node.js, WordPress and Google App Engine

06/07/2018

node.js Google App Engine is very cool. It hides all the complexity of creating a highly available, load-balanced and scalable …

Scaling Kim Kardashian’s back end

24/01/2015

I would be the first to admit that I am not a close follower of popular culture but finally someone …

27/06/2013

In the past each “9” on your availability cost about 10x more. So for example, 99.99% availability cost 10x more …

19/12/2012

“Big data” is hot, hot, hot (Gartner hype cycle) and now supported by Amazon Web Services. Although pitched as “Big …

17/12/2012

One of the most popular posts on my blog is my comparison of Windows PowerShell with Unix utilities. Readers may be interested …

30/11/2012

Today Amazon announced Redshift a data warehouse service based on PostgreSQL: Amazon Redshift Amazon Redshift is a fast and powerful, …

14/09/2012

Python is the new kid on the block. A relatively easy to use interpreted language. AWS have recognised this. Here …

23/03/2012

Could be fun for custom WordPress deployments or suchlike. Dear Amazon Web Services Customer, We are excited to announce that …

23/03/2012

An interesting event from AWS Are you interested in implementing disaster recovery in the cloud for your websites or applications, …