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Observability platform vs. observability tools

Dynatrace

Complex information systems fail in unexpected ways. Observability gives developers and system operators real-time awareness of a highly distributed system’s current state based on the data it generates. With observability, teams can understand what part of a system is performing poorly and how to correct the problem.

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The Surprising Effectiveness of Non-Overlapping, Sensitivity-Based Performance Models

John McCalpin

The presentation discusses a family of simple performance models that I developed over the last 20 years — originally in support of processor and system design at SGI (1996-1999), IBM (1999-2005), and AMD (2006-2008), but more recently in support of system procurements at The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) (2009-present).

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A Clash of Mindsets: When New Products Depend on Existing Products

Strategic Tech

The system needs to be highly reliable because even just a little downtime can alienate loyal customers. Google Maps started life in 2005 as a desktop application for getting from point A to point B. Two particularly relevant patterns are Efficiency Enables Evolution and Higher Order Systems Create New Sources of Worth.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

In 2005, in “ What is Web 2.0? ,” I made the case that the companies that had survived the dotcom bust had all in one way or another become experts at “harnessing collective intelligence.” Google, for example, invented the Large Language model architecture that underlies today’s disruptive AI startups.

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How to Avoid Vendor Lock In

IO River

Therefore, there might be cases where your system could experience a downtime during the migration process. For example, Akamai introduced ASI in 2005, which became the standard for building new websites. How does vendor lock-in occur? Akamai tried to convince many users to use this new framework. ‍‍Is Vendor Lock-in a Bad Thing?

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Top 8 Best Backend Frameworks

KeyCDN

They are responsible for the implementation of database systems, ensuring proper communication between various web services, generating backend functionality, and more. Laravel follows the MVC architectural pattern and was built to facilitate extensive backend development.

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AWS EC2 Virtualization 2017: Introducing Nitro

Brendan Gregg

It's amazing to recall that it was even possible to virtualize x86 before processors had hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT-x and AMD-V), which were added in 2005 and 2006. They were being launched piecemeal, improving performance of pre-Nitro systems. AWS has a name for their Bare Metal platform: it's the "Nitro system".