SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? Especially when there are things like: Amazon S3 / EC2 / AWS outage this morning. However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform.

Platform 150

Platform EC2 Java S3 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

In this three-part series I will explore the ways that the Venture Capital industry has changed over the past 5 years that I would argue are a direct result of changes in the software industry, not the other way around. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing.

Venture Capital 334

Venture Capital Software Capital Startup 334

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

OpenStack is the set of open-source software designed to allow any hosting firm to offer up similar services to Amazon EC2; the OpenStack project was originally based on technology developed by Rackspace and has since spread widely to other ISPs. READ MORE>>.

Cloud Computing 193

Cloud Computing EC2 S3 Web 193

socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Eucaplytus Systems , the cloud management software firm backed by New Enterprise Associates, Benchmark Capital and BV Capital, said earlier this week that it has linked up with newScale and rPath on a new private cloud platform. The firms said that the solution will be delivered by MomentumSI. READ MORE>>.

EC2 133

EC2 Cloud Computing Santa Barbara Conference 133

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Santa Barbara-based RightScale , a firm which develops cloud computing management software, has linked its products with New Relic, a developer of application performance management software, the firms said this week. RightScale said that its Cloud Computing Management Platform can be used with New Relic's RPM software.

Cloud Computing 100

Cloud Computing EC2 Santa Barbara Platform 100

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2013

Many companies would love to be able to get the benefits of cloud--easy configurability, low cost, scaling, and more--but, due to various reasons, can''t take advantage of public cloud services like Amazon. The company announced a funding round from Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures, and AME Cloud a couple of weeks ago.

CIO 207

CIO Southern California Technical Review Software Review 207

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing].

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297