Alan Williamson

Time for VMWare to change its pricing model

With their stock price falling VMWare needs to do something different to start rebuilding their company. The solution, however, is staring them in the face. VMWare just needs to look at the industry it help shape for the solution.Leave CommentRelat

Posted: Jul. 23, 2008 02:40 AM

Presenting a good talk: avoid 'follow the bullets'

When was the last time you sat through an excellent talk where the speaker didn't read through their bullet points? it is a rare skill to achieve, with so few practicing it.Leave Comment

Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 09:12 AM

Amazon S3 suffers an 8hr outage; Trust no one

With Amazon S3 suffering an 8 hour outage, it is vitally important you take responsibility for your own cloud infastructure. Trust no one and rely on your own skills instead of blaming the provider.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Time for VMWare to cha

Posted: Jul. 21, 2008 04:38 AM

The OpenBlueDragon new look and logo launched

The new OpenBlueDragon look'n'feel and logo has gone live. The website and blog have been updated, and the new admin console will also take its feel from this.Leave CommentRelated Entries:Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB through CFQUERYGoogle's G

Posted: Jul. 20, 2008 05:35 AM

We [IntoMobile at least] love a good Google conspiracy

How is Sergey funding family members from Google? What is Google up to with their Android development? All under the covers stuff. Well not quite, but we do love a good conspiracy don't we?Leave CommentRelated Entries:Zimbra upgrade to 4.5.10; M

Posted: Jul. 19, 2008 03:02 AM

Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N810

Running Windows3.1 within your nokia N810 internet tablet, and if thats not enough, how about Linux inside an applet inside your browser?Leave CommentRelated Entries:Speaking at CloudCamp LondonA simple Java API class for Amazon SimpleDBjava.lang.Int

Posted: Jul. 18, 2008 04:03 AM

Very funny Hellboy II trailers

With the new Hellboy movie about to hit our screens, check out the viral videos that have been floating around. Extremely funny.Leave Comment

Posted: Jul. 7, 2008 03:12 PM

Speaking at CloudCamp London

If you are going to be in London next week, then pop along to the CloudCamp meet up, to discuss all the latest going on's in the world of cloud and ondemand computingLeave CommentRelated Entries:Amazon S3 suffers an 8hr outage; Trust no oneWindows 3.

Posted: Jul. 7, 2008 01:40 PM

Happy Birthday to our NHS

Our NHS is 60 years old today, and it is one of the shining examples of why we call it GREAT Britain.Leave Comment

Posted: Jul. 2, 2008 06:05 AM

A simple Java API class for Amazon SimpleDB

Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB doesn't require a huge amount of complicated classes or libraries. Building upon a single class, I have added some helper methods that lets you put data in and out with a single class, no external JARs.Leave Comme

Posted: Jun. 26, 2008 05:04 AM

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