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Alan Williamson's personal output as a Java Champion, BlueDragon Founder, Blog-City Architect, Cloud expert, Author, Speaker, and Internet Guru

Amazon have released a slew of new features and products for their cloud. But as usual, the devil is in the detail. I go into some of the issues and discover that this may not be for everyone.
Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Amazon releases the ability to share EBS snapshots so others can utilise and consume your data, irrespective of format.
Thursday, 24 September 2009

Amazon SimpleDB - SQS web services are within easy reach of any java developer with these 2 non-dependent class files. No fuss, no nonsense, just code that works.
Sunday, 6 September 2009

A very simple POJO Java class for accessing all of the features of Amazon's SQS web service. Full API support. No dependencies. Just use it!
Monday, 31 August 2009

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is announced in limited beta. Lots of interesting features and once again, they have moved the cloud world forward.
Wednesday, 26 August 2009

A very simple POJO Java class for accessing all of the features of Amazon's SimpleDB web service. Support for all new methods including select, and batchputattributes. No dependencies. Just use it!
Friday, 10 July 2009

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.
Monday, 16 March 2009

Amazon have released their Reserved Instances, which effectively gives you big discounts for instances that are running for long periods of time.
Thursday, 12 March 2009

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.
Friday, 9 January 2009

Okay, so this is wishful thinking on my part, Amazon taking the initiative and renaming their very powerful SimpleDB product Amazon Registry. Let me present my case for why they should.
Sunday, 7 December 2008

With ElasticServer you can now build your own custom server image with OpenBD installed, choosing your own J2EE and database server. Deploy straight to Amazon EC2. Can't get easier.
Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Amazon have officially got rid of their beta status and are now ready to be used properly! Amazon have hinted at what is coming up in the future, and what we are cloud wanderers are to expect from them and others in the space.
Thursday, 23 October 2008

GoGrid is an alternative cloud platform to the likes of Amazon. They too have an API allowing you to build your own UI. If you want a complete single no-fuss Java class to control GoGrid, then look no further.
Wednesday, 22 October 2008

I will be presenting at Amazon's upcoming London road show on how we are using their web services technology. If you are in London the 4th November then stop by.
Friday, 10 October 2008

Amazon have recently reduced the price of their S3 service. But they are not the only player in the field. We've introduced a simple online storage calculator to let you see how they compare.
Thursday, 9 October 2008

Access Amazon's SimpleDB via a Java class that has no other dependencies or external libraries. Code as it should be. Uncomplicated and works.
Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Ever wondered what all the cloud fuss was about? Well I will be hosting a full day of bootcamp in November at San Jose. Discover the world of clouds and how you can utilise the likes of Amazon, GoGrid, Flexiscale et al to aid your deployment.
Thursday, 2 October 2008

Amazon Web Services have announced Windows support.
Wednesday, 1 October 2008

With Amazon S3 suffering an 8 hour outage, it is vitally important you take responsibility for your own cloud infastructure. Trust no one and rely on your own skills instead of blaming the provider.
Monday, 21 July 2008

If you are going to be in London next week, then pop along to the CloudCamp meet up, to discuss all the latest going on's in the world of cloud and ondemand computing
Monday, 7 July 2008

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