This is not a funky – ‘did you know’ vid – its realistic, business focussed, numbers of users, $$$ involved. Some take outs : – android is outselling iphone. – Apple is worth more than either google and facebook, $283billion , 67% revenue growth – facebook/twitter advertising is proportionately cheap still , compared to other media – […]
Lots of people focus on the shared nature of cloud computing. There are other risks, some are really simple. Contractual Issues – like what happens when you are late on payment, or your credit card transaction gets bounced. You might think that taking your website down isn’t correct. You could find out you lose everything, […]
They are both very different, and both very good in the right situations. Firstly, google can target users actively looking to buy, with keyword searches. This is the bread&butter of google adwords. These are high value customers, and generally there is strong competition, and the prices are high. If you have a good budget, this […]
Amazon just released GPU cluster rentals by the hour. It allows custom mathematical and scientific applications to run much fast than on intel CPUs. Its not necessarily very useful for general business or web applications, but it does show both how committed amazon is to scalability, and that there is an increasing number of solutions out there. http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/11/15/announcing-cluster-gpu-instances-for-amazon-ec2/
This is fairly consumer oriented, but gives a broad overview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYPsmSMONs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYPsmSMONs
I just came across this youtube clip, and I figured not everyone would be sure what a cloud consultant is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIrroq5sV84
The best thing about cloud backup is there are heaps of choices. The hardest thing is to work out which is best for you. My experience is : 1. know what you are trying to achieve 2. have 1 clear purpose If its cross purpose, then 1 aim will be met well, and the other […]
As always our bandwidth is expensive here in Oz. Peering networks (Pipenetworks) is one way to keep local prices down. I saw retail bandwidth pricing to around $150/mbit per month. So as expected the prices are coming down.