Part One: Scheduling Snapshots Using Cron Skill Level: Intermediate Operating System(s): Linux Philosophy 99.999% Uptime. That is a wonderful goal, and in order to get there we must plan for the... (Read More)
Author: Eric Stone / October 21 2011 , 8 Comments
This is the second installment in a three part series focusing on setting up EC2 to use as a development sandbox. In this entry, we'll learn how to configure the development environment and install... (Read More)
Author: John Degner / October 17 2011 , 1 Comment
In this article, I will explain how Amazon’s Simple Email Service (SES) is a better way to send email from your web application, and I’ll provide a roadmap for getting started. Generally... (Read More)
Author: David Bitter / October 6 2011 , 2 Comments
Recently, Amazon Web Services experienced one of the largest disruptions the cloud computing service has seen. The failure caused a ripple effect across many websites such as Quora and HootSuite,... (Read More)
Author: Brandon Eley / September 20 2011 , 0 Comments
If you're an enterprising web application developer, you've no doubt been interested in experimenting with Amazon's cloud offerings in the past few years. Maybe you aim to "survive your success," as... (Read More)
Author: John Degner / September 14 2011 , 0 Comments
You might be wondering how people are putting clouds to use. I’ve collected some (but definitely not all) of the most common use cases, starting simple and building to the more complex. Hosting... (Read More)
Author: Jeff Barr / September 7 2011 , 2 Comments
A few weeks ago, I wrote about getting started with Amazon’s SDK for PHP. This article assumes you’re familiar with the basic concepts of using the SDK. Now we’re going to build on... (Read More)
Author: David Bitter / September 5 2011 , 1 Comment
After talking to thousands of people over the last few years, I’ve learned that there are a lot of misconceptions floating around the cloud. Some of this is due to the inherent unease that many... (Read More)
Author: Jeff Barr / August 22 2011 , 7 Comments
In just the past few years, cloud computing has moved from novel idea, to industry standard – and for good reason. Whether your looking for security or scalability, the cloud is fast becoming the... (Read More)
Author: Caleb Ogden / August 17 2011 , 0 Comments
In the coming weeks I'll be creating a series of tutorials that show you how to do amazing things using Amazon S3 and other Amazon AWS services. This article is designed to give you a running start... (Read More)
Author: David Bitter / August 15 2011 , 4 Comments











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