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I am the founder of Cloud Foundry, which provides automated, outsourced data center management for Java applications on Amazon EC2.

I am the founder of Cloud Tools, which is an open-source project for automating the deployment of Java and Grails applications on Amazon EC2.

I run a training and consulting company that helps organizations build better software faster and deploy it on the cloud.

We provide a variety of services including:

  • Development - we can build your application for you
  • Deployment - we can find a hosting partner or deploy your application on Amazon EC2
  • Training classes for Spring, Hibernate and Acegi Security
  • Jumpstarts to get your project off to the right start
  • Reviews to improve your architecture, code and development process

For more information contact me.

 

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Cloud Foundry is now part of SpringSource

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 4:15 A GMT-08
I have some very exciting news to announce today. Cloud Foundry has been acquired by SpringSource and I am now a SpringSource employee.
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Progressive Web Tutorials, May 11-13th, London - Running Java and Grails on Amazon EC2

Wednesday, 8 April 2009 8:29 A GMT-08
In May, I'll be giving a 1/2 day tutorial on running Java and Grails applications on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. This will be part of Skills Matter's Progressive Web Tutorials.

Groovy and Grails meetup and presentations on running Java on Amazon EC2

Monday, 23 February 2009 4:20 P GMT-08
This is week 2 of a busy few weeks of events and presentations. Last week, I gave my first 1/2 day class on running Java applications on Amazon EC2. It went extremely well with a great turnout. Tonight in Oakland is the Groovy/Grails meetup.

The Cloud Tools Grails plugin - a screencast showing how to deploy a Grails application on Amazon EC2

Monday, 9 February 2009 12:14 P GMT-08
Cloud Tools has both Maven and Grails plugins. Thanks to Dustin Whitney the Grails plugin has all of the features of the Maven plugin. Here is a screencast showing how to deploy a Grails application on Amazon EC2.

Amazon EC2 key pairs and other stumbling blocks

Monday, 2 February 2009 8:58 A GMT-08
EC2 key pairs and security group configuration are common stumbling blocks for people who are new to Amazon EC2. The good news is that these are relatively minor hurdles to overcome.
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Upcoming talks on POJOs, Spring, Hibernate and Amazon EC2 in the Bay Area, New York and Philadelphia

Wednesday, 28 January 2009 10:31 A GMT-08
March is going to be a busy month. I'm giving talks on POJOs, Spring, Hibernate and Amazon EC2 in Santa Clara, New York and Philadelphia. And in February, I am holding a half-day class in Oakland on running Java and Grails applications on Amazon EC2.

Upcoming class: Running Java and Grails Applications on Amazon EC2

Monday, 19 January 2009 7:55 A GMT-08
By deploying Java and Grails applications on Amazon EC2, organizations can reduce the risk of a success catastrophe, eliminate the capital expense of building a datacenter and reduce their operating expenses. Attend my class and find out how.

Amazon EC2 and Cloud Tools save the day

Wednesday, 14 January 2009 8:22 A GMT-08
One of the great things about compute clouds such as Amazon EC2 is their elasticity. And, with Cloud Tools, you can easily deploy and manage your Java/Grails applications on EC2. This can enable you to avoid a success catastrophe.

Groovy and Grails talk at the SDForum Java SIG

Monday, 12 January 2009 11:27 A GMT-08
Last tuesday, Bill Grosso and I gave a talk on Groovy and Grails at the SDForum Java SIG.
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Looking for beta testers for a new, hosted version of Cloud Tools.

Wednesday, 12 November 2008 8:12 A GMT-08
We have been developing a new, hosted version of Cloud Tools. It is a service that simplifies the deployment and management of Java applications on Amazon EC2. If you are interested in being a beta tester please contact us.

Cloud Tools now supports Amazon Elastic Block Store

Monday, 15 September 2008 6:56 A GMT-08
One of the exciting new features of Amazon EC2 is Elastic Block Store (EBS), which provides truly durable storage for your instances. Cloud tools now supports Amazon EBS. You can now launch an application with MySQL configured to use an EBS volume.

New version of the Cloud Tools Grails Plugin

Monday, 7 July 2008 7:46 A GMT-08
A new version (0.2) of the Cloud Tools Grails plugin that contains various bug fixes and enhancements is available from code.google.com/p/cloudtools/. The Grails plugin makes it easy to deploy a Grails application to Amazon EC2.

Groovy ORM - O/R mapping in dynamic languages

Tuesday, 1 July 2008 6:20 A GMT-08
My article on O/R mapping in dynamic languages has been published by ACM Queue. The article looks at how Grails O/R mapping (GORM) works. The article compares GORM with Hibernate and discusses the benefits and the drawbacks of using GORM.

Grails plugin for deploying to Amazon EC2

Monday, 7 April 2008 6:42 A GMT-08
Cloud Tools now includes a plugin for deploying Grails applications to Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Like the Cloud tools Maven plugin, this plugin makes deploying a web application to EC2 extremely easy.
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Arid POJOs: Customizable convention over configuration and dynamic finder methods

Monday, 21 May 2007 7:49 A GMT-08
Wandering around JavaOne gave me a chance to think more about what Arid POJOs offers. I came up with the term customizable convention over configuration or C2oC. I also extended Arid POJOs to implement dynamic finder methods.
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