Tag Archives: Amazon Web Services

Amazon CloudSearch-Information Retrieval as a Service

The idea of using computers to search for relevant pieces of information was popularized in the article “As We May Think” by Vannevar Bush in 1945. As We May Think predicted (to some extent) many kinds of technology invented after … Continue reading

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Private Cloud Case Studies VMware, Microsoft, Eucalyptus

Zynga Cloud Case Study Zynga started out with a dedicated hosted IT infrastructure, but its business growth quickly outpaced its ability to add infrastructure. It moved to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accommodate the rapid scale demands in the vertical … Continue reading

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Cloud Adoption in India

The adoption of cloud-based applications and infrastructures is at a very nascent stage in India. Existing infrastructure service providers have started taking initial steps to provide cloud-based services, but these are limited in terms of functionality, options and vertical industries. … Continue reading

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Latest on Cloud Computing~Predictions, New Offerings and Other News

AWS Storage Gateway Amazon Web Services has launched a public beta test of AWS Storage Gateway, which allows enterprises to back up application data in Amazon’s cloud using a software appliance. The AWS Storage Gateway is a service connecting an … Continue reading

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Amazon DynamoDB: NoSQL in Amazon Public Cloud

Cloud Computing is moving from being “IT buzzword” to reasonable yet reliable way of deploying applications in the Internet. IT managers within companies are considering deploying some applications within cloud. A cloud-related trend that developers have been paying attention is … Continue reading

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How to use Eucalyptus Private Cloud with RightScale?

To know more about Eucalyptus click HERE. To manage eucalyptus virtual machine instances from Rightscale dashboard, we need to register Eucalyptus private cloud with Rightscale. RightScale Cloud Management Platform and Eucalyptus work in concert with each other. High level view … Continue reading

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Eucalyptus Private Cloud

Eucalyptus Eucalyptus is an Open Source + Commercial Private IaaS service provider. Eucalyptus is a short form of the “Elastic Computing Architecture for Linking Your Programs to Useful Systems”. Eucalyptus includes these features: Features Compatibility with Amazon Web Services API. … Continue reading

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SAS 70 & Cloud Computing

The Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) has become the ubiquitous auditing report by which all cloud computing service providers are judged.  So how did this financial auditing report become the standard by which we examine cloud service … Continue reading

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Hybrid Cloud

As per NIST’s definition of Cloud Computing, Cloud has 5 essential Characteristics, 4 deployment models and service models. Read about PaaS Let’s talk about Hybrid Cloud… Hybrid means a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture. Lets take … Continue reading

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HIPAA Compliance Level in AWS and Responsibility

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996(P.L.104-191) [HIPAA] was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It was originally sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kan.). Title … Continue reading

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