Iron.io + Claremont Colleges Hackathon
Iron.io is a big believer in helping close-knit teams do big things. Which is why we’re enthusiastic supporters and sponsors of a growing set of hackathons around the country. This weekend there’s a hackathon at the Claremont Colleges in Pomona, CA. The focus here is to “build something a 5C student would love to…
Read MoreWhy Aren’t You Developing in the Cloud?
Cloud computing has completely altered software distribution. Traditionally, software licenses were purchased, installed and accessed on personal machines. Today, most applications are service based and accessible from any network connected device. E-mail, documents and even business applications have transitioned to SaaS applications and give users quicker access, more control and fewer dependencies compared to…
Read MoreHow to Reduce a 9 Hour Job into a 9 Minute Job
A common problem developers have is how to run through a large number of tasks in a short amount of time. For instance, sending out a nightly notification to all your users, calculating your user’s bills every month or updating their Facebook graph data. These types of things are very common and almost every application…
Read MoreIronMQ is now on AppHarbor
Today, we’re pleased to announce that IronMQ is now included as a supported add-on for AppHarbor, the leading cloud platform for .NET developers. It’s a great combination and we’re thrilled to be partners.
Read More@BetaVanguard: A Few Questions and Answers
SF Beta had some questions for us the other day. Here are a few of the answers. Full set can be seen here.
Read MoreIron.io Speaking at Data 2.0 Summit
One of the big uses of Iron.io services is in working with cloud data at big scale. Some customers are using IronWorker to crawl the web and process the results. Others are taking data and transforming it using a host of workers. Still others are using IronMQ to connect cloud apps to legacy apps. And…
Read MoreIron.io Demoing at SF Beta (March 27th)
Iron.io will be one of the demo tables at SF Beta on March 27th. SF Beta is a great event. It’s a mixer more than anything else but we’re hoping it’s heavy on the hackers and developers, designers and students. A bunch of other great companies will be a part. Demo Theme: Platforms and APIs…
Read MoreRackspace Guest Post: Iron.io Gives App Developers Agility, Scalability Boost
Here’s a piece that Travis Reeder posted for the Rackspace Blog the other day.
Read MoreIron.io is now on Rackspace
We’re happy to announce that IronMQ, one of Iron.io’s premier application services, is now included as a service within the Rackspace Cloud Tools program. We’re especially proud of this milestone because in addition to being multi-platform and multi-language, we are now also multi-cloud. IronMQ is a hosted message queue for…
Read MoreIron.io is sponsoring AngelHack 2.0.
Iron.io is sponsoring AngelHack 2.0. AngelHack brings together startup communities from around the country for hackathon competitions. Participants spend a weekend building startups ideas which are then judged by top angels, venture investors, and tech bloggers. AngelHack 2.0 will be on March 3-4th and will be held in San Francisco and Boston. 700+ participants are expected and…
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