Just about every customer I've ever talked with has a common challenge, "How
do we plan for cyclical surges in user activity?" Depending on your
business area, this could be a critical area of planning. Take for example,
the retail sector. We just came out of the end-of-year holiday spending
season where retail stores typically see more foot traffic and
Internet-based traffic. The increase in web traffic is several multiples
higher than during other times of years. If these organizations don't plan
the infrastructure appropriately, their sites will become unavailable and
customers will go elsewhere.
Also, ever hear of web sites going offline because the site couldn't support
the unexpected surge of traffic because of a release of a new product, or the
first day o... (more)
Daniel Feller's Blog
Am I the only one who has trouble understanding Cloud Computing? Is Instant
Messenger considered cloud computing? Is my company's enterprise deployment
of XenApp on XenServer considered Cloud Computing? Is the iTunes store
considered Cloud Computing? Why is Cloud Computing so hard to figure out?
Well, look at it from a different perspective.
Have you ever laid down on... (more)