I’ve already written about cloud computing and some of the reasons why I think it is a game changer, forever altering how we look and utilize web hosting (for the better). It looks like Rackspace believes the same, as evidenced by their annoucement yesterday that Mosso, a Rackspace subsidiary, will now offer cloud computing [...]
The computing cloud just got bigger
February 23rd, 2008 · Comments · Web Hosting, Web Services
Tags:amazon·cloud computing·ec2·mosso·rackspace·s3·Web Services
Web Scalability
February 20th, 2008 · Comments · Web Hosting, Web Services
I read a presentation today that covered the challenges businesses face when scaling their web properties as they become more successful. It was originally written and presented by John Engates, Chief Technology Officer at Rackspace IT Hosting. It’s a good explanation of the various stages of growth that online businesses go through and the associated [...]
Tags:amazon·ec2·rackspace·s3·scalability·services·web
Cloud computing hiccups
February 16th, 2008 · Comments · Web Services
I’ve been closely following Amazon’s progress with AWS, Amazon Web Services, for some time now. Many of the services they offer, the Simple Storage Service in particular, have grown rapidly as a popular choice for many web startups and companies seeking a cheaper storage alternative to their own datacenters. In fact, some colleagues of mine [...]
