Tech Fire

Virtualization and Cloud Computing

• AWS Start-Up Challenge For 2009
  We're kicking off the third annual AWS Start-Up Challenge now. We're looking for the hottest and coolest start-ups and start-up ideas. Developers and entrepreneurs in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Israel are encouraged to enter for a chance...
• Amazon Elastic MapReduce Now Available in Europe
  Earlier this year I wrote about Amazon Elastic MapReduce and the ways in which it can be used to process large data sets on a cluster of processors. Since the announcement, our customers have wholeheartedly embraced the service and have...
• Amazon Second Life Job Fair - July 14, 2009
  The very first Amazon Job Fair in Second Life will take place on Tuesday July 14th and will run from 6 AM to Midnight, PST. This free event is a unique opportunity for candidates to have direct access to hiring...
• The Cloud as a Platform for Platforms
  Of the many things I love about AWS, I will mention three of my favorites in this blog post: AWS does not force developers to use any particular programming model, language, or operating system. AWS does not force developers to...
• Scaling to the Stars
  Recently I blogged about The Server Labs, a consultancy that specializes in high-performance computing – including on Amazon Web Services. Here’s another story that I found fascinating: nominally it is about how The Server Labs uses Amazon Web Services as...
• Webinar: How to Create Secure Test and Dev Environments on the Cloud
  Amazon Web Services, CohesiveFT, and RightScale will participate in a webinar titled "How to Create Secure Test and Dev Environments on the Cloud." Along with Michael Crandell and Edward Goldberg of RightScale, Simone Brunozzi of Amazon Web Services and Patrick...
• AWS Management Console Support for CloudFront
  The AWS Management Console has a brand new tab: This new tab contains full support for Amazon CloudFront. You can start distributing your content in minutes. You don't need to make a long term commitment and you don't need to...
• Gowalla - Location-based iPhone 3G Application
  Gowalla is a location-based iPhone game. Currently focused on Austin, Boston, New York, and San Francisco, the application runs on any iPhone 3G with the location-based services turned on. You use Gowalla to collect "virtual souvenirs" by visiting specified locations...
• S3Stat - Log Analysis for Amazon CloudFront and Amazon S3
  S3Stat now has the ability to analyze the logs generated by Amazon CloudFront using the venerable Webalizer package. With your permission, S3Stat will enable CloudFront logging for the distributions of your choice. It will then run Webalizer each day and...
• ScienceResearch Deep Web Search Engine - Now On Amazon EC2
  The new version of ScienceResearch.com was officially launched today. Earlier this year I spoke with company president Abe Lederman and learned that this deep web science search engine provides a single point of access to over 400 publicly accessible science...