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A less costly way to build an Amazon AMI without incurring the cost of doing it on EC2

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I build Amazon AMIs.  I started out building them on the actual Amazon EC2 infrastructure myself only to learn that doing so costs the runtime and the money on EC2.    There is an easier way to get alot of it out of the way without it actually costing something. My suggestion is to build a…

Looking for a PBX? Consider the Cloud.

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve spoken of the virtues of a cloud PBX on many an occasion.  The reality is for the last 8 years, I’ve been running my phone system / PBX in a cloud for many reasons.  The most important is redundancy. The system has had no downtime except for when I was applying maintenance upgrades.  My…

Why a cheap Cisco, Dlink, Netgear firewall just doesn’t make the cut.

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Percy Kwong

This article sponsored by: Cheappfsensefirewalls.com  (I own the shop for full disclosure) There are many reasons why one would go with an over the counter router you could buy at Best Buy.  The reality is you’re missing out on a lot of the features and most importantly, performance.  Most people buy a Linksys, Dlink, Netgear…

Gas and Electric Reductions

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Percy Kwong

Well, I can say that it’s pretty ugly.  Gas + Electric more than $1000.00 a month.  I wondered if I could do anything about it, so I took a look at a few things and figured, why not give it a shot?  Worse Case, I hate the implementations and I undo my actions. I went…

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