High Scalability

JUNE 22, 2018

Xtracerx : for me the biggest value to serverless functions is how nicely they tie in to the ecosystem of a cloud provider. Setting aside the network quality & performance, which is objectively superior with Google, outside of GCE almost every other GCP product is offered as a managed service. How bad is it?

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Artificial Intelligence 113

O'Reilly

MAY 19, 2020

AWS is far and away the cloud leader, followed by Azure (at more than half of share) and Google Cloud. but the fact remains that a proportion of enterprises either outsource their email hosting to Google, Microsoft, and other providers or subscribe to cloud office productivity services that (in most cases) bundle email hosting, too.

Cloud 141

Cloud Serverless AWS Architecture 141

Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Let’s look at some of the most popular Percona Database Performance Blog posts in 2018. We’ve had nearly 4 million visits to the blog in 2018: thank you! As 2018 moves into 2019, let’s take a quick look back at some of the most popular posts on the blog this year. And making lists. Top 10 Most Read.

Database 40

Database Tuning Performance AWS 40

KeyCDN

MARCH 14, 2019

Serverless Applications Managing your own server is so 2018. Serverless frameworks like Nuclio let you utilize cloud technology to reduce your workload, improve scaling and save money on unused resources. Major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud all support serverless services.

Development 101

Development Blockchain Serverless Social Media 101

O'Reilly

JANUARY 13, 2020

As we noted last year, the release of Java 11 in September 2018 brought a raft of new features, including many that give the release a significant, clear advantage for using containers. Google announced in May 2019 that Kotlin is now its preferred language for Android app developers , boosting the language’s already strong adoption.

Programming 130

Programming Java Google C++ 130

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

This post was originally published in July 2018 and was updated in July 2023. As of Aug 2018, Aurora provides another option that does not require provisioned capacity. It’s Aurora Serverless. What are the differences between Aurora and RDS? How do I choose which one to use? Further details can be found here.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

High Scalability

MAY 3, 2019

20% : global enterprises will have deployed serverless computing technologies by 2020. 61% : increase in average cyber attack losses from $229,000 last year to $369,000 this, a figure exceeding $700,000 for large firms versus just $162,000 in 2018. Microsoft was up 75 per cent to $3.4bn and Google grew a whopping 83 per cent to $2.3bn.

Internet 30

Internet Internet Scalability Serverless 30

High Scalability

JANUARY 24, 2019

For the first time in history, a VC-backed startup in 2018 was more likely to sell to a PE buyer than a fellow VC-backed company. The most famous of these companies—the so-called faangs, of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google—have seen their price-earnings ratios collapse by more than 60 percent in the past two years.

Internet 29

Internet Internet Scalability Games 29