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Why is reddit relying on only one cloud provider? AWS can/should do better but service providers of the size of reddit should be using mult-vendor set-ups for sure.
Re:Death of the Pure IaaS Cloud: The impact on customers on Friday March 18, 2011 @10:08AM (#2340415)
Worth mentioning, another strategy for customers is to use an abstraction layer. Good ones include jclouds and libcloud. Still take the point about focus/quality.
Re:How Swiss Import CloudSigma Plans to Compete in US IaaS on Saturday February 19, 2011 @02:27PM (#2239686)
Just discovered these guys. Nice interface actually. Investigating a bit more but so far so good.