Let the data in cloud rest securely
One of the prime concerns of anyone using the public cloud (like Amazon EC2, etc) is the security of the data stored in the physical cloud. Data security is of concern at both stages Data-at-rest:...
View ArticleEC2, GoGrid comparison
I saw the Gartner report on Cloud providers recently. Having worked on EC2 a bit, I am more familiar with EC2 API and features. But I have colleagues who are currently struggling with Terramark...
View ArticleInfrastructure availability and SLA
If you have had to deal with SLA (service level agreements) from your internal IT or an external vendor, the availability (uptime) is one of the first questions. This is a number usually presented as...
View ArticleWho is responsible for security in the Cloud?
Three are at least three categories of service providers in the cloud : 1. IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service (e.g. GoGrid, Amazon EC2) 2. PaaS - Platform as a Service (e.g. Force.com, Google App...
View ArticleScalability 101
Scalability can be a confusing topic, because it is usually not defined in easy terms. If I were to characterize scalable system, The system should be able to accommodate increase in data The system...
View ArticleEmails could be marked spam if the email server is in EC2
Its a known fact that all the cloud offerings are different from each other. Weather they are big or small players, everyone is innovating at break neck speed and there is no point in comparing...
View ArticleBut ... what is cloud computing?
There is a certain awe associated with the term cloud. It could be because clouds are so nebulous themselves. But more so because it is used more as a euphemism for resources outside the traditional...
View ArticleHow is Netflix changing the game with Cloud
You are probably familiar with the movie renting and now movie streaming site Netflix. If you are a subscriber, you might have noticed that Netflix is transitioning to a movie streaming site and is...
View ArticleDrupal in the cloud Beyond Content management
Drupal is widely recognized as a great content management system, but we strongly believe that Drupal offers a lot more than that – a framework, a platform, and a set of technology – to build and run...
View ArticleSetup your own Drupal in the Amazon EC2
(Some familiarity with Amazon AWS is assumed.)I have always wanted to setup a high performance Drupal on an AWS EC2. There are several advantages of running your website (or web application) on the...
View Articlethegateway.org and 10jumps deliver skills for 21st century
The Gateway to 21st Century Skills (www.thegateway.org) is a semantic web enabled digital library that contains thousands of educational resources and as one of the oldest digital libraries on the...
View ArticlePowering E-commerce (Product Based) WebSites With Solr Search
Apache Solr/Lucene is a popular open source search engine widely used to power search across websites. A sizeable number of such websites are e-commerce sites (as expected!). When it comes to...
View ArticleHow to setup Drupal project instance on AWS EC2
In this blog I will drive you through setting up Drupal project instance on Ec2 micro instance of AWS and setting up ftp on your Drupal instance. Before this, of course you have to register with AWS...
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