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All of Netflix’s HDR video streaming is now dynamically optimized

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As noted in an earlier blog post , we began developing an HDR variant of VMAF; let’s call it HDR-VMAF. In spite of reaching higher qualities than the fixed ladder, the HDR-DO ladder, on average, occupies only 58% of the storage space compared to fixed-bitrate ladder. Yes, we are committed to supporting the open-source community.

Open Source

Open Source Software Engineering Internet Internet

What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

In this blog post, we explain what Greenplum is, and break down the Greenplum architecture, advantages, major use cases, and how to get started. High performance, query optimization, open source and polymorphic data storage are the major Greenplum advantages. Polymorphic Data Storage. What Exactly is Greenplum? Major Use Cases.

Big Data

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source

Serverless Reference Architectures with AWS Lambda

All Things Distributed

JUNE 10, 2016

The specific example application provided in this repository enables users to upload photos and notes using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon API Gateway respectively. This simple architecture is described in the "Fanout S3 Event Notifications to Multiple Endpoints" blog post on the AWS Compute Blog.

Lambda

Lambda Serverless AWS Architecture

Serverless Reference Architecture with AWS Lambda

All Things Distributed

MAY 10, 2016

The specific example application provided in this repository enables users to upload photos and notes using Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon API Gateway respectively. This simple architecture is described in the "Fanout S3 Event Notifications to Multiple Endpoints" blog post on the AWS Compute Blog.

Lambda

Lambda Serverless AWS Architecture

Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

In almost every area, Apple's low-quality implementation of features WebKit already supports requires workarounds not necessary for Firefox (Gecko) or Chrome/Edge/Brave/Samsung Internet (Blink). webcam access via getUserMedia() or the Media Session API ) may attend deceptively small expansions in exposed API surface. Media Recorder.

Media

Media Games Education Engineering

Understanding How MySQL Collation and Charset Settings Impact Performance

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This blog was originally published in February 2019 and was updated in September 2023. Web applications rely on databases to run the internet, powering everything from e-commerce platforms to social media networks to streaming services. It specifies how characters are converted into binary code and vice-versa.

Performance

Performance Storage Social Media Database

Top 9 web development trends to expect in 2022

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

To make it easier for you, in this blog, we will discuss the latest web development trends that will evolve in 2022. Internet of Things (IoT). Besides that, these apps do well in areas with a slow internet connection. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data.

Blockchain

Blockchain IoT Development Serverless

Hacking with AWS at The Next Web Hackaton - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

MARCH 24, 2011

Over the past years The Next Web Conference has become a premier conference on internet life and its technologies. The TNW team is doing a great job in getting an excellent program together that draws an audience from around the world, not just Europe, and there is an interesting mix of startups, enterprises, investors and media attending.

AWS

AWS Internet Internet Storage

No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 17, 2011

As some of you may remember I was pretty excited when Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) released its website feature such that I could serve this weblog completely from S3. But I really want a setup that allows me to thinker with the blog where ever I am (e.g. at 30,000 feet). Jekyll also is a static website generator.

Servers

Servers Social Media AWS Website

Spot Instances - Increased Control - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

Spot Instances are ideal for use cases like web and data crawling, financial analysis, grid computing, media transcoding, scientific research, and batch processing. To get started using Spot or for more details visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance web page, the AWS developer blog , and the EC2 Release Notes. Contact Info. Werner Vogels.

AWS

AWS Storage Cloud Big Data

This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

There were blog posts by Jeff Barr The Cluster GPU Instance and James Hamilton HPC in the Cloud with GPGPUs , as well as my background posting: Expanding the Cloud - Adding the Incredible Power of the Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter.

AWS

AWS Cloud Benchmarking Storage

AWS Elastic Beanstalk: A Quick and Simple Way into the Cloud - All.

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

A whole range of innovative new services, ranging from media conversion to geo-location-context services have been developed by our customers using this flexibility and are available in the AWS ecosystem. More information on the launch can be found on the AWS developer blog. blog comments powered by Disqus. Contact Info.

AWS

AWS Cloud Java Operating System

Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2.

