On Nov 1, 5:13 pm, Ken Elkabany <k...@elkabany.com> wrote: > Hello, > > PiCloud has just released a Python library, cloud, which allows you to > easily offload the execution of a function to a cluster of servers > running on Amazon Web Services. As a beta product, we are currently > free to all users who sign up with beta code "PYTHONLIST". To > register, go tohttp://www.picloud.com > > Full service description: > PiCloud is a cloud-computing platform that integrates into the Python > Programming Language. It enables you to leverage the compute power of > Amazon Web Services without having to manage, maintain, or configure > virtual servers. > > PiCloud integrates seamlessly into your existing code base through a > custom Python library, cloud. To offload the execution of a function > to the cloud, all you must do is pass your desired function into the > cloud library. PiCloud will then run the function on its > high-performance and automatically-scaling cluster. We quickly scale > our server capacity, both up and down, to meet your computational > needs, and only charge you for the resources you actually consume. > Getting on the cloud has never been this easy! > > PiCloud improves the full cycle of software development and > deployment. Functions that are run on PiCloud have their resource > usage monitored, performance analyzed, and errors traced; we further > aggregate all your functions to give you a bird's eye view of your > service. Through these introspective capabilities, PiCloud enables you > to develop faster, easier, and smarter. > > Common use cases for our platform: > * Crawling the web > * Manipulating images and videos > * Generating charts and graphs > * Statistical/Mathematical analysis of data sets > * Real-time data processing > > Cheers, > > Ken Elkabany > PiCloud, Inc.
Wow, amazing service. I used PiCloud for some scraping work, and my script ran about 10x as fast. Some questions though: 1) I have another project which uses a custom python extension written in C++. Is there a way to use it on PiCloud? 2) I noticed you guys only support python 2.5 and 2.6. Will there be 3.1 support eventually? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
