The Enterprise Cloud

Archive: 06-2012

• Getting started with Azure IaaS and the new Windows Azure Portal

  John Joyner tells you how to sign up for a free trial of the Windows Azure Portal so you can start getting experience with the new Azure IaaS VMs right now.

  Posted by John Joyner | June 27, 2012, 1:46 PM PDT

• Auto-scaling an EC2 service: Creating a new AMI

  Nick Hardiman details the steps involved in creating a new Amazon Machine Instance (AMI) as part of using the auto-scaling features for his EC2 service.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | June 25, 2012, 1:34 PM PDT

• Migrating applications to the cloud requires a business service approach

  Guest contributor Jeanne Morain outlines four steps of a business service approach to migrating applications to the cloud.

  Posted by Guest Contributor | June 22, 2012, 11:03 AM PDT

• Cloud insurance for ramping up cloud adoption

  Aditi Roy Ghatak reports on the new concept of “cloud insurance” that would compensate a company for any business lost due to a cloud failure. Gimmick or good idea?

  Posted by Aditi Roy Ghatak | June 22, 2012, 7:29 AM PDT

• Google Cloud Storage: Google Drive's big brother

  Ian Hardenburgh describes Google Cloud Storage, which has been flying under the radar while Google Drive grabs headlines. Here is what the enterprise-class storage platform can do for you.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | June 15, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• Getting to know Amazon's auto-scaling command line tools

  Nick Hardiman is ready to take his Amazon Web Service to the next level by scaling out his EC2 machines. Here is an intro to Amazon’s auto-scaling option.

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | June 14, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

• The five big myths of cloud computing

  Thoran Rodrigues deconstructs the five biggest myths about cloud computing, driven by the cloud “hype” wave.

  Posted by Thoran Rodrigues | June 13, 2012, 8:48 AM PDT

• Microsoft Azure now offers IaaS to compete with Rackspace, Amazon in public cloud space

  John Joyner covers the most significant aspects of Microsoft’s announcement of Azure’s infrastructure-class VMs, along with some nice surprises, such as pricing.

  Posted by John Joyner | June 7, 2012, 2:31 PM PDT

• How to use the command line with Amazon's EC2 API tools

  Nick Hardiman runs through the steps of installing Java, creating security credentials, and setting up some variables so that you can play with the EC2 API tools from the command line on your...

  Posted by Nick Hardiman | June 6, 2012, 7:46 AM PDT

• Total Google immersion possible with enterprise-ready Chromebook and Chromebox

  Ian Hardenburgh looks at the new Chromebook and Chromebox models that seem aimed to create a Google-dominated enterprise, right down to the hardware.

  Posted by Ian Hardenburgh | June 5, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT