Alan Williamson

Server Sales Drop 25% - Cloud Computing making an impact?

Alan Williamson — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Global server sales have dropped 25% across the board. This is the worse drop-off for over 12 years. What is to blame?

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Bueller Bueller ... Cameron's house isn't as secluded as you may think

Alan Williamson — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:49:00 GMT

Have you seen the exact location of where the infamous house from Ferris Bueller's Day Off is situated? Not as remote as the movie would have you believe

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How many servers does it take to make a cloud?

Alan Williamson — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:35:00 GMT

We love this new virtual world of ondemand computing, but have you wondered just how many servers Amazon, Google, Microsoft or any of the cloud providers really have at their disposal?

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Prague Cloud Computing Expo - core dump

Alan Williamson — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:05:00 GMT

Cloud Expo Europe was last week at Prague, and a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining cloud conference was had. Met lots of great people and spoke at length regarding peoples concerns about moving to the cloud.

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Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19th

Alan Williamson — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:21:00 GMT

Preparing to take our Cloud Boot Camp Road Show to Prague

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Closing Time

Alan Williamson — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:51:00 GMT

Another couple of conferences close their doors as we move forward into 2009.

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Cloud Boot Camp Post Notes

Alan Williamson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:47:00 GMT

Cloud boot camp was a resounding success at Cloud Computing Expo in New York.

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Sing-a-long to Cloud Computing

Alan Williamson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:38:00 GMT

Come on now, lets all sing-a-long to the cloud computing song, a parody of Joni Mitchell.

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New York's Cloud Boot Camp Final Schedule

Alan Williamson — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:34:00 GMT

The final schedule for next weeks Cloud Computing Expo boot camp has been finalised. Looking forward to next week.

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Clouds make your life easier, honest!

Alan Williamson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Geek and Poke blog has a wonderful cartoon depicting the complexities of the world of clouds.

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CloudBerry Explorer - a very polished S3 utility

Alan Williamson — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:01:00 GMT

If you are looking for a familiar interface for moving files up and down to Amazon S3 then you'll be hard pushed to find something as slick for the price.

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Beware of the Cloud Tax

Alan Williamson — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:14:00 GMT

If you haven't seen the cloud tax yet, then don't worry, it happens to everyone, and creeps up on you without warning.

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Cloud Computing Expo Early bird discount

Alan Williamson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:39:00 GMT

Today is the last day to register for a sweet, early bird, deal on the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo in a couple of weeks in New York. We've got some wonderful keynotes delivered at the highest levels from Amazon, IBM and Sun.

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Part 1 of my java.sun.com interview

Alan Williamson — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:16:00 GMT

I was recently interviewed for java.sun.com on the wonders of cloud computing and java

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Developing in the cloud without falling

Alan Williamson — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:06:00 GMT

Developing applications for the cloud is not as trivial as you may think, but nor is it as a hard as some make out. Be mindful of what can and can't done. Looking at 3 major areas, which will be covered in detail at our upcoming cloud boot camp

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Windows Azure suffers first major outage

Alan Williamson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:20:00 GMT

Microsoft flight into the clouds took a nose dive for 22 hours this week as it suffered an outage.

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Who do you trust with your cloud credituals?

Alan Williamson — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Who can you really trust with your cloud keys? Many services ask for your Amazon details so they may deliver you a value added service. But how do you know they won't be naughty! In short you can't.

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Get 4 free months of Amazon EC2 24x7 hosting

Alan Williamson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:25:00 GMT

Amazon have released their Reserved Instances, which effectively gives you big discounts for instances that are running for long periods of time.

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Elastic Bamboo 2.2 utilising Amazon EC2 for faster builds

Alan Williamson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:50:00 GMT

Atlassian has just released their new version of their continuous build integration suite, called Elastic Bamboo. This is a way for you to automatically and scale out your build and testing requirements by using Amazon's EC2 platform.

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Further consolidation in the VM space as Oracle signs letter of intent

Alan Williamson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:39:00 GMT

Oracle is sniffing around Virtual Iron for a possible purchase to round out its own virtual offering

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Scotland's first CloudCamp kicks off at the end of March

Alan Williamson — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:22:00 GMT

The very successful evening format of the CloudCamp series, is coming to Scotland - Edinburgh, to be precise, on the 25th of March

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The mimo USB 7" LCD monitor is 2009's must have accessory

Alan Williamson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:33:00 GMT

If you need another monitor, but don't want the hassle of installing a new graphics card, or messing around with power supplies and drivers, then give this MIMO monitor a try. It is a truly amazing piece of kit.

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Google does not want you in America

Alan Williamson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:11:00 GMT

Flying to America? Remember to fill out your ESTA form and don't use Google Chrome, they don't want you to come

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Amazon releases their AWS Web Console

Alan Williamson — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:46:00 GMT

Amazon, finally after years of providing just a command line interface to their web services, released a web based management console. Has it been worth the wait? Read the review of their first web based offering.

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Goodbye Macworld, Apple bites the hands that feeds it

Alan Williamson — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:17:00 GMT

Good night Gracie, Apple has left the building. Developers are probably the most important part of any products eco-cycle, this is the last group of people you want to upset. Can you imagine Java without JavaOne? Unthinkable.

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Yawning may keep us 'on the ball'

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:22:00 GMT

Next time someone gives you a rude stare for your yawning, just answer them back stating you are merely cooling down your brain!

In Pictures: Inside LucasFilm

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:32:00 GMT

Some cool pictures of what its like inside George Lucas's company. Checkout the data center with 250TB online storage.

World Snooker Final 1985

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:01:00 GMT

This was the famous Davis vs. Taylor final. The most famous world final ever; going down to the black. I remember watching this as a kid with my parents. Still gives me goosebumps.

Sun buys up SavaJe

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:06:00 GMT

SavaJe, the company that squeezed the full 'fat' JRE into a handset has been finally acquired by Sun. For a price (and a reason) yet unknown. More details to appear at JavaOne in a few weeks.

JPC - Computer Virtualization in Java

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:11:00 GMT

Fancy running DOS in a virtual state via Java? This project from Oxford University in the UK demonstrates the power this has by playing old DOS games.

Part of human leg found on beach

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:47:00 GMT

Ever gone out on a bender and got really legless? Well Tay Police in Scotland have found it! Please contact them if you wish to claim it.

Very Funny Tech Support Call

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:20:00 GMT

This had me stitches. A cartoon on the wonders of out sourcing tech support.

US actor Peter Boyle dies aged 71

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:52:00 GMT

A great actor dies; Peter Boyle (from Young Frankenstein and Every One Loves Raymond) was naturally a funny man, and his role in an X-Files episode I still recall fondly.

BBC's Robin Hood - gets a second series

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:18:00 GMT

Some good news for the Robin Hood fans out there. The BBC Robin Hood series gets a secord series commissioned. If you have missed it, then check it out from your local torrent site!

Open Source Java within 30 days

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:56:00 GMT

She's a coming ... open source Java could only be 30 days away according to Sun's CEO at Oracleworld. oooh

'Brand effect' boost for 6Music

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:49:00 GMT

I am one of the new listeners to Russell Brands radio show having found it a few months ago. its funny and gooky. Check it out

Parton announces UK concert dates

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:15:00 GMT

Dolly Parton is going to be playing some concerts in the UK next March.

Quiz: Where in the world?

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

This interactive quick quiz from the BBC plots countries and asks you to name them. Seems simple doesn't it? I only achieved 3 out of 10!!!

Lawyers -- its the new gold rush industry

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:29:00 GMT

Daniel Petrocelli, Enron's Skilling's lawyer, is believed to have recently invoiced Skilling for another $30 million in legal fees. WTF?!?!

SavaJe Falls on Hard Times

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 09:06:00 GMT

This is a shame to see, a promising Java company struggling in the mobile space

Java works on Vista

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:34:00 GMT

The Inquirer notes "the rumour has been dismissed as pants by those working on the Java project" that Java doesn't run on Vista.

A Man's Favorite Tool - Google Video

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:41:00 GMT

A great Fosters TV advert

Excellent George Bush Joke

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:58:00 GMT

Joe spotted this great George Bush and Tony Blair joke.

Classic Linux Distros

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:27:00 GMT

The real marketing message behind the Linux distros out there. Classic, but still funny.

Swedish vs. British Nightclubs

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:05:00 GMT

Joe found this nugget. Had me stitches.