services provided on-demand and easily scale up and down
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1answer
37 views
Continuous Integration strategy on AWS [closed]
I have been using a Jenkins to manage application life cycle like continuous integration, build, and deployment in hosted environments. Now that I am starting to explore AWS, I am wondering if the ...
-1
votes
1answer
34 views
Which cloud computing provider? [closed]
I need help choosing a cloud application server / database provider.
I am going to write a small trade management system and does not want to setup my own server.
I need to run two tomcat instances ...
11
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7answers
729 views
What does Private Cloud mean?
I read through a few discussions in SE about Cloud Computing . From them, I understand cloud as "computing / data-storage facility that is owned by a different entity; using hardware & software ...
0
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0answers
38 views
how to compile the code remotly and show results to the user [duplicate]
It's just a how-to question, want to know the right path to explore, can anyone guide me how the sites like http://jsfiddle.net or http://ideone.com/ works, meaning by the user inputs the code in ...
0
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6answers
338 views
Looking to build a 2 java applications. should it be web-based application or standalone application?
The first application (web-based) will be located at site1 and once the information is processed, it will be sent to the second application(web-based) located at site2. Application2 needs to be able ...
1
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1answer
92 views
Is it better to have file stored as a zip in cloud service?
I am developing enterprise iPad application which contained large amount of different bundle data in terms of group of images.
Is it worth to stored as a compressed file format or normal set of ...
1
vote
1answer
71 views
High-Availability Vs. Cloud Scaling
I work for a company that develops a web server that runs in a customer datacenter. The customer wants the server to have hot failover and I'm currently investigating HA approaches such as Pacemaker ...
-2
votes
1answer
90 views
Stack for building a searchable image service [closed]
I've been building web services & sites with Django & PostgreSQL using pieces like Redis, Memcached, RabbitMQ, etc. for a few years now.
I'm about to build a new kind of service (for me), ...
5
votes
1answer
215 views
Setting up a development environment in the cloud? [closed]
I'm interested in transitioning my development environment onto the cloud.
I currently use VirtualBox with Vagrant to manage separate virtual machines for each individual project.
What would be the ...
3
votes
1answer
87 views
Combine auto-syncing cloud and VCS
This question brought me to another question: is there any VCS/tool for a VCS which automatically backups your source code between the last checkout and current changes?
I had the problem of loosing ...
2
votes
2answers
167 views
Open Source Cloud Computing
Recently I realized that the most popular social platforms on the net are in the hand of just a few companies, Google, Twitter, Facebook, to name just a few. Taking into account the world changing ...
12
votes
6answers
3k views
How to learn Cloud Computing and Big Data at home? [closed]
I want to learn Cloud Computing and Big Data at home.
Is it possible to learn these technologies on home PC?
Which technologies to learn in Cloud Computing?
Which technologies to learn Big Data ...
1
vote
3answers
112 views
How should I host our scalable worker processes?
We are designing a new architecture for an enterprise business. The principles we've followed so far is not to develop what you can (possible buy and) deploy, ie, don't reinvent any wheels.
In this ...
2
votes
1answer
304 views
What are some interesting uses of the Azure Service Bus? [closed]
I'm fascinated by WCF and the abilities of the Service Bus. What interesting implementations have you seen ?
1
vote
5answers
2k views
I want to learn and explore cloud computing, what technologies should I be aware off for the same? [closed]
I want to get into Cloud Computing. Before I choose a particular vendor platform I want to learn:
What are the underlying technologies, tools and paradigms that I should be aware off to make myself ...
25
votes
9answers
2k views
Why didn't “cloud computing” offer appear earlier?
Cloud computing is a model of renting resources - servers and data storage. Both servers and data storage have been around for much more than a decade so far. Yet cloud computing offers only appeared ...
1
vote
1answer
171 views
Auto update for application hosted on multiple servers on cloud
I'm working on an application which will run on multiple Amazon EC2 instances. I wish to incorporate auto update feature for my application. The updater should update all the Ec2 instances. Also, ...
3
votes
2answers
244 views
What's the benefit of Azure ACS if ASP.NET 4.5 includes OAuth and OpenID providers?
