by truthbrother | Mar 24, 2017 | Amazon Web Services
They may have been founded decades apart, but Microsoft and Amazon have a lot in common. Both companies were established out of their founders’ garages. Both make their homes in the larger Seattle area. Both are leading the cloud-computing market. And with...
by truthbrother | Mar 15, 2017 | Amazon Aurora, Amazon Web Services
Amazon Aurora is a MySQL-compatible relational database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Amazon Aurora provides up to five times better performance...
by truthbrother | Mar 14, 2017 | Atlassian
Atlassian today announced that it has acquired project management service Trello for $425 million. The vast majority of the transaction is in cash ($360 million), with the remainder being paid out in restricted shares and options. The acquisition is expected to close...
by truthbrother | Mar 14, 2017 | Amazon Lightsail, Amazon Web Services
Lightsail lets you connect to AWS resources, such as an Amazon RDS database, through virtual private cloud (VPC) peering. Doing so lets you separate your data tier from the rest of your application. A VPC is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account. Everything...
by truthbrother | Mar 14, 2017 | Amazon Web Services, Amazon Lightsail
On November 30th, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new service called “Lightsail” which promises to deliver easy Virtual Private Servers (VPS) at predictable costs. AWS has been the leader in on-demand computing resources for a decade. They pioneered...