Archive for December, 2007
Amazon SimpleDB is not a database!
December 30th, 2007Amazon recently released a new service, SimpleDB, which provides simple persistence and query services for applications running on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). SimpleDB is part of Amazon’s web services strategy (or cloud computing services) and seems to compete…
The Spring Experience
December 23rd, 2007I’ve been meaning to post this for a while after a long trip to NY and the Spring Experience in Hollywood, Florida. This was a fairly nice and long trip, with my kids and wife joining me - including some…
Opinionated Architecture
December 20th, 2007I first heard the term “opinionated architecture” in Keith Donald’s presentation during The Spring Experience. He used this term to describe the emergence of new web frameworks, such as Grails and Ruby on Rails. The term immediately caught my attention,…
Get some “space” over the holiday season
December 19th, 2007You’ve already heard or read me talk plenty about OpenSpaces and Space Based Architecture, and how both can be used to scale out your application. Well, here is a testimonial from Srini Penchikala who just gave it a try and,…
GigaSpaces Customers Speak-Up on LinkedIn
December 18th, 2007Gojko Adzic, who works at software consulting firm Neuri out of London, posted a question on LinkedIN: Are you using GigaSpaces in production? Gojko further asks: "What are your experiences with it? What are the pitfalls? What were the biggest benefits?"
Several of our customers and partners have weighed in with their responses and we [...]
