Animoto's Facebook Scale-Up
TweetThe Animoto guys hit the jackpot on Facebook this past week. Jeff Barr mentioned a few of the stats on his blog: Animoto ramped from 25,000 users to 250,000 users in three days, signing up 20,000...
View ArticleCloud Foundry Architecture and Auto-Scaling
TweetYesterday's blog post mostly covered the benefits of VMware's Cloud Foundry PaaS and how it fits with RightScale. Today I want to dive a little into the Cloud Foundry architecture and highlight...
View ArticleRightScale Server Orchestration and Amazon SWF launch
Tweetaws_swf_0.pngThe launch of Amazon's SWF (see also Werner's blog) is a good opportunity to talk about some of the exciting new automation features that we have in the works and we will make...
View ArticleFour Steps to Achieving High Availability in the Cloud
TweetConstructing a high-availability application in the cloud can seem like a daunting process. The key is to assume that every component of a system will fail at some point and to prepare for that...
View ArticleIdentifying Workloads for the Cloud
TweetIdentifying workloads to move to the cloud can be tricky. You have dozens or hundreds of apps running in your organization, and now that you’ve seen the operational efficiencies and agility...
View ArticleArchitecting Scalable Applications in the Cloud: The Caching Tier
TweetLast week I discussed the application tier and the implementation considerations that come into play with regard to promoting the availability and resiliency of that tier of your architecture....
View ArticleCloud Architecture 2013: Top 9 Fine-Tuning Tips
TweetBefore you congratulate yourself on crossing off those final to-dos for 2012, don’t forget this critical one: fine-tuning your applications and cloud architecture. And while it’s unlikely that...
View ArticleTenthwave Launches a Cloud-Based Facebook App in Two Weeks
TweetAt Tenthwave, a full-service digital agency, Hadley Taylor and Jade Wesdorp are among those responsible for supporting the organization's projects from a technical perspective. Once upon a time...
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