Semantics, Reality, Marketing: I’m “Cloud Computing” Too

Posted on Jun 24, 2009 in Industry Trends, Technical Tips | 0 comments

If there were a buzz word that could compete with the speed to fame, breadth of use (and misuse), and popularity of “Web 2.0″, it would have to be “Cloud Computing”.

Amazon EC2 Server Pricing Matrix (Linux and Windows)

Posted on Jun 7, 2009 in Technical Tips | 0 comments

I was trying to figure out Amazon EC2 pricing recently, and found myself pulling out a calculator for what they really should provide readily. So, here is a a quick table you can multi-sort that will provide you a format you can actually use to make cost comparisons.

Oracle on Amazon EC2 Cloud – APEX, Apps, Middleware, and DB Virtualized Hosting

Posted on Jun 5, 2009 in Industry Trends, News and Updates, Offerings | 0 comments

The economy is evolving, technology is getting better, and overall, the game is changing with cloud computing. M&S is now resellers for the Amazon EC2 Cloud, providing customers with access and expertise to make their enterprises run on “the cloud”. To host an enterprise environment, let alone Oracle, simply does not appear cost effective in the long run. In fact, I am open to healthy discussion contending that statement.

Move Oracle Linux VM to New Machine – Static IP

Posted on Jun 5, 2009 in Technical Tips | 0 comments

I just copied an Oracle Enterprise Linux VM from one Windows machine to another and the IP address for the guest Linux machine changed. I had a feeling that this might happen, but wasn’t quite sure why it did nor how to get it back to the old IP address. As we all know, an IP address changing in an Oracle environment is best avoided.

Oracle VM Templates Firewall Policy

Posted on Apr 23, 2009 in Technical Tips | 0 comments

Many Oracle VM templates come with a default firewall policy turned on.  You can disable it by running the following commands as root:

chkconfig iptables off
service iptables save
service iptables stop