Tag Archives: cloud computing

How to backup your data on the cloud with ease and for free

By Paul | Published: April 19, 2010
Dr. Steenbarger’s recent harddrive failure reminded me about the importance of backing up my data.  Everything that I do with trading is on the computer.  Consequently, I have many files that are vital to my trading.  From web bookmarks to chart templates to source codes, I would have to make a checklist to ensure that [...]
Posted in Risk Management | Tagged cloud computing | 1 Comment

First look at Google App Engine for automated trading and quant analysis on the cloud

By Paul | Published: March 3, 2010
I just spent the last few hours looking into Google App Engine to use it for trading.  Google App Engine (GAE) is a cloud computing development and hosting platform for web applications.  GAE is similar to the well-known Amazon EC2 service but it is also very different.  The main difference between GAE and EC2 is [...]
Posted in Quantitative Tools | Also tagged Google App Engine, python, VPS | 2 Comments