Comments on: Amazon get into the virtual computing space http://phildawes.net/blog/2006/08/25/amazon-get-into-the-virtual-computing-space/ Mostly programming with a few bits of other stuff Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Sean http://phildawes.net/blog/2006/08/25/amazon-get-into-the-virtual-computing-space/#comment-10494 Sean Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:17:57 +0000 http://phildawes.net/blog/2006/08/25/amazon-get-into-the-virtual-computing-space/#comment-10494 Didn't Sun launch something like this a few months ago? Didn’t Sun launch something like this a few months ago?

]]> By: Phil Dawes http://phildawes.net/blog/2006/08/25/amazon-get-into-the-virtual-computing-space/#comment-10508 Phil Dawes Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:23:51 +0000 http://phildawes.net/blog/2006/08/25/amazon-get-into-the-virtual-computing-space/#comment-10508 Sort of - however the Sun grid offering is targetted and priced for traditional enterprise clients and established industries who want to bolster their number-crunching horsepower (see <a href="http://www.sun.com/service/sungrid/faq.xml" rel="nofollow">faq</a>). I think this is a bit before it's time - enterprise still hasn't got used to the idea of taking data out of its own intranet. I think the interesting thing about amazon's offering is that it is clearly priced and targetted at the low end of the market. This is the sector I think will push demand for service grid technologies in the same way it has for cheap web hosting: individuals and startups wanting to start small but then needing to scale up close to the demand curve (rather than risking VC upfront for their server facilities). Sort of - however the Sun grid offering is targetted and priced for traditional enterprise clients and established industries who want to bolster their number-crunching horsepower (see faq). I think this is a bit before it’s time - enterprise still hasn’t got used to the idea of taking data out of its own intranet.

I think the interesting thing about amazon’s offering is that it is clearly priced and targetted at the low end of the market. This is the sector I think will push demand for service grid technologies in the same way it has for cheap web hosting: individuals and startups wanting to start small but then needing to scale up close to the demand curve (rather than risking VC upfront for their server facilities).

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