Posts Tagged ‘Cloud Computing’

Apache Whirr – Cloud neutral libraries to run distributed services

Apache Whirr is a set of libraries for running cloud services. Whirr is currently in the Apache Incubator. A cloud-neutral way to run services. You don’t have to worry about the idiosyncrasies of each provider. A common service API. The details of provisioning are particular to the service. Smart defaults for services. You can get [...]

Amazon Micro Instances

Micro instances provide 613 MB of memory and support 32-bit and 64-bit platforms on both Linux and Windows. Micro instance pricing for On-Demand instances starts at $0.02 per hour for Linux and $0.03 per hour for Windows. Customers have asked us for a lower priced instance type that could satisfy the needs of their less [...]

Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder

The concept of using web-based programs like Google’s Gmail is “worse than stupidity”, according to a leading advocate of free software. via Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk.