Cloud

Cloud in the context of Silicon Dales usually relates to storage of files using Google’s Google Workspace or cloud hosting where website files are replicated across a network and served by the machine closest to a user, resulting in much faster website load times.

On this page you will find tutorials, case studies and reviews of software relating to cloud working and cloud hosting.

No, really, what is the cloud?

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Introducing the “Amazon S3 Storage” WooCommerce extension

Silicon Dales introduce and review “Amazon S3 Storage”, a WooCommerce extension.

Moving / Copying an Amazon EC2 Instance from One Availability Zone (Region) to Another

Ever wanted to move an Amazon EC2 instance from one Availability Zone (AZ aka Region) to another? Maybe you want to quickly replicate your entire server for delivery to users in Asia, North America (East or West coast) or you want to branch out with a new AZ in Europe? Whatever your reasons for doing …

What is the Cloud?

Put very simply, using The Cloud means putting your IT online.

Silicon Dales Now an Official Google Apps Reseller

Silicon Dales is now an official reseller for Google’s Gmail for Domains – AKA Google Workspace. This gives our clients access to a world beating cloud-based email service as well as online document sharing tools. Google Workspace Package Gmail for Domains includes: up to 30 GB of storage custom email addresses email groups multiple domains routing …

Allow HTTPS on Amazon EC2

If you have recently setup an Amazon EC2 instance and would like to configure access to Port 443 (HTTPS:// traffic) on your new instance, there are a few things you should do. First Step – Allow Port 443 in your Security Group Firstly, you need to tell your EC2 instance that it is allowed to …