Comments on: Next-Gen Web Hosting http://myownpirateradio.com/2007/11/16/next-gen-web-hosting/ Intermittent broadcasts from Oshoma Momoh Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: My Own Pirate Radio » Utility Computing in Forbes http://myownpirateradio.com/2007/11/16/next-gen-web-hosting/#comment-23113 My Own Pirate Radio » Utility Computing in Forbes Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:58:21 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2007/11/16/next-gen-web-hosting/#comment-23113 [...] buddy Al, who works at Amazon, posted an interesting comment on my recent next-gen web hosting post. In it he mentions this Forbes article, The Death of [...] […] buddy Al, who works at Amazon, posted an interesting comment on my recent next-gen web hosting post. In it he mentions this Forbes article, The Death of […]

]]> By: Al http://myownpirateradio.com/2007/11/16/next-gen-web-hosting/#comment-23099 Al Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:34:01 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2007/11/16/next-gen-web-hosting/#comment-23099 Forbes ran an interesting article on this yesterday. http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2008/0211/036.html thought you might be interested in some of the size estimates they had in there. The thing that surprises me most about EC2 is that there aren't more players already well established in this arena. Forbes alludes to Sun,. IBM and EMC. Is Amazon really the best option today? Another interesting claim in this article is that renting computing via EC2 is up to 90% cheaper that Equinix. Forbes ran an interesting article on this yesterday.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/forbes/2008/0211/036.html

thought you might be interested in some of the size estimates they had in there. The thing that surprises me most about EC2 is that there aren’t more players already well established in this arena. Forbes alludes to Sun,. IBM and EMC. Is Amazon really the best option today? Another interesting claim in this article is that renting computing via EC2 is up to 90% cheaper that Equinix.

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