Overcast Show #7: Feb 26, 2009 - with Javier Soltero, Hyperic

Overcast: Conversations on Cloud Computing

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</p><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><object data="http://overcast.typepad.com/overcast/files/player.swf" height="24" id="audioplayer1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="290"> <param name="movie" value="http://overcast.typepad.com/overcast/files/player.swf"/> <param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=1&soundFile=http://overcast.typepad.com/overcast/files/podcast7.mp3"/> <param name="quality" value="high"/> <param name="menu" value="false"/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> </object> </p><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://overcast.typepad.com/overcast/files/podcast7.mp3">Download Show #7 in MP3 format</a></div><br xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In this show we discuss cloud computing with Javier Soltero (Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/jsoltero">@jsoltero</a>), CEO and co-founder of <a href="http://www.hyperic.com">Hyperic</a>, whose flagship product is Hyperic HQ, an open source application monitoring and management tool.</div><br xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Show Notes:</div><br xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul> <li>Javier gives us a general backround on Hyperic and specifically its activities in the cloud, which include <a href="http://www.cloudstatus.com">CloudStatus.com</a> and the <a href="http://www.hyperic.com/products/amazon-monitoring.html">Hyperic HQ Amazon Machine Image</a> (AMI).</li> <li>Javier reveals some of Hyperic's developments in the works, including a technology that allows easily instrumenting Java, Hadoop and Memcached applications and exposing the data to CollectD. </li> <li>We discuss at length Javier's recent blog post <a href="http://www.hyperic.com/blog/cloud-dilemma-for-developers/">The Cloud Dilemma for Developers</a>, in which Javier writes about the fact that in a cloud environment developers are required to address operational issues, such as monitoring and management. </li> <li><span>Javier explains how application monitoring and management requirements are different in cloud computing, and why he believes traditional tools won't cut it in the cloud </span> </li> <li><span>and lots more... </span> </li> <li>Companies and products mentioned in this podcast include Mosso, GoGrid, Google App Engine, Heroku, Amazon Web Services, Salesforce.com, GigaSpaces, Cisco and Windows Azure. </li> </ul> </div>