http://www.twitter.com/GeorgeReese
Author and founder of Valtira and enStratus.
Areas of Expertise:
- java
- mysql
- amazon ec2
- content management
- marketing
- internationalization
- cloud computing
- amazon web services
- consulting
- speaking
- training
- writing
Biography
Books
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blog
Recent Posts | All Posts
Freemium Services and the Economics of Social Networking
July 05 2009
Social networking sites face a unique economic challenge when it comes to monetizing the value they create. Any attempt to capture a piece of the value they create inevitably damages that value. read moreThe First Step into the Cloud: Which Kinds of Applications Make the Most Sense?
June 24 2009
A key to successfully integrating the public cloud into your IT infrastructure is identifying a first application that will provide you with measurable results and learnings that can apply to future deployments without putting your business at risk. IT annoyances make the ideal first cloud projects. read moreA Quick Look at Amazon CloudWatch, Load Balancing, and Auto-Scaling
June 01 2009
Amazon recently made available to the public three new services that will have a huge impact on the way people architect systems to be deployed in the Amazon cloud. I have put together my first look thoughts on these new offerings. read moreThe Five Laws of Implementing a Login Solution
May 20 2009
Don't write your own. But whether your decide to write your own or implement a third-party solution, make sure it follows these five rules no matter what the risk profile of your application. read moreGoogle's Failings Say Little about Cloud Computing
May 16 2009
Every time an individual cloud vendor suffers a failure like last week's networking issues with Google, mindless bloggers rush out to suggest the failures of one company represent failures of cloud computing in general. It's time to hold this logical fallacy up to the light and learn what we really… read moreTransparency: The Key to Cloud Security
April 19 2009
If your cloud provider refuses to answer any specific question about their security architecture related to your security requirements, run--don't walk--away from that vendor read moreUsing the Cloud for Disaster Recovery
April 12 2009
Few companies have a solid disaster recovery plan and fewer companies actually verify their DR plans are working. One of the often missed benefits of cloud computing is that it makes rapid disaster recovery with minimal data loss extremely cost effective and enables the automation of those processes that can… read moreThe Varieties of Openness Worth Wanting in the Cloud
March 27 2009
All of the vendors in the cloud space have paid lip service to the idea of Openness in the cloud; and most everyone believes that being "Open" is a "good thing". In an environment in which few people agree on the specifics of defining the term "cloud computing", what exactly… read moreThe Weakness of Commodity Server to Cloud Server Cost Comparisons
March 19 2009
Though the conventional wisdom on the Internet is that the economic benefits of cloud computing fail for applications with steady usage needs, the reality is that the commodity-server to cloud-server comparisons on which this wisdom is based are flawed. The reality is that the cloud often provides compelling economic benefits… read moreFebruary 26 2009
Compliance is the most significant issue confronting organizations looking at a move into the cloud. Here are a number of recommended architectures that should provide PCI compliance for pure-cloud infrastructures. read moreJanuary 18 2009
Twitter is the only social media tool that has proven itself in the business arena. While some tools have serviced niche uses for specific industries, Twitter's global appeal to business and the amount of value it adds are unmatched. The irony of this situation is that any attempt to recapture… read moreCloud Tips: Sending Email from an EC2 Instance
January 16 2009
Many email systems mark email coming from an SMTP server in the Amazon cloud as spam. As a result, you can't use traditional mail delivery techniques for sending out form submissions or program alerts from the cloud. In this cloud tip, I describe how you can successfully send legitimate email… read moreWhy the AWS Console is Good for Cloud Tool Vendors
January 09 2009
The release of the Amazon Web Services console has had a number of people predicting doom for cloud tools providers. On the contrary, by removing a barrier to experimentation that has kept people out of the cloud, the Amazon Web Services console should bring more people in the cloud and… read moreDecember 24 2008
The importance of the differences among web application platforms like .NET, JSP, PHP, etc. drops dramatically under the cloud computing paradigm. Which architecture you choose really comes down to one question: what kind of programming and support resources do you have? If the answer is "Microsoft technologies", however, you should… read moreDecember 13 2008
Like most of us, I have been in the cloud longer than I have thought about being "in the cloud". But it took the need for a significant capital investment in hardware to drive Valtira into cloud computing using Amazon Web Services like Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Our journey… read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
Multimedia
Webcast: Getting Started with Amazon Web Services
April 08, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Amazon has rapidly established itself as the major player in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) domain of cloud computing. Author of Cloud Application Architectures and enStratus founder and CTO ...
Also find George on:
Recent Twitter posts:
