Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

Amazon Cloud Services go free*

Posted on October 22, 2010 by mitcheet

Yesterday Amazon announced that they are offering limited cloud services for free for one year for new subscribers. The list of free services is pretty amazing. You can run a micro instance on Amazon for a year with 100% uptime, … Continue reading →

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Configuring your Amazon server

Posted on September 29, 2010 by mitcheet

This guide covers the elements of server setup and management on Amazon EC2. The intent of this guide is to introduce the broad concepts and connect to external tutorials and resources. Each section below covers a specific type of task … Continue reading →

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Getting started with cloud computing

Posted on September 28, 2010 by mitcheet

This article covers some options for getting started with cloud computing. The term ‘Cloud computing’ is as buzzy as it is ambiguous. In some definitions, cloud computing applies anytime you access a network-based resource while in others it only applies … Continue reading →

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Server security on Amazon EC2

Posted on September 28, 2010 by mitcheet

This tutorial covers at a very high level the items you should be concerned about for server security on Amazon EC2. Amazon has great documentation and is a good place to go to find out the right answers to your … Continue reading →

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Managing firewall rules on Amazon EC2 servers

Posted on September 28, 2010 by mitcheet

This tutorial covers managing firewall rules on servers running on the Amazon EC2 system. Amazon includes a firewall at both the web service level and optional firewalls at the server level. This tutorial discusses each of these types of firewalls … Continue reading →

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