Azure ACS offers OAuth and OpenID providers, and now that ASP.NET 4.5 offers the same thing, without the added cost, is there any reason for a .NET developer to consider ACS?
(Disclaimer, I don't ...
2
votes
2answers
261 views
Will it be okay to use Amazon Glacier for everyday data retrieval?
I am planning to use cloud storage for my app. What my app will do is retrieval of users data and user authentication and have the ability to sync data continuously.
Is it a good idea to use Amazon ...
6
votes
2answers
198 views
Free cloud web service development [closed]
I am looking for a free (as in beer) combination of services, for learning "cloud SW development" and very small scale private use (say, a private streamlined web shopping&todo list with simple ...
2
votes
1answer
123 views
How to manage many mobile device users at server side?
I built a social Android application in which users can see other users around them by GPS location. At the beginning thing went well as I had low number of users, but now that I have increasing ...
6
votes
4answers
682 views
What makes Erlang suitable for cloud applications?
We are starting a new project and implementing on our corporations's instantiation of an openstack cloud (see http://www.openstack.org/). The project is security tooling for our corporation. We ...
8
votes
3answers
418 views
Cloud computing cost savings for large enterprise
I'm trying to understand whether cloud computing is meant for small to medium sized companies OR also for large companies. Imagine a website with a very large user base. The storage and bandwidth ...
7
votes
4answers
274 views
How/where to run the algorithm on large dataset?
I would like to run the PageRank algorithm on graph with 4 000 000 nodes and around 45 000 000 edges.
Currently I use neo4j graph databse and classic relational database (postgres) and for software ...
2
votes
1answer
358 views
Storing Projects on Google Drive (Cloud)
I've started using Google Drive for my cloud needs and backing up pretty much everything. I've got the app installed so it auto-sync's all my content in most things.
My question is this, I am ...
1
vote
1answer
201 views
Are any live online Oracle Instances available for learning PL/SQL? [closed]
I want to learn Pl/Sql but do not have Oracle installed in my system. Are there any live instances to which I can connect to?
1
vote
1answer
252 views
Is it smart to design a command and control server, that will monitor system resources and spin up/spin down servers at times of peak?
I am building an application that will be modular, in a way that it will be a set of separate systems communicating with each other. It uses Hadoop on all systems, and HBase on 3 of the 4.
Scaling ...
5
votes
3answers
384 views
Cloud computing platforms only have one CPU. Does this mean I shouldn't use Parallel Programming?
Almost every cloud instance I can find only offers one CPU. Why is this only one CPU now, and should I expect this to increase in the future?
Does this design impact my code design so that I exclude ...
-4
votes
2answers
2k views
Why .NET and C# are not available on Cloud Platforms?
I checked Google App Engine and Heroku but both don't support .NET/C# applications. Even though Google App Engine shows support for Windows Azure, but in the supported languages it doesn't show C# or ...
0
votes
0answers
79 views
Azure Drives, Azure Disks, Azure Images - What are the performance and cost tradeoffs?
I understand REST-based storage, and how xDrive (PDC 2209) works, but I'm confused by all the drive types specified in this MSDN blog post.
That blog describes Drives -vs- Disks (which sound ...
12
votes
7answers
3k views
Using EC2 instance as main development platform
My problem
I am working as a consultant for various companies. Each company provides me with a laptop with their software on and I also have my own, where I have my development environment. I tend to ...
3
votes
2answers
361 views
What kind of hosting do I need? [closed]
This question was migrated from serverfault, where it was closed as not constructive.
Personal note: This type of questions are not appropriate in this place nor on serverfault. It's my opinion that ...
0
votes
1answer
284 views
What is the canonical resource on multi-tenancy web applications using ruby + rails
What is the canonical resource on multi-tenancy web applications using ruby + rails. There are a number of ways to develop rails apps using cloud capabilities with real elastic properties but there ...
3
votes
3answers
593 views
People's experience of Cloud Computing (using Force.com) [closed]
I would like to know about people's experience of working with APEX and the SalesForce.com platform, was it easy to work with? How similar to Java and C# is it? What did you like? What don't you like? ...
