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New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more.

All Things Distributed

MAY 24, 2011

New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Elastic Load Balancing now provides support for EC2 Security Groups such that customers that hosts their Internet accessible application instances behind ELB can build security rules that for example restrict traffic to only the ELB instances that front them. Comments ().

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IPv6 Load Balancer Internet Applications

Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 18, 2011

Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. The Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) team announced today the ability to seamlessly use Amazon EC2 Spot Instances with their service, significantly driving down the cost of data analytics in the cloud. The posting on the AWS developer blog also has some more background.

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Big Data Data Groups Cloud

Free at Last - A Fully Self-Sustained Blog Running in Amazon S3.

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Free at Last - A Fully Self-Sustained Blog Running in Amazon S3. In a follow up to the last blog post I have removed the last two dependencies this blog had on running a server somewhere: comments are now served by Disqus and search is now handled by Bing. blog comments powered by Disqus. Comments (). Contact Info.

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IPv6 Cloud Storage CTO

Expanding the Cloud - AWS Import/Export Support for Amazon EBS.

All Things Distributed

JULY 7, 2011

AWS Import/Export transfers data off of storage devices using Amazons high-speed internal network and bypassing the Internet. With this new functionality AWS Import/Export now supports importing data directly into Amazon EBS snapshots. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Cloud Storage IPv6 Internet

From the Archives - Gapingvoid's Nobody Cares - All Things.

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

While cleaning out the digital attic I ran into this drawing that Hugh MacLeod (aka "gapingvoid") made for me in reponse to a storm-in-a-teacup about blogging Amazon. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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IPv6 Storage Cloud CTO

Reboot - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Like many folks who started down the path of using real-time micro-blogging services (read: twitter ) the convenience of those platforms has made that sharing happens there instead of on the blogs we (used to) keep. That was a mistake which I will try to correct in the coming months as Ill get back into blogging mode.

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IPv6 Cloud Storage CTO

Hacking with AWS at The Next Web Hackaton - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

MARCH 24, 2011

Over the past years The Next Web Conference has become a premier conference on internet life and its technologies. Up to 200 developers and designers will get together to hack up interesting applications using the Internets APIs and SDKs. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Conference IPv6 Internet Storage

Introducing the AWS South America - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Please also visit the AWS developer blog for more great stories from our South American customers. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

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IPv6 Web Services Cloud Storage

DROAM - Dreaming about Cheap Data Roaming - All Things.

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 11, 2011

The one thing that I have always struggled with during my travels are the data plans of the cell phone companies. For an internet road warrior they are a complete nightmare. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Data CTO Hire Fractional CTO Travel

Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services - All.

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 19, 2011

blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Contact Info.

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CTO Hire IPv6 Web Services Software Development

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache - All Things.

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 22, 2011

For more hands-on information and to get started right away, see Jeff Barrs posting on the AWS Developer Blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

Cloud

Cloud Applications IPv6 Storage

Driving Bandwidth Cost Down for AWS Customers. - All Things.

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

For more details see the announcement , the details pages of the services at [link] , and the posting on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

IPv6

IPv6 Retail Cloud Storage

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo.

All Things Distributed

MARCH 2, 2011

blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Contact Info.

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Cloud Web Services IPv6 Applications

No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 17, 2011

A good example is the comments section on this blog; a few lines of JavaScript and these pages have a dynamic nature with comments, trackbacks and social media discussion showing up as they happen. But I really want a setup that allows me to thinker with the blog where ever I am (e.g. at 30,000 feet). Which suits me just fine.

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Storage IPv6 Cloud Examples

I am looking for new application and platform services - All Things.

All Things Distributed

APRIL 23, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Contact Info.

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Applications IPv6 Cloud Storage

The AWS GovCloud (US) Region - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2011

Government and Big Data. One particular early use case for AWS GovCloud (US) will be massive data processing and analytics. Several agencies of very different parts of the government have needs for data analytics that really put the Big in Big-Data, sometimes several orders of magnitude larger than commonly found in industry.

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Government Cloud Big Data Resources

Spot Instances - Increased Control - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

To get started using Spot or for more details visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance web page, the AWS developer blog , and the EC2 Release Notes. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

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Case Study IPv6 Cloud Storage

Expanding the Cloud with DNS - Introducing Amazon Route 53 - All.

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 5, 2010

DNS is one of the fundamental building blocks of internet applications and was high on the wish list of our customers for some time already. DNS is an absolutely critical piece of the internet infrastructure. The Domain Name System is a wonderful practical piece of technology; it is a fundamental building block of our modern internet.

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Cloud Internet System Applications

APAC Summer Tour - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

JULY 3, 2011

blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Contact Info.

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IPv6 Cloud Business Continuity Storage

Expanding the Cloud - New AWS Region: US-West (Northern.

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Contact Info.

Cloud

Cloud IPv6 Storage CTO

This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Big news this week was of course the launch of Cluster GPU instances for Amazon EC2. There were blog posts by Jeff Barr The Cluster GPU Instance and James Hamilton HPC in the Cloud with GPGPUs , as well as my background posting: Expanding the Cloud - Adding the Incredible Power of the Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances. Contact Info.

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Cloud IPv6 Architecture Storage

Around the World in 28 Days - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more. Contact Info.

