Prepping the cloud for the internet of things
As billions more devices get connected to the internet, there will be a huge infrastructure transformation on the backend. Cloud computing will play a major role in how the world takes… Read more »
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As billions more devices get connected to the internet, there will be a huge infrastructure transformation on the backend. Cloud computing will play a major role in how the world takes… Read more »
For years, Amazon Web Services has been pretty much the only public cloud in town. Google and Microsoft are here to say: No longer. Read more »
When Amazon launched S3 in March, 2006, no one with the possible exception of Jeff Bezos et al, thought that Amazon Web Services would become an IT juggernaut. Well, guess what? Read more »
Now that Google has launched more of its cloud services, it’s starting to strut its stuff to the all-important developer audience. Read more »
Google is drawing distinctions between different tiers of cloud partners, ripping a page out of the playbooks of Microsoft, Novell, and enterprise software companies that came before. Read more »
When a cloud customer even casually mentions the possibility of moving some loads on-site, all hell can break loose, as we saw on Tuesday. Read more »
… but they’re forging ahead anyway. In their expansion mode they will also face growing competition from local providers, especially in China. The Week in Cloud. Read more »
Postgres and MySQL are both open source databases, but MySQL is owned by Oracle. So why is it cheaper than Postgres on Amazon’s RDS? Read more »
DynamoDB and other NoSQL databases could make very good use of new mega I2 EC2 instances, says Amazon’s Werner Vogels. Read more »
What to expect: Keynotes by Amazon Web Services bigwigs (minus Jeff Bezos); Netflix, NASA; a scrum of partner announcements; and lots of counter programming from cloud rivals. Read more »