When cloud computing isn’t all about scale
August 16, 2014
Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Derrick Harris.
Linode Founder and CEO Chris Aker has no illusions about challenging Amazon Web Services in the cloud, but that doesn’t mean he cant build a quality cloud. As he explains in this Structure Show interview, quality infrastructure and simple billing can go a long way.
So many conversations about cloud computing focus on Amazon Web Services, Google and which is the biggest company that can drive down prices the most. But there’s a whole other group of people and companies not running webscale applications, people who just want a virtual server that’s inexpensive, runs well and, most importantly, they don’t have to manage…
Linode is one of the better-known providers of that type of service, and its founder and CEO Chris Aker came on the Structure Show this week to tell us about the other side of cloud computing. Here are some highlights, but the whole thing provides a good look into how one starts and runs a successful cloud company that doesn’t have billions in its coffers or spin up thousands of servers at a time…
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