Omaha Rails presentation – Amazon EC2

November 23rd, 2008 by Dusty

The other night I gave a talk to the newly-formed Omaha Ruby on Rails User Group, about our experiences with Amazon Web Services, specifically our experience with running Rails applications on the EC2 platform.

We currently host both of our production web apps with Amazon EC2: Tripleseat and BetterOmaha.com, and really have high hopes and much love for cloud computing in general. Though nothing we have requires the dynamic scaling that you can achieve with EC2, its just a matter of time, and we’re excited for the possibilities.

The talk went really well, and I think the group really was intrigued by the opportunities that EC2 opens. We ended with a pretty good Q&A, which is also capture on the video. Enjoy!

You can also view the slides here, or download the PDF.

Mike Culver November 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Dusty, this is really cool. Love your presentation, and the production.

Jeff Barr November 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Great presentation, Dusty!

Kevin Dewalt November 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Dusty,

Very nice. Probably the best overall business/technical presentation I have seen on cloud computer and EC2, including some live presenations I have heard. You did a nice balance of providing just enough technical information to make it relevant to an IT organization while keeping it organized such that a business person can understand the basic message.

Well done.

Kevin

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