Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

Both App Engine and EC2 edge closer to the goal

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Josh Heitzman

In the two days since I posted that I was waiting to see if App Engine or an alternative got to the goal first both App Engine and EC2 have edged forward. Yesterday Amazon announced a private beta for their … Continue reading →

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Waiting to see if App Engine or an alternative gets there first

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Josh Heitzman

After tracking down numerous alternatives to Google App Engine after hitting a wall on Project Fangorn, I looked at the most promising alternatives in more depth. Here is what I found. GigaSpaces Using GigaSpaces XAP would mean–at a minimum–creating Python … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Google App Engine

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Josh Heitzman

As I hit a wall in my development of Project Fangorn on Google’s App Engine platform I started looking around for alternative platforms. While there are numerous providers that claim to provide a cloud very few of them actually have … Continue reading →

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