EC2 Vs. App Engine Vs. GoGrid Vs. AppNexus

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Peter Wayner delves into the ill-defined realm of 'cloud computing,' providing a deeper look at four shared services: Amazon EC2, Google App Engine, GoGrid, and AppNexus. Offering wildly divergent amounts of hand-holding at various layers in the stack, the services simplify your workload but force you into a set, 'ball-and-chain-computing' routine that you may not prefer. Sure, the services allow you to pull CPU cycles from thin air whenever you need to, but they can't solve the deepest problems that make it hard for applications to scale gracefully, Wayner writes. He describes these 'clouds' as an evolving experiment, rife with potential but 'far from clear winners over traditional shared Web hosting.' The sobering look at the trend includes a QuickTime tour of each service — EC2, App Engine, GoGrid, AppNexus (those links all .MOV)."

Comments

I prefer Google for Cloud Computing...

[PC and Sony Fanboy]

I'd choose Google App Engine. Since no one really knows what cloud computing is, and no one knows what google does, I think they make a good fit.

oh wait. I do know what google does - It makes the internet better... and it prints money (I guess...)

Re:The definition of cloud computing is still vagu

[Anonymous Coward]

you mean the definition of cloud computing is still cloudy?

Re:The definition of cloud computing is still vagu

[hedronist]

So you're saying you fail Rowell's Extension to Einstein's Test of Comprehension? Sad, sad day.

Einstein: You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.
Rowell's Extension: You totally don't understand something if you can't even explain it to a bunch of geeks. Also, they'll probably laugh at you.

Sound familiar?

[psmears]

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