All Things Distributed

JULY 7, 2011

AWS Import/Export transfers data off of storage devices using Amazons high-speed internal network and bypassing the Internet. With this new functionality AWS Import/Export now supports importing data directly into Amazon EBS snapshots. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

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AWS Cloud Storage Internet 96

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 5, 2010

DNS is one of the fundamental building blocks of internet applications and was high on the wish list of our customers for some time already. DNS is an absolutely critical piece of the internet infrastructure. The Domain Name System is a wonderful practical piece of technology; it is a fundamental building block of our modern internet.

Cloud 117

Cloud Internet Internet AWS 117

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 22, 2011

There are many success stories about the effectiveness of caching in many different scenarios; next to helping applications achieving fast and predictable performance, it often protects databases from requests bursts and brownouts under overload conditions. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

Cloud 117

Cloud Cache AWS Storage 117

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 11, 2011

The one thing that I have always struggled with during my travels are the data plans of the cell phone companies. For an internet road warrior they are a complete nightmare. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

Wireless 107

Wireless AWS Internet Internet 107

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Please also visit the AWS developer blog for more great stories from our South American customers. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

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AWS Latency Storage Big Data 114

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2011

Government and Big Data. One particular early use case for AWS GovCloud (US) will be massive data processing and analytics. Several agencies of very different parts of the government have needs for data analytics that really put the Big in Big-Data, sometimes several orders of magnitude larger than commonly found in industry.

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AWS Government Big Data Cloud 111

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

While cleaning out the digital attic I ran into this drawing that Hugh MacLeod (aka "gapingvoid") made for me in reponse to a storm-in-a-teacup about blogging Amazon. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services.

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AWS Storage Big Data Scalability 60

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 17, 2011

A good example is the comments section on this blog; a few lines of JavaScript and these pages have a dynamic nature with comments, trackbacks and social media discussion showing up as they happen. But I really want a setup that allows me to thinker with the blog where ever I am (e.g. at 30,000 feet). Which suits me just fine.

Servers 126

Servers Social Media AWS Website 126

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Like many folks who started down the path of using real-time micro-blogging services (read: twitter ) the convenience of those platforms has made that sharing happens there instead of on the blogs we (used to) keep. That was a mistake which I will try to correct in the coming months as Ill get back into blogging mode.

AWS 69

AWS Storage Big Data Scalability 69

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

For more details see the announcement , the details pages of the services at [link] , and the posting on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

AWS 104

AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 104

All Things Distributed

MARCH 2, 2011

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AWS Cloud Games Latency 112

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

Flexibility is one of the key principles of Amazon Web Services - developers can select any programming language and software package, any operating system, any middleware and any database to build systems and applications that meet their requirements. More information on the launch can be found on the AWS developer blog. Contact Info.

AWS 115

AWS Cloud Java Operating System 115

All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

To get started using Spot or for more details visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance web page, the AWS developer blog , and the EC2 Release Notes. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications.

AWS 85

AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 85

All Things Distributed

JULY 3, 2011

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AWS Storage Big Data Cloud 67

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Big news this week was of course the launch of Cluster GPU instances for Amazon EC2. There were blog posts by Jeff Barr The Cluster GPU Instance and James Hamilton HPC in the Cloud with GPGPUs , as well as my background posting: Expanding the Cloud - Adding the Incredible Power of the Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances. Contact Info.

AWS 67

AWS Cloud Benchmarking Storage 67

All Things Distributed

APRIL 23, 2010

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AWS 60

AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 60

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

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AWS 75

AWS Storage Cloud Best Practices 75

All Things Distributed

APRIL 28, 2010

Customers can now store their data and run their applications from our Singapore location in the same way they do from our other U.S. Quite often "The Cloud" is portrayed as something magically transparent that lives somewhere in the internet. You can also find more information on the AWS developer blog. and European Regions.

AWS 61

AWS Cloud Latency Storage 61

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

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AWS Cloud Latency Storage 60

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

Jeff Barr in his blog post on the AWS developer blog has additional details and there are some great testimonials of early Cluster Compute Instances customers in the press release. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

Cloud 118

Cloud AWS Automotive Latency 118

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

For more details on the new boot features visit the Amazon EC2 detail page and the posting on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Contact Info.

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AWS Storage Operating System Cloud 60

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2009

For more details and background information visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance detail page, the AWS developer blog and the good folks at RightScale. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. Contact Info.

Cloud 63

Cloud AWS Storage Innovation 63

Dynatrace

JUNE 29, 2022

Hybrid cloud architecture is a computing environment that shares data and applications on a combination of public clouds and on-premises private clouds. Public cloud refers to on-demand infrastructure and services provided by a third party over the public internet. With public clouds, multiple organizations share resources.

Infrastructure 179

Infrastructure Cloud Azure AWS 179

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Because my blog is almost completely static content I wanted to run in this very simple configuration since the launch of Amazon S3. It would allow the blog to be powered by the incredible scale and reliability of Amazon S3 with a minimum of effort from my side. if you want to see what this blogs error page looks like.

AWS 134

AWS Website Storage Servers 134

All Things Distributed

APRIL 27, 2011

Given that I have frequently written about many of these technologies on this blog I asked investor relations to be allowed to reprint it here. To our shareowners: Random forests, naïve Bayesian estimators, RESTful services, gossip protocols, eventual consistency, data sharding, anti-entropy, Byzantine quorum, erasure coding, vector clocks.

Technology 151

Technology Technology AWS Storage 151

Highly Scalable

MARCH 1, 2012

NoSQL databases are often compared by various non-functional criteria, such as scalability, performance, and consistency. At the same time, NoSQL data modeling is not so well studied and lacks the systematic theory found in relational databases. Document databases advance the BigTable model offering two significant improvements.

Database 279

Database Ecommerce Efficiency Engineering 279

All Things Distributed

MARCH 28, 2011

Our smart phones and tablets are obvious examples, but many other devices are quickly gaining these capabilities; TV Sets and Hifi systems are internet enabled, and soon our treadmills and automobiles will be equally plugged into the digital world. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving down the cost of Big-Data analytics.

AWS 138

AWS Cloud Storage Internet 138

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

When a new customer is onboarded, the ISV has to spin up a collection of AWS resources to run their web-servers, app-servers and databases in a multi-AZ (availability zone) setting to achieve high-availability. For more information on AWS CloudFormation see their detail page and read more on the AWS developer blog. Contact Info.

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AWS Cloud Scalability Storage 121

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 9, 2010

By supporting such large object sizes, Amazon S3 better enables a variety of interesting big data use cases. For more information on Multipart Upload and managing large objects in Amazon S3 , see Jeff Barrs blog posts on Amazon S3 Multipart Upload and Large Object Support as well as the Amazon S3 Developer Guide. Contact Info.

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AWS Big Data Scalability Storage 80

All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) was launched in 2006 as "Storage for the Internet" with the promise to make web-scale computing easier for developers. Other insights in the use of this option can be read on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services.

Storage 71

Storage Cloud AWS Scalability 71

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Amazon SimpleDB has launched today with a new set of features giving the customer more control over which consistency and concurrency models to use in their database operations. These new features will make it easier to transition those applications to SimpleDB that are designed with traditional database tools in mind. Consistent Read.

AWS 69

AWS Latency Database Scalability 69

All Things Distributed

APRIL 19, 2010

As Dan Rayburn wrote on his Business of Video blog, "Amazon will be in the drivers seat to own the market for small and medium sized content owners who need simple delivery at a great price.". blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

Media 60

Media AWS Storage Big Data 60

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Also more details can be found on the AWS Developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services.

AWS 136

AWS Latency Programming Architecture 136