Outgrowing The Cloud

The cloud is great. It has lowered the bar for deploying applications. The cloud has encouraged experimentation which has lead to innovation. But what happens when an application's needs grows beyond what simple cloud services can offer?

In this riveting presentation Mike will discuss systems architecture and strategies for growing apps. He'll share specifics about the challenges Bloomfire met by making key changes to their infrastructure, including how network topology was used to solve critical issues with no changes to the application code.

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147. ☣ ssh-to production \ > utility
148. ☣ rake production \ > servers:new[web] ☣ rake production \ > servers:new[db]
149. ☣ rake production \ > certs:new[domain] ☣ rake production \ > certs:upload[domain] ☣ rake production \ > elb:new[domain]