This Beats Everything: Koding in the Cloud

OK, now this beats everything I've seen so far. I can now code in the cloud with Koding.com. From a first, very quick glance, I get: A VM with a terminal (looks like a Debian distribution) PHP and all sorts of stuff that is already installed An app store for apps like PostgreSQL or MySQL … Continue reading This Beats Everything: Koding in the Cloud →

Cloud Fever now also at Sybase

After SQL Server (SQL Azure) and MySQL (Google Cloud SQL), there is now also a SQL Anywhere database available in the cloud: http://www.sybase.ch/fujibeta It's called Sybase SQL Anywhere OnDemand or code name Fuji. I guess the connotation is that your data might as well be relocated to Fuji. Or your DBA might as well work … Continue reading Cloud Fever now also at Sybase →

Google Cloud SQL, the next step for jOOQ?

"The Cloud" is probably the biggest IT buzzword in 2011. It may as well be as meaningless and as short-lived as its predecessors "web 2.0" and "dotcom", but clearly, the big companies are aiming for "The Cloud" right now. After Microsoft's all-out marketing campaign for Windows Azure and its sub-product SQL Azure, there is now … Continue reading Google Cloud SQL, the next step for jOOQ? →