QuickBooks Cloud Computing (New Blog Post Announced)

Sept. 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Learn how to use Amazon's EC2 to host your own QB.

The Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a Web-based service that allows business subscribers to run application programs in the Amazon.com computing environment. This includes accounting programs (but not limited) to QuickBooks. The EC2 can serve as a practically unlimited set of virtual computers. Imagine being able to easily ramp up processing speed during tax season or month end. These are what accountants’ dreams are made of.

To use the EC2, a subscriber creates an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) containing the operating system, application programs and configuration settings. Then the AMI is uploaded to the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and registered with Amazon EC2, creating a so-called AMI identifier (AMI ID). Once this has been done, the subscriber can requisition virtual machines on an as-needed basis.

Read more at http://www.hometeamaccounting.com/certified-professional-cloud-accountant/quickbooks-cloud-computing/