Sometimes it’s handy to have a developer on staff, to build web applications with a high degree of customization. However, what do you do if you have a need to access your business data through an application but can’t justify the cost of a dedicated developer or a contract? Rackspace Cloud partner Rollbase has a [...]
Bret Piatt led a session at Cloud Connect last month in Santa Clara, The Future of Open Source in a Cloudy World. In this presentation, Bret covers the history of open source, how cloud computing benefits from open source, how open source is leading Cloud interoperability and how the Cloud needs mass adoption to succeed. [...]
One of the coolest things about life in the Cloud is learning about some of our far-flung customers—about businesses from Australia to Asia to Alaska who are leveraging cloud computing in unique ways. Take ITS Alaska, for example. As a locally owned and managed company, based out of Wasilla, ITS has been offering web design, [...]
As your managed server environments get more complex, throwing cloud computing into the mix can cause even more stress. Fortunately, Rackspace Cloud partner Univa has designed their UniCloud product to make hybrid hosting simpler and more consistent, while still giving you the ability to tailor the configuration to your needs. UniCloud uses a VPN to [...]
Today at DrupalCon San Francisco, it was my pleasure to share the stage with Bret Piatt from Rackspace, discussing how we at Chapter Three have implemented the Rackspace Cloud Servers as the platform behind our PANTHEON Mercury On-Demand service. It was a big moment for me: we have been hard at work for months and [...]
