Earlier this week, Amazon announced that their Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2) would support Microsoft Windows Server 2003. In addition, EC2 for Windows also supports SQL Server Standard and Express databases. This is terrific news for those of us in the non-LAMP camp. Amazon EC2 has been around for a few years, but only recently did [...]
One of the many challenges with starting a new business is finding out what you don’t know. One resource that stands out for me is the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA). A quick word about the FCEDA. According to the FCEDA web site, it’s mission is to:
… promote Fairfax County, Virginia, as a world-class [...]
While I worked for a company, I took for granted the ability to purchase and use products (and sevices) such as Adobe Acrobat, GotoMeeting and Microsoft Office. As a new entrepreneur, there are plenty of things that are competing for my limited funds and I’m always on the lookout for free or low-cost alternatives that [...]
