At the end of April, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world leader in Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service, suffered a major outage affecting hundreds of websites that rely on AWS. When Amazon went down, it took with it many companies who run their web services in Amazon data centre in Northern Virginia in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cloud’
Amazon HPC Cluster Compute instance makes the Top500 SuperComputer list
The november issue of the Top500 Supercomputer sites has just been released and there is a new entry in at number #231. Rank Site Computer/Year Vendor Cores Rmax Rpeak 231 Amazon Web Services United States Amazon EC2 Cluster Compute Instances – Amazon EC2 Cluster, Xeon X5570 2.95 Ghz, 10G Ethernet / 2010 Self-made 7040 41.82 [...]
Cloud Computing Expo 2010 – New York City
Three full days of presentations with 07:30 starts and 19:00 finishes flew in surprisingly fast. Whether I was hearing about a new technology solution or a new business model based on private, public or hybrid clouds, it was all interesting. There are a lot of companies like The Server Labs, looking to grow with the [...]
Amazon Web Services Extends Global Coverage
With the latest addition of their first Asia-Pacific Region based in Singapore, Amazon Web Services connects global businesses with their customers and partners in Asia as well as providing the powerful compute services to Asian businesses. This exciting announcement is more proof that cloud computing is gaining traction worldwide and helping reduce the cost of [...]
Welcome to The Server Labs Biz Blog
The Server Labs has long been known for our technical prowess which has been clearly demonstrated with our customer successes and our excellent technical blog entries from our talented consultants. However, as IT continues to evolve and becomes a more prominent member of the corporate culture we realised that we need to also address IT [...]
