Comments on: Amazon putting data in the cloud http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/11/data-in-the-cloud.html Turn On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Real estate disintermediation revisited | 1000Watt Consulting http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/11/data-in-the-cloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-5864 Real estate disintermediation revisited | 1000Watt Consulting Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:06:53 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/11/data-in-the-cloud.html#comment-5864 [...] unfolds in an environment where data is becoming more available (note, for example, Amazon's Public Datasets on AWS) more accessible (Factual, a new open data project launched by a group of heavy tech hitters, [...] [...] unfolds in an environment where data is becoming more available (note, for example, Amazon’s Public Datasets on AWS) more accessible (Factual, a new open data project launched by a group of heavy tech hitters, [...]

]]> By: victor lund http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/11/data-in-the-cloud.html/comment-page-1#comment-3552 victor lund Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:40:00 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/11/data-in-the-cloud.html#comment-3552 <p>Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate has moved their rather large and heavily trafficed website, luxuryrealestate.com over to S3 (the product name for the Amazon services).</p> <p>Costs were reduced and site performance was enhanced - the only suggestion to IT departments that I would suggest is that you keep a local backup in case Amazon has a disaster.</p> <p>Amazon is banking heavily on their skills to think that they can host anyone's code and steer clear of nefarious software programs. A couple of bad scripts can turn the cloud into a thunderstorm of failed requests :-)</p> Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate has moved their rather large and heavily trafficed website, luxuryrealestate.com over to S3 (the product name for the Amazon services).

Costs were reduced and site performance was enhanced – the only suggestion to IT departments that I would suggest is that you keep a local backup in case Amazon has a disaster.

Amazon is banking heavily on their skills to think that they can host anyone's code and steer clear of nefarious software programs. A couple of bad scripts can turn the cloud into a thunderstorm of failed requests :-)

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