Latest News from Michael Sheehan

Come Hear David Weekly (PBWorks/Hacker Dojo) at StartUp SF on December 2nd

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:22 EST

I’m pleased to announce that we have a new StartUp SF (version 2.2) coming on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009. This event is just around the corner (I’m just so “good” about planning in advance) so be sure that you register now and share this event with your friends and co-workers. For your learning pleasure, we [...]

Video: Understanding GoGrid’s November 2009 Product Release

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:14:48 EST

Last week, I published the November 2009 GoGrid Customer Update newsletter on the GoGrid blog. In it, I highlighted the important changes that were included in the recent deployment of GoGrid, including our new GoGrid CDN, the GoGrid Exchange, new RAM Hour & Bandwidth plans, new Windows Server base images and some other items. To [...]

Rapidly Develop, Test & Deploy Windows Azure Applications Using the GoGrid Cloud

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:54:00 EST

Just in time for the Microsoft PDC 2009, GoGrid is excited to showcase an integrated solution for Windows Azure™ developers, using the GoGrid Cloud for seamlessly building and deploying applications for Windows Azure. Our solution interoperates with the existing GoGrid infrastructure and includes preconfigured development environments which allows developers to build applications and publish [...]

Newsletter: GoGrid Customer Update – November 2009

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:45:00 EST

A few days ago, the GoGrid newsletter was delivered to our customers. As with the past newsletters, we want to be sure that all interested parties, whether you are a customer or not, are informed of our important updates. We have a wide variety of items that are covered in this November 2009 newsletter [...]

GoGrid Announces New Pricing & More Volume Discount Plans

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:45:00 EST

Last week, we released a new version of GoGrid which includes new RAM Hour and Bandwidth Pricing Plans, included larger volume discounts. Further details of this released covered in this post are: New RAM Hour and Bandwidth Pricing Plans New Linux & Windows Base Images Behind-the-scenes Performance Improvements Read on for more details. New RAM Hour and Bandwidth Pricing [...]

Scale your Web Presence Globally via GoGrid Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:30:00 EST

Yesterday GoGrid and EdgeCast Networks jointly announced the availability of the GoGrid CDN (Content Delivery Network). With the GoGrid CDN (currently in beta), GoGrid customers can scale their web presence as well as accelerate the delivery of web content using the GoGrid CDN global infrastructure. What is unique about the GoGrid CDN (powered by EdgeCast [...]

GoGrid & GigaSpaces Join Forces

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST

GigaSpaces and GoGrid have been strategic partners for quite a while. This week, we jointly announced a new technology partnership aimed at offering Java and .NET as a PaaS solution. To further explain our combined solution, there is a webinar slotted for October 14th where Guy Nirpaz (EVP of R&D at GigaSpaces) and Paul [...]

f5 Networks and GoGrid Share Their News

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

I had the pleasure of not only attending the Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA this week, staffing the booth and generally enjoying talking to a wide range of developers, technologists, vendors, partners and others, but I also was able to do a couple of interviews with Peter Silva, Technical Marketing Manager of [...]

CNN Copies GoGrid’s “Cloud Computing Explained” Video?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:03:45 EST

I came across an interesting article in the CNN Tech section of CNN titled “A trip into the secret, online ‘cloud’” written by John Sutter. The article itself, takes a unique approach as the author “searches” for his data in the “cloud.” As Stacey Higginbotham of GigaOm points out, the goal of the article [...]

Come Visit GoGrid at Sys-Con’s Cloud Computing Expo – Nov 2-4, 2009 in Santa Clara, CA

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:38:00 EDT

Sys-Con’s 4th International Cloud Computing Expo is next Mon-Weds (11/2/09-11/4/09) and GoGrid is exhibiting there. Come join the thousands of registered users who will be attending this event at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA as it promises to be information-packed about the Cloud and all of its benefits. Keynote speakers are: Richard [...]

Intel’s Latest Generation Microarchitecture, Codenamed “Nehalem” to Power GoGrid Cloud

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:04 EDT

GoGrid is “suping up” its CPU architecture. Within the next few months, we will be rolling out new infrastructure using next-generation Intel microarchitecture, specifically the Nehalem 5500 line. Recently, we have been running a series of internal tests as we evaluate Intel’s new multi-core performance as enabled within these CPU chipsets. Nehalem & GoGrid I spent [...]

