The Rackspace Cloud Partner Program Is Here!

// February 24th, 2010 // No Comments » // Announcements, Community

Cloud computing was listed as one of the top 10 Web Trends for 2010 in a recent CNN article written by Pete Cashmore. It’s only February and it’s already been a very busy year for the Rackspace Cloud with our release of Cloud Servers for Windows Beta – listen to our latest State of The Rackspace Cloud podcast to learn more of what we’re up to. If you’re interested in cloud computing and want to be a part of this … Read More >

Networking and Cloud Servers – More On The Interfaces

// February 23rd, 2010 // 7 Comments » // Cloud Servers

By Nicolas Keller, Cloud Architect

Last week, I mentioned that each and every Cloud Server comes with two interfaces. In this post, I’d like to explore them.

The Public Interface

The first interface is the Public one (usually eth0 on a Linux system). This interface comes directly connected to the Internet and with one public IP address. It is also possible to request more public IP addresses (via ticket) and assign them to the interface. Having more than one IP address per public … Read More >

.NET Rocks! Talk Show With Cloud Rackers Josh Odom & Bret Piatt

// February 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Podcasts/Videocasts

If you are a Windows enthusiast, you may be familiar with the weekly talk show, .NET Rocks! The show is made for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform and ranges from introductory information to what they call “hardcore geekiness.” At the Rackspace Cloud, we’re geeks too and are committed to delivering Windows in the Cloud so we thought it was a perfect opportunity to be guests on the .NET Rocks! talk show.

Last week our Technical Alliance Manager, … Read More >

Optimizing Your Wordpress Site

// February 16th, 2010 // 18 Comments » // Tips and Tricks

Chad Keck, Cloud Guru

My colleague wrote an excellent article the other week on making your web sites load faster by leveraging the Rackspace Cloud Files & CDN platform to serve all static content on your site. I want to take this a step further for those of you who leverage the Wordpress platform which is one of the most popular open-source web applications in existence.

In the Wordpress community there are countless plugins that can be used for optimization, so how … Read More >

State of The Rackspace Cloud Podcast, Episode 2

// February 15th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Podcasts/Videocasts

Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven

This is the State of The Rackspace Cloud Podcast, Episode 2 and first podcast of 2010. We recorded on January 14th 2010 with Founders Jonathan Bryce, Todd Morey, Jason Seats, Director of Product, Chandler Vaughn and GM, Emil Sayegh.

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Here are the minutes:

Castle Move,   0:00 – 3:30
Last podcast, we were located at the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio. Since then, we have moved to the newest Rackspace headquarters which we call … Read More >