We were lucky and got an early hands on of the Amazon Container Service preview, in this article we will provide an overview what is currently possible with the service and what is still under development. Overall it will give you a good overview what you can expect from the final product. Amazon Container Service preview – Docker on AWS …
Amazon announces WorkSpaces – a Desktop in the Cloud
Amazon recently announced Workspaces, their version of a desktop in the cloud. In corporate environments this concept is widely known as VDI, virtual desktop infrastructure. This takes the old approach, where every employee got its own desktop, pushes it into the cloud and virtualises the desktop within a container so that it can be accessed over the network. Amazon announces …
Bees with machine guns – or how to load-test your application/corporate website for a cup of coffee with the help of Amazon Web Services
First let’s assume that you like decent coffee in larger quantities, so an average cup of coffee would cost around $5. You might ask yourself what you get for that amount of money or how this should even be enough for a load test. But let us introduce the bees with machine guns. Bees with machine guns – or how …