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Archive for November, 2010

Web 2.0 – a review for business

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 – […]

Risks of Cloud Computing

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, […]

Facebook Advertising vs Google Adwords

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 […]

Rent a supercomputer by the hour

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/

The state of cloud computing

This is fairly consumer oriented, but gives a broad overview. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYPsmSMONs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeYPsmSMONs

Cloud Consultants explained

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

Cloud Backup

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 […]

Bandwidth In Australia

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.