1
vote
2answers
90 views
How to handle file access transactions properly?
I'm looking for good practices or any advice regarding file access transaction mechanisms. We will have multiple instances of an application spread over a redundant network (cloud) watching a ...
5
votes
2answers
347 views
What cloud technologies should Application Architects know about?
There is so much going on in the cloud, acronyms like PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, (any more?) that I'm losing track of what technologies are important (within each category) how relevant each one is.
What are ...
0
votes
3answers
532 views
Any cloud-based development environment provider?
Do you know of any 100% cloud-based development environment?
Ideally I mean something:
accessible with a web browser from any device (including Apple iPads for example)
allowing code editing, ...
1
vote
2answers
214 views
OCCI for non-web application
I am writing a non-web application (written in java) which will allocate cloud resources. I want to make it compatible with as many providers as possible. Is it wise to use OCCI interface? Will it be ...
14
votes
6answers
651 views
What is “the Cloud” and how does it relate to development?
I keep hearing about Cloud technology, although mostly in social networking development, etc. I heard about it today again, and now I'm very curious: what is the 'Cloud' and how does it relate to me ...
0
votes
1answer
570 views
Suggestions for final year project (something in cloud) [closed]
I'm interested in cloud and distributed computing. I recently heard about Apache Hadoop. Also checked HBase, Hive, Cloudera and other extensions. Can i take any of these topic, extend it further for ...
6
votes
3answers
685 views
New cloud development workflow using Github, Cloud9ide and CloudFoundry
So time is changing towards cloud development/computing.
I'm trying to get the new "cloud" workflow based on the services I'm going to use: Github, Cloud9ide and CloudFoundry.
Here is what is on my ...
0
votes
2answers
213 views
How to solve a fundamental cloud data storage dispute?
I'm working for a company that has recently hired me to create a new version of their existing software, which is now over 12 years old. The new software is a complete re-write of the old and they ...
3
votes
2answers
230 views
How to provide SaaS integration with enterprise systems (from the SaaS provider perspective)?
I'm doing some general research for a potential SaaS project. The solution we are considering creating will need data integration capabilities with various enterprise systems.
I understand that SaaS ...
7
votes
1answer
366 views
How can I gather client's data on Google App Engine without using Datastore/Backend Instances too much?
One of the projects I'm working on is online survey engine. It's my first big commercial project on Google App Engine.
I need your advice on how to collect stats and efficiently record them in ...
3
votes
1answer
254 views
Large Ecommerce Site Topology and Deployment Guidelines
Problem
I am a lead engineer for a highly trafficked eCommerce website (upwards of 1m page views an hour). For various reasons we have the opportunity to rebuild large portions of our ...
0
votes
1answer
629 views
Storing documents in Database vs CMS in JSF, Seam, Hibernate application on cloud
I am about to start with an application using JSF 2, Seam 3, Hibernate and Hibernate search with the following characteristics:
Users will be uploading documents (pdf, doc).
There can be millions of ...
1
vote
5answers
632 views
ERP/CRM Systems. Desktop Based ? Web based? [closed]
I have seen 2-3 ERPs in action. I am wondering what is better. Desktop based application or webbased displayed on a browser.
My first experience was with a web based ERP when i was 14 years old.. ...
2
votes
5answers
250 views
What's the key innovation in the realization of the “cloud?”
I'm trying to figure out what are the key technological innovations or inventions that the "cloud" introduces as an improvement over web pages; or maybe over SAAS.
Seems to me that "cloud" is merely ...
15
votes
5answers
556 views
Is cloud computing just a way of renting resources?
The company I work at recently hosted a web service in Windows Azure and announced that. Now trade online magazines say lots of meaningless stuff like "company X moves to the cloud", "company X drops ...
3
votes
1answer
449 views
How to store a simple DB “in the cloud”?
Even though the name is similar my question is not a dupe of the very fine question here:
Database in the cloud?
I've got a webserver (Java/Tomcat) running a webapp (which I wrote) on a dedicated ...
