Oracle Cloud

Awesome presentation by Larry Ellison here:

Platform as a Service.... Oracle Java Cloud

I have been through this very interesting presentation on Oracle Java Cloud PaaS solution , and I am looking forward to reading the book from Harshad Oak :

I am very persuaded that 10 years from now the mere idea of running your own on-premise data-center will be considered as madness.... well let's say 20 years from now...experience shows that industry takes time to make large paradigm shifts...

Amazon EC2 micro instance

I wanted to give a try to Amazon Micro Instances... below a threshold usage, they are free, and fun to use.


see also http://www.keywordintellect.com/amazon-web-services/how-to-set-up-an-amazon-ec2-instance/

http://www.keywordintellect.com/amazon-web-services/managing-an-amazon-ec2-instance-using-putty-ssh/

login as ec2-user, not as root

IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS... beyond the hype and the bullshot

An excellent presentation here:

http://www.keithpij.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/27/Default.aspx


I am also reading this book by David Linthicum:

http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Computing-Convergence-Enterprise-Step/dp/0136009220

available also on Safari

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780321659392