You can probably find several blog posts out there about remotely executing simple commands and scripts against Exchange servers, but trying to implement these examples on a “real” functional script, can introduce some annoying problems that nobody seems to mention. This was the case when I tried to develop a web page that was supposed […]
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Code in the Cloud with Cloud9 IDE
One of my favourite cloud innovations has been a Cloud IDE. I always found that setting up for development was a chore. I had to sit down, open all my apps, load all my work, and get my windows setup the way I need them. It sounds trivial yet the task is so tedious. It […]
Google Chrome and the Browser Wars!
September 8th, 2008 was a big day. This was the day that Google Chrome was released. Who would have thought that it would only take 3 1/2 years to go from initial release to the most popular browser in the world? That’s right, Chrome is the number one browser in worldwide (number two in the […]
Automated Anomaly Detection and Optimization in Cloud Computing
There is an evolution happening in how organizations of all shapes and sizes consume business services. More and more, business services are being consumed from either public or private “clouds”. But as Kirill Sheynkman points out in “21 Experts Define Cloud Computing”: “The ‘cloud’ model initially has focused on making the hardware layer consumable as […]
Availability and Performance Monitoring: A Cloud Hosting Primer
It is always surprising to me the lack of attention that is paid to monitoring when customers purchase cloud hosting services. Mostly, I think it is because the business owners and many system administrators don’t really understand the complexities of properly “instrumenting” even a moderately complex application (web or otherwise) and take it for granted. […]