Alan Williamson is widely recognized as an early expert on Cloud Computing, he is Co-Founder of aw2.0 Ltd, a software company specializing in deploying software solutions within Cloud networks. Alan is a Sun Java Champion and creator of OpenBlueDragon (an open source Java CFML runtime engine). With many books, articles and speaking engagements under his belt, Alan likes to talk passionately about what can be done TODAY and not get caught up in the marketing hype of TOMORROW. Follow his blog, 
Jeremy GeelanFollowing on from my previous post, cloudkick, has published their network latency findings within Amazon's EC2 clearly showing a major problem brewing within at least one of their data centers
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Latest Blogs from Alan Williamson
Amazon EC2 is increasingly under load, but when you start to see internal pings around 7seconds with regularly shell freezes this is more than a freak one off incidents. Amazon appear to be struggling with the load Jan. 12, 2010 04:52 AM EST Reads: 1,095 |
Using dynamic datasources just got a whole lot easier with OpenBD by the introduction of 3 new functions to help creating dynamic datasources infinitely easier Jan. 1, 2010 09:20 AM EST Reads: 1,082 |
Amazon announces full EBS bootable images - this means no more data loss when your instance goes offline irrespective of where you have stored your data on the file system. Faster boot times and a new geographic location announced Dec. 3, 2009 06:35 AM EST Reads: 1,127 |
 Amazon have released a slew of new features and products for their cloud. But as usual, the devil is in the detail. I go into some of the issues and discover that this may not be for everyoneOct. 27, 2009 10:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,844 |
 Engadget trips up in its own importance and falls into the trap that many bloggers/journalists are finding: not everything that runs in a browser is cloud computing. One server fault does not mark the end of cloud computing. PerspectiveOct. 11, 2009 05:47 AM EDT Reads: 2,239 |
 Amazon releases the ability to share EBS snapshots so others can utilize and consume your data, irrespective of format. But EBS is more than just persisted data. It is a whole mechanism to allow for quickly taking snapshots of your data partition and then mounting that partition elsewh...Sep. 24, 2009 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,951 |
 Amazon SimpleDB - SQS web services are within easy reach of any Java developer with these 2 non-dependent class files. No fuss, no nonsense, just code that works.Sep. 7, 2009 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,224 |
 A very simple POJO Java class for accessing all of the features of Amazon's SQS web service.
Full API support. No dependencies. Just use it.Aug. 31, 2009 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,646 |
 Business Computing and buzzwords, go together like cheese and wine.
Geek'n'Poke takes aim and finds the bullspot once again with their latest cloud relatedAug. 30, 2009 11:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,499 |
 Amazon Virtual Private Cloud is announced in limited beta. Lots of interesting features and once again, they have moved the cloud world forwardAug. 27, 2009 01:30 PM EDT Reads: 6,610 |
A very simple POJO Java class for accessing all of the features of Amazon's SimpleDB web service. Support for all new methods including select, and batchputattributes. No dependencies. Just use it Jul. 10, 2009 12:09 PM EDT Reads: 1,634 |
Hosting and Cloud provider Rackspace suffers an outage causing many people not able to reach their network Jul. 8, 2009 05:23 AM EDT Reads: 825 |
With Google App Engine going offline it is important to realize that even the big boys have problems. However, can your business tolerate such down times? Can you really bet your business on the cloud? Or is it too early Jul. 6, 2009 04:07 AM EDT Reads: 2,103 |
Global server sales have dropped 25% across the board. This is the worse drop-off for over 12 years. What is to blame Jun. 1, 2009 02:58 AM EDT Reads: 789 |
We love this new virtual world of ondemand computing, but have you wondered just how many servers Amazon, Google, Microsoft or any of the cloud providers really have at their disposal May. 28, 2009 03:35 AM EDT Reads: 1,010 |
