fiveclouds » thecloudmarket http://www.fiveclouds.com collaboration, creativity and the next big thing Tue, 25 May 2010 11:06:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Head in the Clouds http://www.fiveclouds.com/2009/03/31/head-in-the-clouds/ http://www.fiveclouds.com/2009/03/31/head-in-the-clouds/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:48:03 +0000 Philip http://www.fiveclouds.com/?p=132 Its been a while since I put anything up on the blog so I thought it was about time,  the past couple of months have been very busy.  Between working on a new version of an Enterprise Data Management platform – based on JBoss 5 – and also working on a new project based on Amazon Cloud technology.  My experiences with JBoss 5 have been good so far – though I’m looking forward to getting the system into production soon to prove out much of the stack (more on that another time)
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While the other project – The Cloud Market – has marked a return to Ruby on Rails for me.  Took a little bit of time to balance switching daily between the two – i have to admit I enjoyed the challenge.  Its also good to be working with some great people on the project and certainly a different world to the Enterprise Data Management space.

Right now we are still in a closed beta (and looking for interested parties) – however the aim’s of the site are quite simple.

  • To provide a simple way to find Amazon images that suit your needs
  • A way for public image owners to produce a shop front for their offerings
  • A scanner technology that allows people to request a ‘scan’ of a machine image,  which details information such as the installs RPM’s,  available space and more

If you are interested in getting involved drop me a line (philip.dodds at me dot com), sign up at the site or follow @thecloudmarket on twitter.  We are hoping to be live in the coming weeks and continuing to add some new and interesting features as we go.

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