<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Tags @ alan.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2012 alan.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle>(Tags) Alan Williamson&apos;s personal output as a Java Champion, BlueDragon Founder, Blog-City Architect, Cloud expert, Author, Speaker, and Internet Guru</subtitle><author><name>Alan Williamson</name></author><updated>2012-03-10T21:52:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/tags/index.rss?t=CLOUD%2BCOMPUTING"/><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2012:1</id><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2011-04-22:links.412229027</id><title>Amazon Black Thursday (and some of Friday)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_black_thursday.htm"><![CDATA[Amazon EBS suffered a major outage this week. This was a wake up call to those that relied too much on Amazon and not taking enough care, attention and responsibility for their cloud requirements.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_black_thursday.htm"/><updated>2011-04-22T19:10:00Z</updated><published>2011-04-22T19:10:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2010-01-13:links.412197182</id><title>Amazon EC2 Latency: The Pretty Graphs</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_ec2_latency_the_pretty_graphs.htm"><![CDATA[Following on from my previous post, cloudkick, has published their network latency findings within Amazon's EC2 clearly showing a major problem brewing within at least one of their data centers.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_ec2_latency_the_pretty_graphs.htm"/><updated>2010-01-13T14:45:00Z</updated><published>2010-01-13T14:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2010-01-12:links.412197094</id><title>Has Amazon EC2 become over subscribed?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/has_amazon_ec2_become_over_subscribed.htm"><![CDATA[Amazon EC2 is increasingly under load, but when you start to see internal pings around 7seconds with regularly shell freezes this is more than a freak one off incidents.  Amazon appear to be struggling with the load.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/has_amazon_ec2_become_over_subscribed.htm"/><updated>2010-01-12T09:49:00Z</updated><published>2010-01-12T09:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2010-01-01:links.412196149</id><title>Dynamic Datasource Manipulation for OpenBD</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/datasource.htm"><![CDATA[Using dynamic datasources just got a whole lot easier with OpenBD by the introduction of 3 new functions to help creating dynamic datasources infinitely easier.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/datasource.htm"/><updated>2010-01-01T14:20:00Z</updated><published>2010-01-01T14:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-12-03:links.412193260</id><title>Amazon finally delivers on the data-loss on power-down problem</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_ebs_boot.htm"><![CDATA[Amazon announces full EBS bootable images - this means no more data loss when your instance goes offline irrespective of where you have stored your data on the file system.  Faster boot times and a new geographic location announced.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_ebs_boot.htm"/><updated>2009-12-03T11:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-12-03T11:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-10-27:links.412188305</id><title>Amazon takes MySQL to the cloud; or have they?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_mysql.htm"><![CDATA[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.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_mysql.htm"/><updated>2009-10-27T09:43:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-27T09:43:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-10-11:links.412185984</id><title>Engadget claims &quot;biggest disasters in the history of cloud computing&quot;</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/engadget.htm"><![CDATA[Engadget falls into the same trap that many bloggers/journalists have; not everything that runs in a browser is cloud computing.  One server fault does not mark the end of cloud computing.  It does leave many asking what cloud computing is.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/engadget.htm"/><updated>2009-10-11T16:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-11T16:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-09-24:links.412183962</id><title>Amazon makes sharing data easier with shared EBS</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/shared_ebs.htm"><![CDATA[Amazon releases the ability to share EBS snapshots so others can utilise and consume your data, irrespective of format.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/shared_ebs.htm"/><updated>2009-09-24T09:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-24T09:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-09-06:links.412181512</id><title>Amazon SimpleDB + SQS : Simple Java POJO Access</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/simpledb_sqs_java.htm"><![CDATA[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.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/simpledb_sqs_java.htm"/><updated>2009-09-06T16:21:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-06T16:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-08-31:links.412180877</id><title>A Simple Java class for Amazon SimpleSQS</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/simplesqs.htm"><![CDATA[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!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/simplesqs.htm"/><updated>2009-08-31T16:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-31T16:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-08-30:links.412180803</id><title>New buzzwords for business; the Cloud [Cartoon]</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/dont_forget_cloud.htm"><![CDATA[Business Computing and buzzwords, go together like cheese and wine.  Geek'n'Poke takes aim and finds the bullspot once again with their latest cloud related cartoon]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/dont_forget_cloud.htm"/><updated>2009-08-30T15:30:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-30T15:30:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-08-26:links.412180416</id><title>Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is announced</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_virtual_private_cloud_is_announced.htm"><![CDATA[Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is announced in limited beta.  