Cloud Computing vs Grid Computing
The Cloud just got another potential injection of PR from Apple as well with their announcement of MobileMe. Apple has brought a new technology term, the 'Cloud' - previously reserved for developers,...
View ArticleUnderstanding "Clouded" Terms of Cloud Computing
There seems to be a lot of debate as to what Grid computing really is. In fact, the blogosphere seems to be throwing around terms like Grid, Cloud, Utility, Distributed and Cluster computing almost...
View ArticleCloud Computing Expo: Introducing the Cloud Pyramid
The term 'Cloud Computing' is much too vague. People want and need 'slots' or 'segments' where they can group things. This is how the mind operates through categorization and ordering. So, to possibly...
View ArticleHow To Survive the Global Recession Through Cloud Computing
Adopting Cloud Computing as a primary technology strategy will be one of the main catalysts for technology-savvy business to not only stay in business, but also be successful in the long run. If the...
View ArticleThe Past, Present and Future of The Cloud
Cloud Computing is no longer a just a “newfangled” movement but rather an established IT and business strategy that will be critical to all companies regardless of business models. It was at the end of...
View ArticleNew Year's Cloud Computing Resolutions for Enterprise IT Managers
The start of a New Year is upon us so it is time to get a list together of things that you will do (or do your best to do) in the coming year. Everybody has their own personal Resolution lists, but...
View ArticleAnnouncing Microsoft WebsiteSpark Fortified with GoGrid, ServePath & Hybrid...
GoGrid, and parent company ServePath, are excited to announce participation in Microsoft’s new WebsiteSpark Program, specifically targeted towards Web Professionals. Using WebsiteSpark, Web Pros can...
View ArticleNewsletter: GoGrid Customer Update – October 2009
The GoGrid newsletter went out today. Unfortunately, if you are not already a GoGrid customer, you didn’t receive it…until now! There are a lot of exciting items covered here (a few of which you...
View ArticleMicrosoft/Danger/T-Mobile Sidekick Fiasco NOT a Failure of Cloud Computing
Over the past few days, I have seen a lot of articles, tweets and commentary about how the recent failure within Danger (who was purchased by Microsoft about a year ago) of data for the T-Mobile...
View Article“CloudCamp in the Cloud” is on October 22nd!
Where will the sky end? Not with the Clouds, that is for sure. CloudCamp, the virtual “unconference” that has been held physically in various locations around the globe is trying something...
View Article9 out of 10 Startups Fail! Learn Why They Do & How to Avoid those Failures at...
GoGrid is pleased to be a sponsor of this year’s FailCon 2009 which is a 1 day conference where you can find out how NOT to be one of those nine companies that fail when starting up. FailCon is a forum...
View ArticleIntel’s Latest Generation Microarchitecture, Codenamed “Nehalem” to Power...
GoGrid is “suping up” its CPU architecture. Within the next few months, we will be rolling out new infrastructure using next-generation Intel microarchitecture, specifically the Nehalem 5500 line....
View ArticleCome Visit GoGrid at Sys-Con’s Cloud Computing Expo – Nov 2-4, 2009 in Santa...
Sys-Con’s 4th International Cloud Computing Expo is next Mon-Weds (11/2/09-11/4/09) and GoGrid is exhibiting there. Come join the thousands of registered users who will be attending this event at the...
View ArticleCNN Copies GoGrid’s “Cloud Computing Explained” Video?
I came across an interesting article in the CNN Tech section of CNN titled “A trip into the secret, online ‘cloud’” written by John Sutter. The article itself, takes a unique approach as the author...
View Articlef5 Networks and GoGrid Share Their News
I had the pleasure of not only attending the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA this week, staffing the booth and generally enjoying talking to a wide range of developers, technologists, vendors,...
View ArticleGoGrid & GigaSpaces Join Forces
GigaSpaces and GoGrid have been strategic partners for quite a while. This week, we jointly announced a new technology partnership aimed at offering Java and .NET as a PaaS solution. To further explain...
View ArticleScale your Web Presence Globally via GoGrid Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Yesterday GoGrid and EdgeCast Networks jointly announced the availability of the GoGrid CDN (Content Delivery Network). With the GoGrid CDN (currently in beta), GoGrid customers can scale their web...
View ArticleGoGrid Announces New Pricing & More Volume Discount Plans
Last week, we released a new version of GoGrid which includes new RAM Hour and Bandwidth Pricing Plans, included larger volume discounts. Further details of this released covered in this post are: New...
