Nick Hardiman // February 13, 2013, 1:23 AM PST

Rackspace: How to create and destroy a VM

Here is a first look at the Rackspace interface to sign up for virtual servers.

Nick Hardiman // June 3, 2013, 2:00 AM PST

Inside an IaaS data center: Providing the brawn for your company's brain

What goes into an enterprise-class IaaS provider? Take a look inside a brand new data center.

Nick Hardiman // September 27, 2013, 3:06 AM PST

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Nick Hardiman // July 23, 2013, 12:20 PM PST

Network emulation for the cloud

For those considering a move from the LAN to the public cloud, network emulation offers a new way to test performance.

Nick Hardiman // April 27, 2012, 5:35 AM PST

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.

Nick Hardiman // July 9, 2012, 2:00 AM PST

Add an auto-scaling group and policy for Amazon EC2 machines

Nick Hardiman walks you through the steps of creating an auto-scaling group, as well as creating policies to scale-out and scale-in your Amazon EC2 machines.