Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 2, 2023

One example is that Netflix launched it’s streaming service in 2007, just at the point when the cost of streaming a movie over the network (which was dropping fast) became less than the cost of shipping a DVD. You need to be able to innovate fast enough to pivot or reinvent your business model and leverage the change.

Social Media 98

Social Media Innovation Open Source Entertainment 98

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 24, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. The papers are from 1987, 1997 and 2007. In 1997 Jim revisted his caculations with the help of Goetz Graefe , and it details the impact of 10 years of hardware and pricing progress. All Things Distributed. By Werner Vogels on 24 August 2012 04:00 PM.

Storage 108

Storage Hardware AWS Data Engineering 108

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

This blog is in reference to our previous ones for ‘Innodb Performance Optimizations Basics’ 2007 and 2013. Hardware Memory The amount of RAM to be provisioned for database servers can vary greatly depending on the size of the database and the specific requirements of the company.

Performance 124

Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 124

All Things Distributed

APRIL 4, 2017

In 2007, we opened our first AWS Region in Ireland and since then have opened additional regions, in Germany and the UK, with France still to come. After finding it cost prohibitive to use colocation centers in local markets where their users are based, iZettle decided to give up hardware.

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AWS Airlines Latency Games 116

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

After 20 years of neck-in-neck competition, often starting from common code lineages, there just isn't that much left to wring out of the system. Consistent improvement is the name of the game, and it can still have positive impacts, particularly as users lean on the system more heavily over time. PWA Install Prompts. Background Sync.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

A close monitoring of the hardware enthusiast community, including many of the most respected hardware analysts and reviewers paints an even more dire picture about Intel in the server processor space. This made it easier for database professionals to make the case for a hardware upgrade, and made the typical upgrade more worthwhile.

Servers 46

Servers Hardware Architecture Retail 46

The Agile Manager

JUNE 23, 2007

This might be a data centre where hardware uptime is guaranteed to process transactions, a timesheeting capability that is available on-demand, or development of a custom application to analyse asset backed securities. Look for another Capital Markets paper in July 2007. Traditionally, IT has been a risk assumer.

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