1. Amazon EC2 key pairs and other stumbling blocks

While working with Cloud Tools and Cloud Foundry users, I have noticed that EC2 key pairs and security group configuration are common stumbling blocks for people who are new to Amazon EC2. When you sign up for an AWS account you get what can be, at...

Tuesday, 09 March 2010 | 879 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. Cloud Tools now supports Amazon Elastic Block Store

One of the exciting new features of Amazon EC2 is Elastic Block Store, which provides truly durable storage for your instances. Prior to EBS, the contents of the file system disappeared once an instance was terminated. This meant that if you wanted...

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | 267 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

3. EC2Deploy and the Cloud Tools Maven plugin are now available

I'm pleased to announce that EC2Deploy - a Groovy-based framework for deploying Java EE applications to Amazon EC2 - is now available as part of the Cloud Tools open source project. There are three main parts to Cloud Tools: The EC2Deploy...

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | 454 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

4. Running Java EE applications on Amazon EC2

Running Java EE applications on Amazon EC2: deploying to 20 machines with no money down Computer hardware has traditionally been a scarce, expensive resource. In the early days of computing developers had to share a single machine. Today each...

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 | 1211 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. Overcoming Cloud Computing Obstacles

Overcoming Cloud Computing Obstacles How to Make the Case to Switch to the Cloud Companies choosing the cloud computing route often have to make the case for the switch to new technology to a board or investors. The most common obstacles raised...

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 | 269 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more

6. Powerful New Amazon EC2 Boot Features

Today a powerful new feature is available for our Amazon EC2 customers: the ability to boot their instances from Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store). Customers like the simplicity of the AMI (Amazon Machine Image) model where they either choose a...

Friday, 19 March 2010 | 224 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report | Read more