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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
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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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Upcoming events: Oakland Java SIG and SDForum's Shaping the New Age of Application Development
Friday, 10 April 2009 8:29 A GMT-08
Next week, there are a couple of interesting events: the Oakland Java SIG's April meeting on integration with Mule and SD Forum's Shaping the New Age of Application Development conference.
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.
Decomposing Selenium Web Tests to Hide Complexity
Wednesday, 11 February 2009 9:57 A GMT-08
Decomposition is an interesting topic. In the real world, decomposition usually leads to bad smells and other unpleasantness. But in the software world, it is the absence of decomposition that leads to code smells.
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.
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.
Just say no to war and weapons
Tuesday, 2 December 2008 10:27 A GMT-08
No. I haven't become a pacifist. Instead, I'm talking about SpringSource's newish tagline: "Weapons for the war on Java complexity". I have barely recovered from the Spring framework's recent encounter with commercialism.
My Happy Hour Presentation at the Cloud Computing Expo in San Jose
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 11:34 A GMT-08
This friday, I'll be giving a presentation on running Java applications on Amazon EC2 at the Cloud Computing Expo, which takes place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. I'll be speaking in a happy hour time slot: Friday, 6.15-7pm!
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.
Computing in the mountains - the Colorado Software Summit: MINA, Esper, Camel, EC2 and the iPhone
Monday, 10 November 2008 8:53 A GMT-08
After my trip to CloudCon East in Philadelphia, I headed out to Keystone, Colorado to spend the week at the Colorado Software Summit. This is a great conference - good technical content, great opportunities to network and an excellent location.
Computing by the bay, in the clouds and in the mountains - part 1
Wednesday, 5 November 2008 9:38 A GMT-08
Since the middle of October, I've been to a number of interesting events: a really interesting presentation on Hadoop; a one day cloud computing conference in Philadelphia; and the Colorado Software Summit.
Learn about Hadoop at the Oakland Java SIG
Monday, 13 October 2008 9:29 A GMT-08
This Wednesday (October 15th) at the Oakland Java SIG there will be a presentation on Hadoop, which is an open-source implementation of Map/Reduce. The speaker is Owen O'Malley. He is a Software Architect at Yahoo and a Hadoop committer.
New and improved SpringSource maintenance policy
Wednesday, 8 October 2008 12:00 A GMT-08
I was pleased to read that SpringSource have revised their maintenance policy. They are going to continue to regularly make binary releases from the trunk.
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.
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.
ACM Queue magazine: special issue on object/relational mapping
Tuesday, 24 June 2008 8:30 A GMT-08
One of my favorite technology magazines is ACM Queue. The May/June issue focuses on object/relational mapping. A couple of excellent articles are now available online.
Spring Class at Java University; Java User Groups Panel at Community One; Amazon EC2, Cloud Tools and Groovy at JavaOne
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 7:02 A GMT-08
Next week is going to be a busy week: a half day class on Spring at Java University; a panel on Java User Groups at CommunityOne; and a technical session at JavaOne on Amazon EC2 and enterprise Java.
Enhancements to the Cloud Tools Maven plugin for deploying Java EE applications on Amazon EC2
Wednesday, 23 April 2008 7:08 A GMT-08
I recently added some new goals to the Cloud Tools Maven plugin that expand its capabilities. You also have the option of running MySQL/Apache/Tomcat on a single instance, which is useful for some kinds of testing.
East Bay Java SIG: The eBay Architecture - Striking a balance between site stability, feature velocity, performance and cost
Tuesday, 15 April 2008 1:31 P GMT-08
At the East Bay/Oakland Java SIG on Wednesday night (4/16), Dan Pritchett and Randy Shoup will be talking about the eBay architecture.
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.
Running Java EE applications on Amazon EC2: deploying to 20 machines with no money down
Monday, 7 January 2008 10:31 P GMT-08
EC2Deploy is a Groovy-based framework for quickly deploying enterprise Java web applications to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Deploy your application to up to 20 Linux servers and pay by the hour. Great for development and testing.
