I finally sat down and really started to take a stab at Cloud Foundry Bosh. Here’s the quick lowdown on installing the necessary bits and getting an initial environment built. Big thanks out to Dr Nic @drnic, Luke Bakken & Brain McClain @brianmmcclain for initial pointers to where the good content is. With their guidance... Continue reading →

I wanted to write up an intro to getting Riak installed on AWS, even though the steps are absurdly simple and already available on the Basho Docs site, there’s a few extra notes that can be very helpful for a few specific points during the process. Start off by logging into AWS. At this point... Continue reading →

I mentioned earlier this week on Twitter that there was a deluge of software releases, additions and other goodies that would be released in the coming days. Earlier this week Jeremiah @peschkaj & OJ @TheColonial released the CorrugatedIron .NET Client for Riak. Big news for my .NET cohorts out there! It makes life uber easy... Continue reading →

If you live in or around the south sound region near Olympia, would like to hear about the AWS Toolkit and SDK for Visual Studio, come and check out the South Sound .NET Users Group on January 12th at Olympia Center, 222 Columbia NW, Olympia, Washington. Slides & Links to Code are already available! Overview:... Continue reading →

I’ve been diligent and started a search of Platform as a Service Providers, so far my list includes: EngineYard Heroku AWS Beanstalk Windows Azure AppFog Tier3 CloudFoundry OpenShift IBM PaaS Google App Engine CloudBees Who else is there? Help me out in creating a list of every possible offering we can find! Cheers! Continue reading →