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Supercharge HTML5 Video With Rackspace Cloud Files
This post explores embedding a Rackspace Cloud Files-hosted video using the new HTML5 standard, like this:
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This post explores embedding a Rackspace Cloud Files-hosted video using the new HTML5 standard, like this: Sorry, your browser doesn’t support HTML5 video. …
Filed in Product & Development on February 7th, 2013 by Philip Thomas
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Scaling HTML5 Audio With Rackspace Cloud Files
HTML5 makes it easy to share podcasts, recordings and more across all modern browsers. Today we will explore embedding a Rackspace Cloud Files-hosted recording using the new HTML5 audio standard, like this:
Filed in Product & Development on February 6th, 2013 by Philip Thomas
Modernizing Compute And Storage Infrastructure With Private Cloud
With constantly increasing demand in compute power, data center space can fill up very fast. The problem with compute is that new servers require significantly more power than older facilities can provide. Thus, power demand limits rack density.
Filed in Product & Development on February 6th, 2013 by Egle Sigler
Building An Online eCommerce Store? Check Out These New Reference Architectures
For retailers, your online store is the window to the world. It needs to stand up to daily traffic and the unexpected spikes, and offer your customers a safe and secure place to shop on the web. It’s not always easy. We’re here to help.
Filed in Product & Development on February 5th, 2013 by Mahesh Gandhe
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Certified Private Clouds: Protect Your Existing Enterprise Storage Investment
One of the most difficult aspects of migrating existing IT applications to the cloud is setting up appropriate storage for those applications. In fact, one of the questions I am frequently asked by our customers is how to set up Rackspace Private Cloud Software to enable their business take advantage of enterprise storage. This dilemma historically has not been easy to solve, since current cloud storage solutions require either re-writing applications to use object storage or using new technologies like NoSQL databases.
One of the most difficult aspects of migrating existing IT applications to the cloud is setting up appropriate storage for those applications. In fact, one of the questions I am frequently asked by our customers is how to set up Rackspace Private Cloud Software to enable their business take advantag…
Filed in Product & Development on February 5th, 2013 by Paul Sims
WordPress Installer Updates, Plugins Make Media A Breeze On Rackspace Cloud Sites
Want to improve the experience of working with media on your WordPress pages on Rackspace Cloud Sites? We have upgraded our one-click WordPress installer to the latest version of WordPress, version 3.5. WordPress 3.5 streamlines and improves how you work with media. The latest version of WordPress includes a re-imagined flow for uploading photos and creating galleries, and a new default theme with a mobile-first responsive design. Check out the WordPress 3.5 announcement for more details.
Want to improve the experience of working with media on your WordPress pages on Rackspace Cloud Sites? We have upgraded our one-click WordPress installer to the latest version of WordPress, version 3.5. WordPress 3.5 streamlines and improves how you work with media. The latest version of WordPress i…
Filed in Product & Development on February 4th, 2013 by Tarun Bhatti
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Syncing Private Cloud Swift Containers To Rackspace Cloud Files
OpenStack Swift is a highly-available, distributed object store that you can use for storing all sorts of files, such as media, backups and archives.
Filed in Product & Development on January 31st, 2013 by Paul Sims
Media Consumers Are Pushing The Limits Of Websites And Applications
Today’s media consumers are putting more stress on websites and applications than ever before – viewing more videos and images, streaming more audio and downloading more files.
Filed in Product & Development on January 30th, 2013 by Jerry Schwartz
Rackspace Cloud Backup: What We’ve Been Up To
What day of the week is the most popular day for cloud backups? Take a guess and read on to see if you’re right.
Filed in Product & Development on January 22nd, 2013 by Jerry Schwartz
Sync Your Magento eCommerce Site To Cloud Files And The Akamai CDN
The constant battle a web site administrator must fight is the resource requirements of their site in contrast with the resource requirements of the configuration it is run on. In the end, this will almost always dictate how many user requests can be handled at any point in time. A common tool in the arsenal to fight this battle is to find clever ways to off load these common, or static, requests, off the server and allow it to spend as much time as possible delivering dynamic content as quickly as it can handle. This allows a server to not handle more request than before, but leaves it free to address more than previously it would have.
The constant battle a web site administrator must fight is the resource requirements of their site in contrast with the resource requirements of the configuration it is run on. In the end, this will almost always dictate how many user requests can be handled at any point in time. A common tool in th…
Filed in Product & Development on January 22nd, 2013 by Justin Seubert
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