Cloud Expo Europe was last week at Prague, and a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining cloud conference was had. Met lots of great people and spoke at length regarding peoples concerns about moving to the cloud May. 27, 2009 05:05 AM EDT Reads: 1,004 |
Preparing to take our Cloud Boot Camp Road Show to May. 12, 2009 07:21 AM EDT Reads: 673 |
Another couple of conferences close their doors as we move forward into 2009 Apr. 12, 2009 08:51 AM EDT Reads: 699 |
Cloud boot camp was a resounding success at Cloud Computing Expo in New York Apr. 1, 2009 11:47 AM EDT Reads: 886 |
Come on now, lets all sing-a-long to the cloud computing song, a parody of Joni Mitchell Mar. 27, 2009 04:38 AM EDT Reads: 758 |
The final schedule for next weeks Cloud Computing Expo boot camp has been finalised. Looking forward to next week Mar. 26, 2009 09:34 AM EDT Reads: 885 |
Geek and Poke blog has a wonderful cartoon depicting the complexities of the world of clouds Mar. 24, 2009 05:24 AM EDT Reads: 599 |
If you are looking for a familiar interface for moving files up and down to Amazon S3 then you'll be hard pushed to find something as slick for the price Mar. 23, 2009 07:01 AM EDT Reads: 580 |
If you haven't seen the cloud tax yet, then don't worry, it happens to everyone, and creeps up on you without warning Mar. 22, 2009 12:14 PM EDT Reads: 573 |
Today is the last day to register for a sweet, early bird, deal on the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo in a couple of weeks in New York. We've got some wonderful keynotes delivered at the highest levels from Amazon, IBM and Sun Mar. 20, 2009 07:39 AM EDT Reads: 866 |
I was recently interviewed for java.sun.com on the wonders of cloud computing and Mar. 20, 2009 05:16 AM EDT Reads: 874 |
Developing applications for the cloud is not as trivial as you may think, but nor is it as a hard as some make out. Be mindful of what can and can't done. Looking at 3 major areas, which will be covered in detail at our upcoming cloud boot Mar. 18, 2009 06:06 AM EDT Reads: 577 |
Microsoft flight into the clouds took a nose dive for 22 hours this week as it suffered an outage Mar. 16, 2009 02:20 PM EDT Reads: 581 |
Who can you really trust with your cloud keys? Many services ask for your Amazon details so they may deliver you a value added service. But how do you know they won't be naughty! In short you can't Mar. 16, 2009 09:28 AM EDT Reads: 752 |
Amazon have released their Reserved Instances, which effectively gives you big discounts for instances that are running for long periods of time Mar. 12, 2009 09:25 AM EDT Reads: 646 |
Atlassian has just released their new version of their continuous build integration suite, called Elastic Bamboo. This is a way for you to automatically and scale out your build and testing requirements by using Amazon's EC2 platform Mar. 10, 2009 03:50 AM EDT Reads: 630 |
Oracle is sniffing around Virtual Iron for a possible purchase to round out its own virtual Mar. 9, 2009 05:39 AM EDT Reads: 651 |
The very successful evening format of the CloudCamp series, is coming to Scotland - Edinburgh, to be precise, on the 25th of Mar. 8, 2009 05:22 AM EDT Reads: 543 |
Amazon, finally after years of providing just a command line interface to their web services, released a web based management console. Has it been worth the wait? Read the review of their first web based offering Jan. 9, 2009 04:46 AM EST Reads: 628 |
Okay, so this is wishful thinking on my part, Amazon taking the initiative and renaming their very powerful SimpleDB product Amazon Registry. Let me present my case for why they should Dec. 7, 2008 07:22 AM EST Reads: 695 |
I was honored to be part of the very popular Cloud Computing Podcast by David Linthicum. It has just gone live for your audible enjoyment Dec. 5, 2008 07:27 AM EST Reads: 580 |
With ElasticServer you can now build your own custom server image with OpenBD installed, choosing your own J2EE and database server. Deploy straight to Amazon EC2. Can't get easier Dec. 3, 2008 11:51 AM EST Reads: 629 |
What makes a true cloud offering? What must a company offer before it can make the cloud claim? I examine the 3 criteria that for me defines a true cloud offering Nov. 11, 2008 05:27 AM EST Reads: 383 |
Twilio a new startup from Amazon's ex Product Manager Jeff Lawson will soon be coming out of private beta to offer cloud like telephony services Nov. 8, 2008 11:49 AM EST Reads: 391 |
