built on an Amazon EC2 machine.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | April 24, 2012, 10:34 AM PDT

• Go beyond simple file-sharing with Box for enterprise cloud content management

  Ian Hardenburgh looks at the transformation of Box.net into Box.com and its new focus on providing cloud content management features that are enterprise-ready.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | April 19, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• How networks can keep up with the cloud revolution

  Nick Hardiman looks at the ways that the networking layer is feeling the strain of the cloud revolution. Can software-defined networking create more flexible and better optimized networks?

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | April 17, 2012, 9:00 AM PDT

• Looking at the 2012 IT Priorities report from the perspective of the cloud

  Thoran Rodrigues shares his observations on the 2012 IT Priorities report, which highlights emerging tech trends. How does the cloud address both the priorities and concerns of IT pros?

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | April 16, 2012, 11:53 AM PDT

• Reliability monitoring on the cheap with Cacti and Monitor.Us

  Nick Hardiman shows you two free tools you can use for monitoring your cloud app’s reliability — open source Cacti and the cloud-based monitoring tool, Monitor.Us.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | April 11, 2012, 11:17 AM PDT

• Cloud app vs. web app: Understanding the differences

  Are the terms cloud app and web app interchangeable? Not really, although they are very similar. Tajudeen Abubakr explains the difference.

  Posted by Tajudeen Abubakr | April 10, 2012, 1:44 PM PDT

• Keep expectations realistic when moving to the cloud

  Thoran Rodrigues says you can be a cloud enthusiast, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t recognize its weaknesses. Ignore the hype and prepare for some problems, as you would with any...

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | April 5, 2012, 1:34 PM PDT

• Eucalyptus provides adaptable and cost-effective hybrid cloud option

  Ian Hardenburgh introduces Eucalyptus, a management platform for hybrid (private and public) cloud infrastructures. He also discusses the potential performance and cost benefits of a hybrid setup.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | April 4, 2012, 6:30 AM PDT