How to convert from keys from .ppk to .openssh
The nice thing about computer standards are that there are so many to choose from. I use PuTTY on Windows …
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Nano, an alternative to vi to edit Linux configuration files
My journey into administering Linux from a Windows PC continues. Today’s challenge is to edit configuration files such as .htaccess. …
Why Windows 8 server is a game-changer • The Register
An interesting article on Windows 8 Server. Why Windows 8 server is a game-changer More than just a few tweaks… …
EC2 reserved instances for baseload
Amazon recently announced new options for their EC2 reserved instances. http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/reserved-instances/?ref_=pe_8050_22086710 With this product you pay a small amount up-front …
CloudBase Meetup – relational databases don’t scale
Last night I attended the CloudBase Meetup at Hackney Community College that was arranged by Shawn of Tech Meetups (well …
Amazon Content Delivery Network
In an earlier post I refered to Damon Hart-Davis’ investigation of cloud services because it followed the same path as …
Amazon EC2, Rackspace or Google App Engine?
In an earlier post I blogged about my experience on Amazon EC2 (I like it) and referred the reader to …
Joy reigns with AWS CloudFormation
Amazon’s relentless drive to make infrastructure management easier continues with their announcement of AWS CloudFormation. The big problem that ordinary …
Free cloud email – Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)
An interesting announcement from Amazon which offers a free cloudy email service (my bold). Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) …
AWS Elastic Beanstalk – free Tomcat clustering in the cloud
This came today. It is quite interesting. Scalable cloud management on Amazon. It is “free” which contrasts with other offerings. …
Dr James Bayley 