All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Our straining database infrastructure on Oracle led us to evaluate if we could develop a purpose-built database that would support our business needs for the long term. Today, DynamoDB powers the next wave of high-performance, internet-scale applications that would overburden traditional relational databases.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Since we opened the first AWS EU Region in Ireland in November 2007, we have seen an acceleration of companies adopting the AWS Cloud. To support our customers’ growth, their digital transformation, and to speed up their innovation and lower the cost of running their IT, we continue to build out additional European infrastructure.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 4, 2017

The new region will give Nordic-based businesses, government organisations, non-profits, and global companies with customers in the Nordics, the ability to leverage the AWS technology infrastructure from data centers in Sweden. As well as AWS Regions, we also have 24 AWS Edge Network Locations in Europe. That’s 100% faster.

AWS 116

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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. Rob Hirschfeld of RackN had this perspective on the impact of AI on his domain of infrastructure automation.

Social Media 98

Social Media Innovation Open Source Entertainment 98

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). The initial implementation was removed from Blink post-fork and re-implemented on new infrastructure several years later. Converging Views.

Media 145

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Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One of the top players in web performance, Ilya is a web performance engineer at Google, co-chair of the W3C Web Performance Working Group , and author of High Performance Browser Networking. Barry is a professional software developer who has nearly two decades of industry experience developing and supporting software and infrastructure.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

A social network without notifications? Translation: "Why did you break functionality that has been a foundational part of iOS since 2007?" Indeed, many OSes have created the sort of integration infrastructure that Apple describes. Removal of one would be a crisis. Apple's engineering the PWApocalypse.

Storage 100

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