The cloud was abuzz this week with Amazon’s announcement of their Virtual Private Cloud offering. Will this enterprise-oriented offering finally persuade the skeptics? I think not. To a very high degree, much of this new service offers functionality that was already doable. Extending your network into the cloud with a VPN and securing your instances [...]

Welcome to Jack of all Clouds! Whether you are a new reader or are joining us from the InfiBase blog, I hope you enjoy the new blog (and subscribe, of course!). In case you’re still making up your mind, here are five reasons to stick around: You can expect a steady pace that is easy [...]

In this month’s report – EC2 grows by 9%; Rackspace makes an impact Last month we launched our series of reports on usage of cloud computing infrastructures. Today we’ll follow up to see what has changed in the month that passed. We’re also delighted to expand our coverage into additional providers, providing a wider perspective [...]