Amazon rolled out Amazon Web Services and it has been a huge success as it has been utilized by many developers and enterprises for it's robust cloud-infrastructure and scalability. As part of a great promotion to encourage developers to use the platform it currently is offering a free EC2 instance (which I will soon show you how to set up). Go ahead and sign up for the free tier here if you do not currently have Amazon Web Services available. It will ask for your credit card but as long as you stick to the 1 EC2 micro-instance you will not be charged for the first year and can run it continuously.

Summertime is here and people are actively out hiking, sightseeing, shopping and working in the mountains all over Southern Appalachia. In Asheville many businesses who count on travelers to bring in money need to make sure they have a strong presence on the web. Making sure people can access your business information on their phones and iPads is one way you can make sure you are competing in getting people to enjoy and experience the wonderful things you and our region have to offer.