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Category: Amazon EC2
Converting an S3-Backed Windows AMI to an EBS-Backed AMI
If you are running a Windows Server 2003 AMI it is most likely S3-backed. If you’d like to migrate it to an EBS-backed AMI so that you can take advantage of new features such as the ability to stop it and then restart it later, I’ve got some good news for you. We’ve just put […]
Updates to the AWS SDKs
We’ve made some important updates to the AWS SDK for Java the AWS SDK for PHP, and the AWS SDK for .NET. The newest versions of the respective SDKs are available now. AWS SDK for Java The AWS SDK for Java now supports the new Amazon S3 Multipart Upload feature in two different ways. First, […]
FameTown – A New AWS-Powered Facebook Game
Amir of Diversion, Inc. wrote to tell me about his company’s newest release, an AWS-powered Facebook game called FameTown. FameTown lets you play the role of a movie star in a digital version of Hollywood. You can start on the D-List (a total unknown) and attempt to progress to the A-List, earning points by completing […]
Servers for Nothing, Bits for Free
In the last year or two we’ve added free tiers of service to Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, and Amazon SimpleDB. We have learned that developers like to be able to try out our services without having to pay to do so. In many cases, they have created non-trivial applications that can run entirely within the […]
Cloud-powered Software Development LifeCycle – Innovative Social Gaming and LBS Platform in the AWS Cloud – TAPTIN
As AWS technology evangelists, we often meet startups working on cool stuff. Every so often we discover startups that have done incredible things on AWS. Recently, I came across Navitas, a Berkeley-based company with development teams in Silicon Valley, Ecuador, and Thailand. Since I am deeply interested in location-based services and geo apps in the […]
Restore The Gulf – US Government Site Hosted on Amazon EC2
Ho hum – another web site (pictured at right) running on Amazon EC2. No big deal, right? Actually, it is a pretty big deal. Take look at the top left of the site. What does it say? An Official Website of the United States Government A number of US Government regulations, including an important one […]
New: Amazon EC2 Running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
A critical aspect of the value proposition for the Amazon Web Services revolves around choice. This takes many forms, each of which gives you the freedom to choose the best fit for your particular situation: A wide variety of services that you can choose to use, or not, as determined by your needs. Ten EC2 […]
Now Available: Host Your Web Site in the Cloud
I am very happy to announce that my first book, Host Your Web Site in the Cloud is now available! Weighing in at over 355 pages, this book is designed to show developers how to build sophisticated AWS applications using PHP and the CloudFusion toolkit. Here is the table of contents: Welcome to Cloud Computing. […]