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How the cloud fits into the big data technology stack
Nick Hardiman peers into the technology stack that makes big data work.
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The big data challenge: Extracting actual business value
You've got the tools and the power of the cloud to capture big data, but figuring out what you want from it and how to extract it is the final, crucial challenge.
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Breaking down an IPv6 address: What it all means
Nick Hardiman explains the seemingly arcane engineering of the IPv6 address. Find out what makes it tick.
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Backing up and restoring snapshots on Amazon EC2 machines
Nick Hardiman describes several methods of backups of your Amazon EC2 machines. He also details the steps for restoring snapshot backups.
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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.
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How to create a new AMI from a snapshot and launch a new VM
Nick Hardiman shows you the steps to taking a snapshot of your Amazon Machine Image and launching a new VM from it to build in redundancy for your service.
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Cloud computing and the rise of big data
The cloud enables big data processing for enterprises of all sizes by relieving a number of problems, but there is still complexity in extracting the business value from a sea of d...
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How to load balance two EC2 machines on AWS
Nick Hardiman provides the steps for setting up load balancing between two EC2 machines using the Load Balancer console on Amazon Web Services.
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Easy-to-use encryption add-on secures your Google Docs
Nick Hardiman explains how the Cipherdocs TAiLS add-on works to encrypt your documents on Google Docs.
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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 l...
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Try SafeGDocs to encrypt your stored Google documents
For those storing lots of documents in the Google cloud, a little extra protection is available with add-ons that encrypt and decrypt docs.
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How Elastic Load Balancing works in Amazon Web Services
Nick Hardiman explains the benefits of load balancing for your cloud application, and introduces Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) offered by Amazon Web Services.
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Do you sudo? Learn the basics
Logging in as root is easier and quicker, so why use sudo? Nick Hardiman explains.
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How to add Cloudwatch monitors to auto-scale your Amazon Web Service
Nick Hardiman details the steps involved in adding CloudWatch monitors to keep tabs on your AWS performance so that auto-scaling will work properly.
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Softlayer: The bare metal IaaS provider
Softlayer is an IBM company that provides IaaS. What makes them different from Amazon?
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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.
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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.
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First steps to SaaS with AWS CloudFormation templates
Nick Hardiman explains how to use Amazon's CloudFormation templates to build the IaaS layer for his example SaaS that he wants to take to market.
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Service reliability: Understanding what it means and how to achieve it
Nick Hardiman considers the question of reliability for his new cloud service. How is reliability defined and measured? Here are some guidelines to keep in mind.
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Choosing a cloud provider: Bringing business and IT together
As the public cloud industry matures, more companies will face the challenge of choosing the right cloud provider. It's not a decision to be made in isolation.
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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.
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AWS auto-scaling: Add notification and test to see what happens
Nick Hardiman finalizes his demonstration of setting up auto-scaling for an Amazon Web Service by showing you how to add a notification alert and then testing it all to see what ha...
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Getting to know the Amazon Web Services Console
Nick Hardiman continues to unravel the mysteries of using Amazon Web Services for those new to the cloud. Here, he takes a look at the AWS Console.
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Modifying AWS CloudFormation templates: Polish your code
Nick Hardiman shows a step-by-step example of how to modify an AWS CloudFormation template -- the last part of building your own SaaS on Amazon's platform.
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Bullet-proof your web service with the right monitoring setup
Nick Hardiman discusses the components of your web service that need to be monitored and what you can learn from the various performance monitors in place.
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Patching all the gaps: Securing Amazon EC2
Nick Hardiman tackles the security issue with his new Amazon EC2 machine. Now that he's ready to start uploading and storing sensitive data, it's time to batten down the hatches.
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How to be a SaaS vendor on a shoestring with Amazon Web Services
Nick Hardiman outlines the steps of taking an example SaaS solution to the world by taking advantage of AWS CloudFormation templates.
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Load-testing a web service: How to interpret what you see
Nick Hardiman performs load-testing on his AWS EC2 machine to see how his web service performs under increasing loads.
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The evolution of the CMS: From SGML to the cloud
Take a trip down memory lane with Nick Hardiman, who looks at how far the Content Management System has come over the years.
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Quick tip: Command line basics for Amazon Web Services users
If you want to take advantage of the very lowest prices on Amazon EC2, Linux/UNIX users are in luck. If you're not an expert, you'll want to brush up your command line skills.