Comments on: Our third meeting was a success! http://www.supermondays.org/2008/11/25/our-third-meeting-was-a-success/ A strong and vibrant IT community based in the North East Of England Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike Richwalsky http://www.supermondays.org/2008/11/25/our-third-meeting-was-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Mike Richwalsky Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.supermondays.org/?p=35#comment-8 Glad my cloud presentation could be used for inspiration. Thanks!! Glad my cloud presentation could be used for inspiration. Thanks!!

]]> By: admin http://www.supermondays.org/2008/11/25/our-third-meeting-was-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:30:21 +0000 http://www.supermondays.org/?p=35#comment-7 To me, Cloud Computing is all about scalability. I cant generalise for all cloud computing providers, but, in my experience with AWS I have found that it suits people who cant predict their usage, or perhaps need more capacity than they can handle with their existing resources. In the first case, perhaps you are setting up a website and you dont know if 10 or 10m will visit it. This is a perfect case for cloud computing. In the second case, perhaps you have a website and you expect a large increase in usage for a short period. In the case of the example I gave last night perhaps you need to make a large file available for a short period. This is a perfect case for cloud computing. If you have a low usage web site then you do not need scalability, and in that case a simple hosting account with a ISP is fine. I have made a few general assumptions here...but the case holds true for most situations. To me, Cloud Computing is all about scalability.

I cant generalise for all cloud computing providers, but, in my experience with AWS I have found that it suits people who cant predict their usage, or perhaps need more capacity than they can handle with their existing resources.

In the first case, perhaps you are setting up a website and you dont know if 10 or 10m will visit it. This is a perfect case for cloud computing.

In the second case, perhaps you have a website and you expect a large increase in usage for a short period. In the case of the example I gave last night perhaps you need to make a large file available for a short period. This is a perfect case for cloud computing.

If you have a low usage web site then you do not need scalability, and in that case a simple hosting account with a ISP is fine.

I have made a few general assumptions here…but the case holds true for most situations.

]]> By: Richard Hyett http://www.supermondays.org/2008/11/25/our-third-meeting-was-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Richard Hyett Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:16:09 +0000 http://www.supermondays.org/?p=35#comment-6 I'm sorry I missed the event, I was in Birmingham. The thing I still don't understand about Cloud computing is :- "Nonetheless, significant operational efficiency and agility advantages can be realised even by small organisations" (wikipedia - cloud computing) Perhaps small organisations do make files available for 35,000 users, but what about really small organisations with web sites and relatively small audiences? I’m sorry I missed the event, I was in Birmingham.
The thing I still don’t understand about Cloud computing is :-
“Nonetheless, significant operational efficiency and agility advantages can be realised even by small organisations” (wikipedia – cloud computing)
Perhaps small organisations do make files available for 35,000 users, but what about really small organisations with web sites and relatively small audiences?

]]> By: Mike Parker http://www.supermondays.org/2008/11/25/our-third-meeting-was-a-success/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mike Parker Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:30:19 +0000 http://www.supermondays.org/?p=35#comment-5 Glad to hear last night was so well attended and that the slides are up for review. I'll have a read on my phone whilst waiting to go into a meetingin London, (the reason I couldn't attend last night). Glad to hear last night was so well attended and that the slides are up for review. I’ll have a read on my phone whilst waiting to go into a meetingin London, (the reason I couldn’t attend last night).

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