Lots of interesting features and once again, they have moved the cloud world forward.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/amazon_virtual_private_cloud_is_announced.htm"/><updated>2009-08-26T07:50:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-26T07:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-07-10:links.412176563</id><title>A Simple Java class for Amazon SimpleDB</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/simpleclass_amazondb_july2009htm.htm"><![CDATA[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!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/simpleclass_amazondb_july2009htm.htm"/><updated>2009-07-10T16:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-10T16:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-07-08:links.412176362</id><title>Rackspace wobbles but cloud remains</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/rackspace.htm"><![CDATA[Hosting and Cloud provider Rackspace suffers an outage causing many people not able to reach their network.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/rackspace.htm"/><updated>2009-07-08T09:23:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-08T09:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-07-06:links.412176135</id><title>Google App Engine suffers 6hr outage</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/google_appengine_downtime.htm"><![CDATA[With Google App Engine going offline it is important to realize that even the big boys have problems.  However, can your business tolerate such down times?  Can you really bet your business on the cloud?  Or is it too early?]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/google_appengine_downtime.htm"/><updated>2009-07-06T08:07:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-06T08:07:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-06-01:links.412172765</id><title>Server Sales Drop 25% - Cloud Computing making an impact?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/server_sales_drop_.htm"><![CDATA[Global server sales have dropped 25% across the board.  This is the worse drop-off for over 12 years.  What is to blame?]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/server_sales_drop_.htm"/><updated>2009-06-01T06:58:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-01T06:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-05-28:links.412172317</id><title>How many servers does it take to make a cloud?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/how_many_servers_does_it_take_to_make_a_cloud.htm"><![CDATA[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?]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/how_many_servers_does_it_take_to_make_a_cloud.htm"/><updated>2009-05-28T07:35:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-28T07:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-05-27:links.412172141</id><title>Prague Cloud Computing Expo - core dump</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/prague_coredump.htm"><![CDATA[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.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/prague_coredump.htm"/><updated>2009-05-27T09:05:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-27T09:05:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-05-12:links.412169674</id><title>Cloud Boot Camp heads to Prague May 19th</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloudboot_prague.htm"><![CDATA[Preparing to take our Cloud Boot Camp Road Show to Prague]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloudboot_prague.htm"/><updated>2009-05-12T11:21:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-12T11:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-04-12:links.412163677</id><title>Closing Time</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/closingtime.htm"><![CDATA[Another couple of conferences close their doors as we move forward into 2009.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/closingtime.htm"/><updated>2009-04-12T12:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-12T12:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-04-01:links.412161292</id><title>Cloud Boot Camp Post Notes</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloud_boot_camp_post_notes.htm"><![CDATA[Cloud boot camp was a resounding success at Cloud Computing Expo in New York.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloud_boot_camp_post_notes.htm"/><updated>2009-04-01T15:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-01T15:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-03-27:links.412160461</id><title>Sing-a-long to Cloud Computing</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/singalong_to_cloud_computing.htm"><![CDATA[Come on now, lets all sing-a-long to the cloud computing song, a parody of Joni Mitchell.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/singalong_to_cloud_computing.htm"/><updated>2009-03-27T08:38:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-27T08:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-03-26:links.412160285</id><title>New York&apos;s Cloud Boot Camp Final Schedule</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/new_york_cloud_boot_camp.htm"><![CDATA[The final schedule for next weeks Cloud Computing Expo boot camp has been finalised.  Looking forward to next week.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/new_york_cloud_boot_camp.htm"/><updated>2009-03-26T13:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-26T13:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-03-24:links.412159904</id><title>Clouds make your life easier, honest!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloudsmakelifeeasier.htm"><![CDATA[Geek and Poke blog has a wonderful cartoon depicting the complexities of the world of clouds.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloudsmakelifeeasier.htm"/><updated>2009-03-24T09:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-24T09:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:alan.blog-city.com,2009-03-23:links.412159737</id><title>CloudBerry Explorer - a very polished S3 utility</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloudberry.htm"><![CDATA[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.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://alan.blog-city.com/cloudberry.htm"/><updated>2009-03-23T11:01:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-23T11:01:00Z</published></entry></feed>