IPv6

IPv6 Cloud Web Services Applications

AWS Elastic Beanstalk: A Quick and Simple Way into the Cloud - All.

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

More information on the launch can be found on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Development

Expanding the Cloud - Opening the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore.

All Things Distributed

APRIL 28, 2010

Customers can now store their data and run their applications from our Singapore location in the same way they do from our other U.S. Quite often "The Cloud" is portrayed as something magically transparent that lives somewhere in the internet. You can also find more information on the AWS developer blog. and European Regions.

Cloud

Cloud Applications IPv6 Web Services

Powerful New Amazon EC2 Boot Features - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

For more details on the new boot features visit the Amazon EC2 detail page and the posting on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Contact Info.

IPv6

IPv6 Storage Operating Systems Cloud

Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2.

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

Jeff Barr in his blog post on the AWS developer blog has additional details and there are some great testimonials of early Cluster Compute Instances customers in the press release. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Cloud Applications Web Services IPv6

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon EC2 Spot Instances - All Things.

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2009

For more details and background information visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance detail page, the AWS developer blog and the good folks at RightScale. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. Contact Info.

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Cloud Resources Applications Storage

New AWS feature: Run your website from Amazon S3 - All Things.

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Because my blog is almost completely static content I wanted to run in this very simple configuration since the launch of Amazon S3. It would allow the blog to be powered by the incredible scale and reliability of Amazon S3 with a minimum of effort from my side. if you want to see what this blogs error page looks like.

Storage

Storage IPv6 Cloud CTO

Music to my Ears - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

MARCH 28, 2011

Our smart phones and tablets are obvious examples, but many other devices are quickly gaining these capabilities; TV Sets and Hifi systems are internet enabled, and soon our treadmills and automobiles will be equally plugged into the digital world. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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Cloud Storage IPv6 Applications

The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology.

All Things Distributed

APRIL 27, 2011

Given that I have frequently written about many of these technologies on this blog I asked investor relations to be allowed to reprint it here. To our shareowners: Random forests, naÃ¯ve Bayesian estimators, RESTful services, gossip protocols, eventual consistency, data sharding, anti-entropy, Byzantine quorum, erasure coding, vector clocks.

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SOA Storage Architecture Cloud

Simplifying IT - Create Your Application with AWS CloudFormation.

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

If you want to see an example of how a simple application such as the Wordpress blogging platform can configured and created using AWS CloudFormation see the detailed posting by Jeff Barr at the AWS developer blog. For more information on AWS CloudFormation see their detail page and read more on the AWS developer blog.

Applications

Applications Resources Cloud Load Balancer

5 Terabyte Object Support in Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 9, 2010

By supporting such large object sizes, Amazon S3 better enables a variety of interesting big data use cases. For more information on Multipart Upload and managing large objects in Amazon S3 , see Jeff Barrs blog posts on Amazon S3 Multipart Upload and Large Object Support as well as the Amazon S3 Developer Guide. Contact Info.

IPv6

IPv6 Cloud Big Data Storage

Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editor's pick - All.

All Things Distributed

APRIL 19, 2010

As Dan Rayburn wrote on his Business of Video blog, "Amazon will be in the drivers seat to own the market for small and medium sized content owners who need simple delivery at a great price.". blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

Media

Media IPv6 Cloud Storage

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage.

All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) was launched in 2006 as "Storage for the Internet" with the promise to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Other insights in the use of this option can be read on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

Storage

Storage Cloud IPv6 System

Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Also more details can be found on the AWS Developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics. Contact Info.

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Architecture Programming Web Services Applications

Choosing Consistency - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

You can find more details on the Amazon SimpleDB product pages and Jeff Barrs posting at the Amazon Developers blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Contact Info.

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Applications Cloud System IPv6

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New Route 53 and ELB features: IPv6, Zone Apex, WRR and more.

Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics - All Things Distributed

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Free at Last - A Fully Self-Sustained Blog Running in Amazon S3.

Expanding the Cloud - AWS Import/Export Support for Amazon EBS.

From the Archives - Gapingvoid's Nobody Cares - All Things.

Reboot - All Things Distributed

Hacking with AWS at The Next Web Hackaton - All Things Distributed

Introducing the AWS South America - All Things Distributed

DROAM - Dreaming about Cheap Data Roaming - All Things.

Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services - All.

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache - All Things.

Driving Bandwidth Cost Down for AWS Customers. - All Things.

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo.

No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

I am looking for new application and platform services - All Things.

The AWS GovCloud (US) Region - All Things Distributed

Spot Instances - Increased Control - All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud with DNS - Introducing Amazon Route 53 - All.

APAC Summer Tour - All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud - New AWS Region: US-West (Northern.

This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

Around the World in 28 Days - All Things Distributed

AWS Elastic Beanstalk: A Quick and Simple Way into the Cloud - All.

Expanding the Cloud - Opening the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore.

Powerful New Amazon EC2 Boot Features - All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2.

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon EC2 Spot Instances - All Things.

New AWS feature: Run your website from Amazon S3 - All Things.

Music to my Ears - All Things Distributed

The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology.

Simplifying IT - Create Your Application with AWS CloudFormation.

5 Terabyte Object Support in Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editor's pick - All.

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage.

Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances - All Things Distributed

Choosing Consistency - All Things Distributed

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