Infographic: Demystifying AWS - Revealing Behind the scenes usage

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the biggest public cloud around, yet what goes on behind the scenes remains a mystery.

Read on for a good Infographic by newvem blog !

"For heavy users, such as enterprise level CIOs, AWS’s “Reserved Instances” are a cost effective model to scale their cloud activity and benefit from the full service offering that Amazon provides.

The infographic is based on analysis made by our Reserved Instance Decision Making Tool. This advanced analytics tool can help enterprise CIOs to capture the added value and benefit by:

• Ensuring that reserved instances meet cost and performance expectations.
• Identifying consistent onOn-demand Demand usage that can be shifted to reserved Reserved instances.
• Tracking Reserved Instance expiration dates and recommend actions for renewal and scale up and down.

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AWS New Whitepaper: Mapping and GeoSpatial Analysis in the Cloud Using ArcGIS

Great new whitepaper by Jinesh Varia...


Esri is one of the leaders in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) industry and one of the largest privately held software companies focused on mapping and geospatial applications in the world with offices in more than 100 countries. Both public and private sector organizations use Esri technology to analyze and manage their geographic information and make better decisions – uses range from planning cities and improving the quality of life for residents, to site selection, customer analytics, and streamlining logistics.

Esri and AWS have been working together since 2008 to bring the power of GIS to the masses. The AWS Partner Team recently attended the 2012 Esri International User Conference with over 14,000+ attendees, 300 exhibitors and a large number of ecosystem partners. A cloud computing theme dominated the conference.
Esri and AWS have co-authored a whitepaper, "Mapping and GeoSpatial Analysis Using ArcGIS", to provide users who have interest in performing spatial analysis using their data with complimentary datasets.

The paper discusses how users can publish and analyze imagery data (such as satellite imagery, or aerial imagery) and create and publish tile cache map services from spatially referenced data (such as data with x/y points, lines, polygons) in AWS using ArcGIS.

Download PDF: Mapping and GeoSpatial Analysis Using ArcGIS

The paper focuses on imagery because that has been the most challenging data type to manage in the cloud, but the approaches discussed are general enough to apply to any type of data.

It not only provides architecture guidance on how to scale ArcGIS servers in the cloud but also provides step-by-step guidance on publishing map services in the cloud.

For more information on GeoApps in the AWS Cloud, see the presentation -
The Cloud as a Platform for Geo below:
GeoApps in the AWS Cloud - Jinesh Varia from Amazon Web Services


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Automating Linux Installation and configuration with Kickstart

Automating Linux Installation and configuration with Kickstart

If you are working for an IT Support company means you regularly have to install OSs like CentOS, Fedora & Redhat on servers, desktop computers or even Virtual Machines.

Following this guide will explain you how to automate the install process using a simple Kickstart file.

Read more for the very well explained guide here.

Deploy a .NET Application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk with Amazon RDS Using Visual Studio

In this video, walk you through deploying an application to AWS Elastic Beanstalk (link: http://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/), configuring an Amazon RDS for SQL Server DB instance (link: http://aws.amazon.com/rds/), and managing your configuration, all from the confines of Visual Studio. The AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio streamlines your development, deployment, and testing inside your familiar IDE.
To learn more about AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Amazon RDS, visit the AWS Elastic Beanstalk Developer Guide at http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_NE....

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