View ArticleNewsletter: GoGrid Customer Update – November 2009
A few days ago, the GoGrid newsletter was delivered to our customers. As with the past newsletters, we want to be sure that all interested parties, whether you are a customer or not, are informed of...
View ArticleRapidly Develop, Test & Deploy Windows Azure Applications Using the GoGrid Cloud
Just in time for the Microsoft PDC 2009, GoGrid is excited to showcase an integrated solution for Windows Azure™ developers, using the GoGrid Cloud for seamlessly building and deploying applications...
View ArticleVideo: Understanding GoGrid’s November 2009 Product Release
Last week, I published the November 2009 GoGrid Customer Update newsletter on the GoGrid blog. In it, I highlighted the important changes that were included in the recent deployment of GoGrid,...
View ArticleCome Hear David Weekly (PBWorks/Hacker Dojo) at StartUp SF on December 2nd
I’m pleased to announce that we have a new StartUp SF (version 2.2) coming on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009. This event is just around the corner (I’m just so “good” about planning in advance) so be...
View ArticleStartUp SF v2.2 Video & Presentation by David Weekly (PBWorks)
This past Wednesday night, GoGrid was the host of another StartUp SF (along with co-host Microsoft BizSpark of which we are a Hosting Partner). The guest speaker was David Weekly, founder of PBWorks, a...
View ArticleOpen Source and Cloud Computing
I’m going to try something new here. Cloud Computing news breaks all of the time. While in the past, I have focused mainly on GoGrid product announcements and lengthy commentary on articles that talk...
View ArticleNovell Identity Managemet in the Cloud
This announcement by Novell plays directly into what we at GoGrid are trying to accomplish with the introduction of The GoGrid Exchange. When we first launched GoGrid back in March 2008, we provided a...
View ArticleAmazon Outage Thriller
Whoops! Missed a day there. I was busy planning out events for 2010 for GoGrid! I realize now that this is somewhat difficult writing about Cloud News every day so I’m going to start something for...
View ArticleGoGrid Content Delivery Network Slides
A few weeks ago, we did a webinar about GoGrid’s new Content Delivery Network which is now available for all GoGrid users. Some of the important features that the GoGrid CDN includes are: Website...
View ArticleGoGrid Exchange: GigaSpaces XAP on GoGrid Enterprise Cloud Now Available
Introduction to Partner Server Images A few months ago, we introduced MyGSIs (personal server images) which allow users to create custom personal GSI (GoGrid Server Images) with all of their code,...
View ArticleGoGrid Exchange: BitNami Open Source Web Applications Images Available
A few months ago, we introduced MyGSIs (personal server images) which allow users to create custom personal GSI (GoGrid Server Images) with all of their code, applications and data. These personal...
View ArticleCloud Computing on Windows Azure
“One of the reasons it’s so difficult to satisfactorily define cloud computing is that people have many different needs and expectations from a cloud platform. To start a conversation about cloud —...
View ArticleIntroducing the GoGrid Exchange – Solutions from our Partners & Developer...
Today GoGrid officially launched a new micro-site called the GoGrid Exchange where users can view information about various Partner GSIs (GoGrid Server Images) available in the GoGrid cloud. Partner...
View ArticleFive Cloud Computing Predictions for 2010
I guess that I’m a bit late in the game here to throw my predictions into the clouds but late is better than never, right? It has been an exciting year for us here at GoGrid. We had many stellar and...
View ArticleObjectivity/DB Now Available on GoGrid
The following press release went out today surrounding the new technology partnership between GoGrid and Objectivity, Inc. Objectivity provides flexible, scalable high performance, distributed...
View ArticleGoGrid Exchange: CohesiveFT VPN-Cubed Available on GoGrid Cloud
Another GoGrid partner, CohesiveFT, has made 2 Partner GSIs available for GoGrid customers to use. VPN-Cubed is a overlay network which provides control of addressing, protocols, topology and encrypted...
View ArticleGoGrid Cloud Computing Achievements of 2009
Sometimes it is important to reflect back on activities and achievements of the past year in order to focus on the road ahead. 2009 was a year full of “firsts” and exciting announcements for GoGrid and...
View ArticleGoGrid Customers Can Now Use New Relic’s RPM for Java/Ruby Web Apps
New Relic announced that their RPM product supports GoGrid Cloud Hosting Infrastructure and is available for a limited time with preferential pricing. RPM is an on-demand tool that companies can use to...
View ArticleA .NET Community Built on GoGrid Using GoGrid
This is truly the power of Social Media and Cloud Computing! For a long time, I have corresponded with Shannon Whitley (founder of ServerExplorer.com) for a variety of reasons including tech, hosting,...
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