2008 was an action-packed year for us here at GoGrid and ServePath and we have many accomplishments to be proud of. I thought it would make sense to reflect back on what major things we did over the year as well as a few other notables that happened within the industry. The easiest way for me to do this is through a blog post Chronology (not every post is highlighted):
1st Quarter 2008
- 01.03.08 – GoGrid Blog was launched
- 01.29.08 – “Sneak Peak” at GoGrid
- 02.01.08 – Twitter and Joyent go different ways
- 02.05.08 – Understanding “Clouded” Computer Terms – a post that made a 1st attempt to explain Cloud, Utility, Grid and other Computing terms.
- 02.13.08 – Dilbert does a series on Virtualization (here, here and here)
- 02.15.08 – Amazon’s S3 has major outage (my comments)
- 02.21.08 – GoGrid launches a new public website in anticipation of the product launch
- 03.11.08 – GoGrid Public Beta LAUNCH! After over 2 years of development, GoGrid hits the streets with many Cloud Computing firsts:
- 1st Cloud Infrastructure provider with a Web GUI
- 1st to offer Windows Server 2003 in the Cloud
- 1st to offer Microsoft SQL Server in the Cloud
- 1st with free Inbound Transfer
- 1st with free f5 Load Balancing
- 1st with free 24×7 Support
- 1st with Persistent Storage
- 1st with free managed DNS
- 1st with 100% Uptime SLA
- 1st with public and private VLANs
- 03.17.08 – Drilling down on the details of new GoGrid accounts
- 03.18.08 – Even I wasn’t initially on board with the whole “Cloud Computing” term. My thoughts have changed obviously.
- 03.28.08 – The initial GoGrid FAQ’s start rolling out.
2nd Quarter 2008
- 04.10.08 – GoGrid launches new templates: multiple RHEL, CentOS, Windows 2003 flavors
- 04.14.08 – GoGrid launches the Wiki (wiki.gogrid.com)
- 04.21.08 – GoGrid exhibits at the Web 2.0 Expo (some of our Expo stunts)
- 05.20.08 – GoGrid starts getting some blog traction
- 05.22.08 – Soliciting feature and images requests from the GoGrid community produced many great ideas
- 06.02.08 – NetworkWorld reviews GoGrid
- 06.04.08 – IP Suggest feature débuts
- 06.10.08 – “Cloud Computing” terms really starts trending upwards
- 06.16.08 – Cloud Computing helps build communities
- 06.19.08 – InfoWorld reviews GoGrid
- 06.24.08 – Introduction of the Cloud Pyramid
- 06.27.08 – GoGrid at GigaOM Structure ‘08 and Rafe Needleman of WebWare talks about GoGrid
3rd Quarter 2008
- 07.07.08 – GoGrid hits 1000th user and coverage by TechCrunchIT
- 07.17.08 – GoGrid launches API
- 07.18.08 – NetworkWorld, C|net & TechCrunchIT cover GoGrid’s new API
- 07.21.08 – InfoWorld does a side-by-side comparison of GoGrid, Amazon’s EC2 and Google App Engine
- 07.22.08 – Teens-in-Tech founder, Daniel Brusilovsky, interview of GoGrid
- 07.31.08 – Google Web Toolkit (GWT) showcases GoGrid
- 08.06.08 – GoGrid WINS LinuxWorld 2008 Best of Show in Product Excellence
- 08.19.08 – GoGrid is the FIRST to launch Windows Server 2008 in the Cloud
- 09.09.08 – the first NoHardware.com video is released
- 09.16.08 – Financial Markets start getting very shaky. Cloud Computing can help stabilize.
- 09.17.08 – GoGrid and RightScale partnership announced
- 09.22.08 – Feature preview of GoGrid’s Cloud Storage (now live)
- 09.23.08 – the second NoHardware.com video is released
- 09.29.08 – The “Original” Cloud Computing in Plain English produced in-house by GoGrid launches
- 09.30.08 – GoGrid and Appistry partnership announced
4th Quarter 2008
- 10.01.08 – Other Cloud providers announce Windows in the Cloud, play catch-up with GoGrid
- 10.03.08 – Recession starts hitting – 10 Tips to Survive it
- 10.07.08 – GoGrid and GigaSpaces partnership announced
- 10.08.08 – the third NoHardware.com video is released
- 10.21.08 – Cloud Computing Product Announcement Bingo Game
- 10.27.08 – GoGrid launches PHP-enabled Windows Server 2008 Clouds
- 11.03.08 – GoGrid & ServePath beta release Cloud Connect (connecting dedicated servers with the Cloud)
- 11.24.08 – Appistry & GoGrid do a joint webinar on Cloud Computing
- 12.02.08 – My 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009, our CEO’s Predictions and our VP of Technology Strategy’s Predictions
- 12.11.08 – GoGrid featured again on Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
- 12.11.08 – GoGrid launches Cloud Storage v0.7
- 12.15.08 – Santa “Cloud” or how Cloud Computing saved Christmas
- 12.29.08 – Some New Years Resolutions
Happy New Year to all of you from us at GoGrid. May 2009 be happy, healthy and prosperous!