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August 31, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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Software & Feature Requirement Specification – They are your life-savers

Doing a Requirement specification is often the most challenging part of project. Even if you are employing Agile development strategies like scrum or xp programming, a proper specification is the base for a project success. Writing the Requirement specification puts … Continue reading

August 30, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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When to Fire the flare gun

Project Management is about getting and giving Signals. The strongest Real-World image of being projectmanager refers to special-ops Team on the ground that is giving signal to the command base. The communicationline might be pretty indirect and signals are heard … Continue reading

August 29, 2012
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Effective Social Media Marketing for Entrepreneurs

A very interesting Concall on empowering Social Media by Laura Roeder and Tim Conley. On their Call they touch several very important yet very rarly discussed issues that attached to Social Media. Naming just a few of these, the most … Continue reading

August 28, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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10 Ways to get free twitter followers

On the last Post, several twitter marketing strategies were already toched. Since the latest API Changes that Twitter announced, it is even more critical to have a solid and smart multi-threaded twitter marketing strategy in place. One Great Service for … Continue reading

August 28, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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7 effective Ways to Get more twitter followers FREE

These proven Strategies are well suited for Marketers, News Apps and The General Idea of twittermarketing is to follow people back how follow you. Twittermarkeing will work fine as long as: 1. Basics: You are starting out modest and not … Continue reading

August 16, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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How quickly can I scale my capacity both up and down?

The moment you need more instances, you will have to contact the Runinstances. Right from your call the Amazon EC2 will typically set your new instances in the shortest time possible. This speed is due to the fact that the … Continue reading

August 16, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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What is the difference between using the local instance store and Amazon Elastic Block storage (Amazon EBS) for the root device?

Once you have launched Amazon EC2 instances, you get the ability to save your root device data on the local instance store or Amazon EBS. When you use Amazon EBS, the data on the core tool persists autonomously the moment … Continue reading

August 16, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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How Do I Run Systems In The Amazon EC2 Environment?

After you have set up your account and created or selected your AMIs, you can now boot your instance. You can call the RunInstances API to start any number of on-demand instances. However, you will need to state how many … Continue reading

August 16, 2012
by Guntram Bechtold
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What Can Developers Now Do That They Could Not Before?

The flexible nature of Amazon EC2 enables developers to control the spikes in demand or traffic. For instance, when computing requirements change unexpectedly (go up or down) Amazon EC2 instantly respond. That way, you are able to control how much … Continue reading

August 16, 2012
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Why Am I Asked to Verify My Phone Number When Signing Up For Amazon EC2?

The reason why you have to provide your valid email and phone number on file with AWS when registering for Amazon EC2 is quite simple. This is so that Amazon can be able to contact you when they need you. … Continue reading