Amazon Drops EC2 Prices. Can We Expect More Reductions?
Amazon today announced that they are dropping the on demand and reserved prices of High Memory Double Extra Large and High Memory Quadruple Extra Large instances from yesterday. Effective September 1, 2010, we’ve reduced the On-Demand and Reserved Instance prices on the m2.2xlarge (High-Memory Double Extra Large) and the m2.4xlarge (High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large) by up […]
Free Sometimes Comes at a Huge Cost
The other day I was having lunch with a bunch of technology entrepreneurs and the subject came up of the falling service levels we all experience. The conversation was particularly around the telecommunications field but could have easily been any aspect of commerce. The chap sitting next to me had a particular perception; When I […]
Hosted vs Cloud – Cost Implications
I’m a member of the Saugatuck Technology Cloud Research Board which, in their own words; is a broad-based community of interest focusing on Cloud Computing in all of its aspects. Membership in the Saugatuck Cloud Research Board is open both to vendors and end-users, who share an interest in this evolving phenomenon The good folks […]