9 out of 10 Startups Fail! Learn Why They Do & How to Avoid those Failures at FailCon’09

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:20:19 EDT

GoGrid is pleased to be a sponsor of this year’s FailCon 2009 which is a 1 day conference where you can find out how NOT to be one of those nine companies that fail when starting up. FailCon is a forum where you can ask those questions you were always afraid to ask, and [...]

“CloudCamp in the Cloud” is on October 22nd!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:26:29 EDT

Where will the sky end? Not with the Clouds, that is for sure. CloudCamp, the virtual “unconference” that has been held physically in various locations around the globe is trying something different…doing it in the Cloud! Just like previous CloudCamp formats, this “cloud-based” CloudCamp will be a free and open place for the introduction [...]

The Microsoft/Danger/T-Mobile Sidekick Fiasco is NOT a Failure of Cloud Computing!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:26:42 EDT

Over the past few days, I have seen a lot of articles, tweets and commentary about how the recent failure within Danger (who was purchased by Microsoft about a year ago) of data for the T-Mobile Sidekick was “the Cloud’s fault,” and this really bothered me. As Microsoft is poised to do something [...]

Newsletter: GoGrid Customer Update – October 2009

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:38:39 EDT

The GoGrid newsletter went out today. Unfortunately, if you are not already a GoGrid customer, you didn’t receive it…until now! There are a lot of exciting items covered here (a few of which you already know if you subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed including the Edit, Delete and Restore function of MyGSIs). If [...]

Announcing Microsoft WebsiteSpark Fortified with GoGrid, ServePath & Hybrid Hosting

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:59:00 EDT

GoGrid, and parent company ServePath, are excited to announce participation in Microsoft’s new WebsiteSpark Program, specifically targeted towards Web Professionals. Using WebsiteSpark, Web Pros can drive new business opportunities through connections with partners and customers around the world. Before jumping into the details and Q&A, if you already know that you want to participate in [...]

New Year's Cloud Computing Resolutions for Enterprise IT Managers

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:45:00 EST

The start of a New Year is upon us so it is time to get a list together of things that you will do (or do your best to do) in the coming year. Everybody has their own personal Resolution lists, but what about your Business ones? How are you going to remain competitive? What steps are you going to take to cut your budget to remain lean and mean?

The Past, Present and Future of The Cloud

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:10:00 EST

Cloud Computing is no longer a just a “newfangled” movement but rather an established IT and business strategy that will be critical to all companies regardless of business models. It was at the end of March 2008 that the search term “Cloud Computing” (according to Google Insight) really started a strong upward trend within World Wide Searches.

How To Survive the Global Recession Through Cloud Computing

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:35:00 EDT

Adopting Cloud Computing as a primary technology strategy will be one of the main catalysts for technology-savvy business to not only stay in business, but also be successful in the long run. If the Global Recession truly hits as it seems that it will, items that directly and positively impact the bottom line of companies will naturally rise to the top.

Cloud Computing Expo: Introducing the Cloud Pyramid

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:10:00 EDT

The term 'Cloud Computing' is much too vague. People want and need 'slots' or 'segments' where they can group things. This is how the mind operates through categorization and ordering. So, to possibly help with this, I would like to propose a 'Cloud Pyramid' to help differentiate the various Cloud offerings out there.

Understanding "Clouded" Terms of Cloud Computing

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:30:00 EDT

There seems to be a lot of debate as to what Grid computing really is. In fact, the blogosphere seems to be throwing around terms like Grid, Cloud, Utility, Distributed and Cluster computing almost interchangeably. And rather than clarifying things, I feel that the waters are just getting muddier.

Cloud Computing vs Grid Computing

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:15:00 EDT

The Cloud just got another potential injection of PR from Apple as well with their announcement of MobileMe. Apple has brought a new technology term, the 'Cloud' - previously reserved for developers, IT managers and the like - to the main-stream public. We all know that the term 'Cloud Computing' is relatively new to the Technology buzz. But just how new is it?