How much does Google App Engine cost to run your app vs. IaaS?

When Google App Engine (GAE) launched in preview for 20,000 developers in early 2008, few would have guessed that it would reach 100,000+ active developers per month and 200,000+ active apps per

AppScale 3.4 Provides Production-ready Dev Environment with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)

With the latest AppScale release (3.4), we will default all new deployments and installation to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial). Published AppScale images are based on Long Term Support images to ensure

AppScalefile: Simply Better

Simply better. Starting  with the release of AppScale 3.4, the syntax of AppScalefile - the definition of an AppScale deployment - will change. (Further changes may be introduced in a future

Latency Kills and How You Can Improve It in GAE Apps

High latency can kill a user’s experience and hurt your bottom line. An Amazon study found that every tenth of a second added to how long it took to render a web page had adverse effects on

Going production with AppScale

I frequently get asked what the ideal setup is for a production AppScale deployment.

Running AppScale on a Raspberry Pi 2

 One of my favorite things about the AppScale platform is its ability to run anywhere.

Life in a Container: AppScale in Docker

Docker and AppScale

Docker hardly needs any introduction: it's been extremely popular as of late, for very good reasons.

'Scale' in AppScale

Learn how AppScale scales to meet the needs of your application and your users.

Three Steps for Tapping Into the Chinese Mobile Gaming Market

For many mobile game studios, China represents an untapped audience of 366 million users that spend $6 billion a year on apps and in-app purchases.

Backup & Recovery on AppScale

How many backups does it take to help you sleep well at night?