Load balancing just got easier!
Blue Box is excited to announce the release of version 2.0 of our Blocks Load Balancing (BLB) solution. The custom built solution allows customers to dynamically scale their application, providing high...
View ArticleJesse Featured on IBM developerWorks Podcast
Jesse Proudman, Blue Box’s CEO, recently chatted with Andrew Glover for an IBM developerWorks podcast. They discuss why bare metal is better than virtual in some cases, how Blue Box compares to other...
View ArticleBlue Box raises over $4.3M in Series A funding
Blue Box Group is pleased to announce the completion of its Series A funding bringing total capital raised to over $4.3 million. Based on the interest surrounding the company, the round was...
View ArticleProvisioning with Razor and Chef – An Interactive Demo
Fletcher Nichol is a software developer from warm and sunny Edmonton, Canada who has worked in jobs ranging from systems administrator to web application developer. He spends far too much time playing...
View ArticleUpcoming webinar: Migrating critical apps to the Cloud
Please join us at 1pm EST/10am PST on February 6th for a webinar featuring Blue Box CEO and founder, Jesse Proudman. Jesse will discuss how to migrate critical applications to the cloud. Topics...
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Code Climate hits 5,000 OSS projects!
Congratulations to our friend and partner, Code Climate! They have added 5,000 Ruby projects to their free open source service in just seven months! What is Code Climate? It’s a hosted quality analysis...
View ArticleWebinar: Improve your Ruby app’s performance
Want to improve your Ruby app’s performance? Join Blue Box and New Relic for our webinar Six Tips for Improving Ruby Application Performance! Chris Kelly from New Relic will walk you through...
View ArticleUsing Regular Expressions in Ruby (Part 1 of 3)
Nell Shamrell works as a Software Development Engineer for Blue Box. She also sits on the advisory board for the University of Washington Certificate in Ruby Programming. She specializes in Ruby,...
View ArticleUsing Regular Expressions in Ruby (Part 2 of 3)
Nell Shamrell works as a Software Development Engineer for Blue Box. She also sits on the advisory board for the University of Washington Certificate in Ruby Programming. She specializes in Ruby,...
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Code School Joins Blue Box’s Growing List of Marquee Customers
We are pleased to announce Code School, a leading online learning platform, has chosen Blue Box to power its infrastructure. Code School cited the unparalleled uptime and support Blue Box provides as...
View ArticleUsing Regular Expressions in Ruby (Part 3 of 3)
Nell Shamrell works as a Software Development Engineer for Blue Box. She also sits on the advisory board for the University of Washington Certificate in Ruby Programming. She specializes in Ruby,...
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Blue Box expands Seattle data center footprint in new Equinix SE3 facility
Blue Box is pleased to announce we are expanding our data center footprint in the Seattle area by leasing space in the new Equinix, Inc. SE3 data center opening in the downtown Seattle core. SE3 is a...
View ArticleTravis CI moves to Blue Box
We are pleased to announce Travis CI, the leading continuous integration service for the open source community, has selected Blue Box to power its Linux infrastructure. Travis CI cited flexibility,...
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DevChix is now hosted by Blue Box!
Blue Box is pleased to announce its sponsorship of DevChix, an online community for female programmers. DevChix began as an online message board and mailing list for women in the programming community....
View ArticlePassing on PaaS
Over the past weeks, a fascinating discussion has evolved within the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) community. This conversation started with a thoughtful post by AppFog’s CEO Lucas Carlson titled...
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South to Portland for RailsConf!
RailsConf is next week in Portland! The Blue Box team is proud to be a silver sponsor for the conference. We’re packing our bags and heading south, bringing people from many different departments so...
View ArticleNew Ruby security tool–free to Blue Box customers!
Blue Box takes security very seriously. So we are pleased to announce our customers now have access to our partner Code Climate’s fantastic new Security Monitor! How does Code Climate work? Code...
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Fletcher Nichol is an awesome chef!
We’ve always thought Blue Box software design engineer and Chef-extraordinaire Fletcher Nichol is fantastic. A couple weeks ago the Opscode Chef community demonstrated its agreement by awarding him...
View ArticleResponsive infrastructure with Opscode Chef–an introduction
Sam Cooper works as an Infrastructure Automation Engineer at Blue Box, specializing in Chef. He started working in the IT industry 12 years ago and for the last two and a half has focused on using...
View ArticleUsing Opscode Chef on Blue Box with Knife Bluebox
Sam Cooper works as an Infrastructure Automation Engineer at Blue Box, specializing in Chef. He started working in the IT industry 12 years ago and for the last two and a half has focused on using...
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