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Platform Engineering Teams Done Right…

Adrian Cockcroft

We used this model effectively at Netflix when I was their cloud architect from 2010 through 2013. The virtualization and networking platform could be datacenter based, with something like VMware, or cloud based using one of the cloud providers such as AWS EC2.

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Expanding the Cloud – An AWS Region is coming to Hong Kong

All Things Distributed

In 2010, we opened our first AWS Region in Singapore and since then have opened additional regions: Japan, Australia, China, Korea, and India. Beyond running their web properties and applications, Next Digital also uses Amazon RDS (database), Amazon ElastiCache (caching), and Amazon Redshift (data warehousing).

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Is MongoDB Open Source? Is Planet Earth Flat?

Percona

They came up with a horizontally scalable NoSQL database. Instead of relational (SQL) databases defined primarily through a hierarchy of related sets via tables and columns, their non-relational structure used a system of collections and documents. The effects have hit cloud vendors who can’t possibly compete with MongoDB.

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Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache - All Things.

All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache. There are many success stories about the effectiveness of caching in many different scenarios; next to helping applications achieving fast and predictable performance, it often protects databases from requests bursts and brownouts under overload conditions. Expanding the Cloud â??

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Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services - All.

All Things Distributed

Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. This week it is an opening for senior leaders with AWS Database Services. AWS Database Services is responsible for setting the database strategy and delivering distributed structured storage services to our AWS customers. Expanding the Cloud â?? Comments ().

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Expanding the Cloud - Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo.

All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing the AWS Asia Pacific (Tokyo) Region. A local AWS Region enables companies to deploy a global cloud platform for their operations. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Expanding the Cloud â??

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Expanding the Cloud - AWS Import/Export Support for Amazon EBS.

All Things Distributed

Expanding the Cloud - AWS Import/Export Support for Amazon EBS. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Expanding the Cloud â?? Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

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