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

Other industries using Amazon EC2 for HPC-style workloads include pharmaceuticals, oil exploration, industrial and automotive design, media and entertainment, and more. blog comments powered by Disqus. he posts material that doesnt belong on this blog or on twitter. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

Cloud

Cloud AWS Automotive Latency

Optimizing Web Performance: Understanding Waterfall Charts

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

Some of those factors include the following: URL Test Location Browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, mobile browsers etc…) Connection Number of Tests Repeat View Elements Used in Waterfall Charts Interactive Slider : The Interactive Slider is an indicator of the performance of each element in terms of milliseconds. Waiting time.

Performance

Performance Cache Website Speed

Hobson's Browser

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

I've got a long blog post brewing on this, but jumping to the end, an operable definition is: A browser is an application that can register with an OS to handle http and https navigations by default. Modern browsers like Chrome and Samsung Internet support a long list of features that make web apps more powerful and keep users safer.

Google

Google Mobile Engineering Internet

Testing a mobile application – 16 steps you should not miss

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For example, a mobile application where users can play different types of media from the internet may want to switch to the strongest network connection available. When dealing with user data, it is important to ensure that user data remains secure in all stages of collection, storage and processing. Signup for free.

Mobile

Mobile Testing Network Analytics

Optimizing Web Performance: Understanding Waterfall Charts

Dotcom-Montior

MAY 6, 2020

Browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, mobile browsers etc…). The solution for this specific problem is that the user should optimize media by reducing the size of the images without lowering their quality. As you can see, there are a lot of different elements that come into play during page’s load time. Test Location.

Performance

Performance Cache Website Speed

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon EC2 Spot Instances - All Things.

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2009

These can be incidental tasks, such as the analysis of a particular dataset, or tasks where the amount of work to be done is almost never finished, such as media conversion from a Hollywoods studios movie vault, or web crawling for a search indexing company. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

Cloud

Cloud AWS Storage Innovation

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. So, if your year-over-year web performance metrics stay stable, that's usually a warning sign as you're actually regressing as the environment keeps improving ( details in a blog post by Gilles Dubuc ).

Performance

Performance Cache Media Metrics

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage.

All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage. Today a new storage option for Amazon S3 has been launched: Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage (RRS). This new storage option enables customers to reduce their costs by storing non-critical, reproducible data at lower levels of redundancy. Comments ().

Storage

Storage Cloud AWS Scalability

Music to my Ears - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

MARCH 28, 2011

Our smart phones and tablets are obvious examples, but many other devices are quickly gaining these capabilities; TV Sets and Hifi systems are internet enabled, and soon our treadmills and automobiles will be equally plugged into the digital world. blog comments powered by Disqus. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

AWS

AWS Cloud Storage Internet

Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editor's pick - All.

All Things Distributed

APRIL 19, 2010

Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editors pick. I am excited that Amazon Cloudfront has been selected as one of the 10 Editors pick of 2010 by Streaming Media. The Streaming Media editors singled out Cloudfront Streaming Content service as possibly truly disruptive. blog comments powered by Disqus. Comments ().

Media

Media AWS Storage Big Data

Technology Performance Pulse

All of Netflix’s HDR video streaming is now dynamically optimized

What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Trending Sources

Serverless Reference Architectures with AWS Lambda

Serverless Reference Architecture with AWS Lambda

Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Understanding How MySQL Collation and Charset Settings Impact Performance

Top 9 web development trends to expect in 2022

Hacking with AWS at The Next Web Hackaton - All Things Distributed

No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

Spot Instances - Increased Control - All Things Distributed

This week in review: GPUs, Zombies, Biomimicry and Tom Waits.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk: A Quick and Simple Way into the Cloud - All.

Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2.

Optimizing Web Performance: Understanding Waterfall Charts

Hobson's Browser

Testing a mobile application – 16 steps you should not miss

Optimizing Web Performance: Understanding Waterfall Charts

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon EC2 Spot Instances - All Things.

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Expanding the Cloud - Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage.

Music to my Ears - All Things Distributed

Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editor's pick - All.

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