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Rackspace Cloud – Test 2

{ January 11th, 2010 }

Hello, it's been a while since we've posted anything but no worries, I have been experimenting with the Rackspace Cloud. As mentioned in our previous post, I started using it to host websites and applications. It is considerably more cost...Continue Reading

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Open Source and the Cloud

{ October 13th, 2009 }

So Cloud Computing has become a buzzword in most information technology circles. Pick up any tech magazine or read any tech blog and you'll see a few articles about the cloud computing. We now have cloud service providers such as...Continue Reading

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The WebOS and Business IT

{ September 8th, 2009 }

I was reading through ZDNet and saw an article about The WebOS and how it is already beginning to affect Business IT. In businesses all over the globe, we are seeing changes to the traditional data infrastructure. If we rewind...Continue Reading

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Amazon Private Cloud

{ August 30th, 2009 }

Information Week reports that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has unveiled their Amazon Virtual Private Cloud service. It is essentially going to be an isolated portion of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud that is only accessibly via virtual private network. This new service...Continue Reading

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Torchlight Cloud Experimentation

{ July 29th, 2009 }

Hello everyone. I was looking up some web applications. Most of the stuff I was looking at was of course open source, php-based software. I am looking at invoicing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resource Management...Continue Reading

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Google to Create an OS?

{ July 14th, 2009 }

Amazing news, Google, the one most non-technical people only for it's search engine and the neat email tool, has decided to launch their own Operating System (see details here http://bit.ly/jIsIN).  This is meant to compete with the popular Microsoft Windows...Continue Reading

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