EnterpriseDB Corp announced yesterday that they will be joining Amazon in the cloud. So what the heck does that mean?

Amazon’s cloud computing is also called the Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute or Amazon EC2. EC2, when tied with Amazon’s cloud storage (Amazon S3), gives you cheap and easy scalability for your applications. Your computing power moves from your own data center and hardware to the “cloud”. You control the servers but they are virtual servers running somewhere else. You control access, you control what applications are running and who can use them. If you only need a trickle, you pay for a trickle.

If you’ve thought about buying the book, EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference, you should check out A1Books.com. As of right now, 1/22/08, it’s going for $24.80 USD (Brand New).

Shipping would depend on your location.

LewisC

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Holy simoleans, Batman. I wake up this morning, write a nice little Oracle tip and then next thing I see is Josh’s post about Sun->MySQL. That was totally unexpected to me.
I browsed over to PlanetMySQL to get the scoop and what do I see, Sun buys MySQL for $1 billion to take centerstage in the web economy. I don’t often agree with Matt but on this topic, I think I have to. This just makes a lot of sense for everyone involved. Sun, MySQL and MySQL users.

I posted this question on my Postgres Blog. Send me a note if you would be interested.

LewisC

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Hi all. I’m going to be using Postgres and EnterpriseDB a lot more in the near future. I was wondering if there is a Tampa area, or central Florida, Postgres user group or if there might be interest in starting one. If not, maybe a general database user group. I know the local Oracle user group is very popular (and it’s a group I attend and enjoy) and I was hoping to have the same kind of thing for Postgres and EnterpriseDB.

I think a general database user group might be a good idea too.

I’ve been thinking long and hard about how I want to give away a few copies of my book. I will be at the SOUG meeting Thursday, Jan 24th here in Tampa. If you’re in the area, stop by. I’m going to have a drawing for a couple of copies that night.

That doesn’t really help those people who aren’t near by. So, I am going to ask 3 questions and the first two people to answer all three correctly will get a copy.

They won’t be hard to answer but the answers might require a little work.

I’ve been thinking long and hard about how I want to give away a few copies of my book. I will be at the SOUG meeting Thursday, Jan 24th here in Tampa. If you’re in the area, stop by. I’m going to have a drawing for a couple of copies that night.
That doesn’t really help those people who aren’t near by. So, I am going to ask 3 questions and the first two people to answer all three correctly will get a copy.

They won’t be hard to answer but the answers might require a little work.

Well, it’s taken over a year but it has finally arrived. I started writing the book back in Aug 2006. I finished in late Jan 2007 and the technical editor finished his work in March. Now, In Jan 2008, EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference is available. I’m glad I didn’t wait for the movie.

It’s kind of ironic. Just this morning, I posted that I am working on my second book. My wife called me at work and told me two boxes of books had arrived. 2008 is turning out to be a good year.

Well, it’s taken over a year but it has finally arrived. I started writing the book back in Aug 2006. I finished in late Jan 2007 and the technical editor finished his work in March. Now, In Jan 2008, EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference is available. I’m glad I didn’t wait for the movie.

It’s kind of ironic. Just this morning, I posted that I am working on my second book. My wife called me at work and told me two boxes of books had arrived. 2008 is turning out to be a good year.

Well, it’s taken over a year but it has finally arrived. I started writing the book back in Aug 2006. I finished in late Jan 2007 and the technical editor finished his work in March. Now, In Jan 2008, EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference is available. I’m glad I didn’t wait for the movie.

It’s kind of ironic. Just this morning, I posted that I am working on my second book. My wife called me at work and told me two boxes of books had arrived. 2008 is turning out to be a good year.

Well, it’s taken over a year but it has finally arrived. I started writing the book back in Aug 2006. I finished in late Jan 2007 and the technical editor finished his work in March. Now, In Jan 2008, EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference is available. I’m glad I didn’t wait for the movie.

It’s kind of ironic. Just this morning, I posted that I am working on my second book. My wife called me at work and told me two boxes of books had arrived. 2008 is turning out to be a good year.

Well, it’s taken over a year but it has finally arrived. I started writing the book back in Aug 2006. I finished in late Jan 2007 and the technical editor finished his work in March. Now, In Jan 2008, EnterpriseDB: The Definitive Reference is available. I’m glad I didn’t wait for the movie.

It’s kind of ironic. Just this morning, I posted that I am working on my second book. My wife called me at work and told me two boxes of books had arrived. 2008 is turning out to be a good year.