Robert Sheldon Application Containers For Cloud Computing Containers promise to make applications more portable and efficient. The technology, originally based on Linux's cgroups, provides a way of running several applications as modular,... 11 February 2015 12 min read
Robert Sheldon The Community Cloud The 'Community Cloud' sounds, on first impression, like marketing-speak for some untried novelty, but in fact it is already around, and working well for governments... 27 August 2014 15 min read
A Cloudy Place SQL Monitor Hosted: keeping an eye on your servers from the cloud Simple-Talk's Melanie Townsend sits down with Red Gate's Matt Lee to talk about their newest adventure in cloud-based monitoring for SQL Server: migrating their popular... 12 September 2012 9 min read
A Cloudy Place Engine Testing Using EC2 Jeff Foster, a Software Engineer on Red Gate's SQL Source Control product, has recently begun investigating the use of Amazon's EC2 to run engine tests... 12 April 2012 6 min read
Buck Woody The ASs of Distributed Computing What's The 'Cloud'? nothing more than one or more of three different types of distributed service, conceptually similar to any other service such as telephone... 27 February 2012 16 min read
Shameer PHPFog and Pagoda Box: A Look at PHP Platforms Cloud platforms such as Heroku, AppEngine, PHPFog and Pagoda Box are ideal for companies who just want to focus on providing applications without the distractions... 14 December 2011 6 min read
