Deploying PHP applications on IBM DB2 in the cloud
Leons Petrazickis · 2009
Cloud computing is a simple idea. Building every new server by hand is inordinately time consuming; instead, it's better to create a server image, automate and script anything which used to require manual intervention, and use virtualization to instantly deploy as many servers as needed. In a public cloud context, such as Amazon EC2, this also eliminates initial capital costs for a project. In cloud computing, one does not need to buy servers, instead they can use provision virtual ones on demand and only pay for ongoing use.