O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

The answer can be found in the theory of economic rents, and in particular, in the kinds of rents that are collected by companies during different stages of the technology business cycle. Then the cycle begins again with a new class of competitors, who are forced to explore new, disruptive technologies that reset the entire market.

Social Media 101

Social Media Google Internet Internet 101

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

We have supported the development of technology skills across the region with Training and Certification programs to help customers develop skills to design, deploy, and operate their infrastructure and applications on the AWS Cloud. This provides students and educators with the resources needed to accelerate cloud-related learning.

Cloud 154

Cloud Education Energy Government 154

SQL Performance

JULY 11, 2019

There were some complications, as you can imagine; Plan Explorer is written using desktop technologies, and ADS is a whole new world. Connecting to SQL Server 2012 or better, or Azure SQL Database. An updated icon set, with alternates designed for dark themes, is in the works. or newer ( July announcement post ).NET

Azure 90

Azure Servers Tuning Operating System 90

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

This paper tells the story of Let’s Encrypt, from it’s early beginnings in 2012/13 all the way to becoming the world’s largest HTTPS Certificate Authority (CA) today – accounting for more currently valid certificates than all other browser-trusted CAs combined. CCS’19.

Internet 119

Internet Internet Open Source Transportation 119

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It's an important vendor-neutral space to share the latest in technology. USENIX has been a great help to my career and my employers, and I hope it is just as helpful for you. And now, helping bring USENIX conferences to Australia by giving the first keynote: I could not have scripted or expected it. It was a great privilege.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g.,

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The cheapest (high volume) Androids perform like 2012/2013 iPhones, respectively. If those specs sound eerily familiar, it's perhaps because they're identical to 2016's $200USD Moto G4 , all the way down to the 2011-vintage 28nm SoC process node used to fab the chip's anemic, 2012-vintage A53 cores. Tap for a larger version.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Randon ASCII

JANUARY 17, 2023

Raymond Chen gives several reasons for why Windows Error Reporting doesn’t restart crashed processes before uploading the report (circa 2012) but I don’t find those reasons entirely compelling, especially in the start-menu case. There is also some confusion about the behavior – maybe the design has changed in the last ten years.

Programming 114

Programming Processing Code Performance 114

ACM Sigarch

APRIL 26, 2018

BPU: Brain Processing Unit is the design of the AI chips by Horizon Robotics. With its modular architecture, DLA is scalable, highly configurable, and designed to simplify integration and portability. The IPU design supports both training and inference, and is a memory-centric design.

Hardware 99

Hardware Artificial Intelligence Architecture Google 99

SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

When we released Always On Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012 as a new and powerful way to achieve high availability, hardware environments included NUMA machines with low-end multi-core processors and SATA and SAN drives for storage (some SSDs). The rapid acceleration in technology brought on a new discovery and paradigm.

Availability 40

Availability Servers Hardware Benchmarking 40

SQL Performance

AUGUST 15, 2019

There were some complications, as you can imagine; Plan Explorer is written using desktop technologies, and ADS is a whole new world. Connecting to SQL Server 2012 or better, or Azure SQL Database. Alternate icons designed for dark themes are in the works. First, ensure you meet our requirements: Azure Data Studio 1.9.0

Azure 50

Azure Servers Tuning Operating System 50

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 20, 2012

By Werner Vogels on 21 August 2012 12:01 AM. From selecting the right technology, to maintaining multi-site facilities, to dealing with exponential and often unpredictable growth, to ensuring long-term digital integrity, digital archiving can be a major headache. designed for 11 ninesâ??) All Things Distributed. Comments ().

Storage 122

Storage Cloud AWS Media 122

Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Time for the long-running (since way back in 2012 !) The responsive image discussion is the Never Ending Story of web technology. annual tradition of listing the top five most popular posts on this site of the past year. Here are 2013’s favorites, in order of popularity. Why We Need Responsive Images. Windows Phone 8 and Device-Width.

Media 40

Media Design Technology Technology 40

O'Reilly Software

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. I'm offering an overview of my perspective on the field, which I hope is a unique and interesting take on it, in order to provide context for the work at hand: devising a winning technology strategy for your business.

Strategy 100

Strategy Architecture Technology Technology 100

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 3, 2019

Inclusive Design Patterns by Heydon Pickering 4 ⁄ 5 I’ve written a full review for this one. Designing Interface Animation by Val Head 5 ⁄ 5 I’ve written a full review for this one. The Real World of Technology by Ursula Franklin 4 ⁄ 5 I’ve written a full review for this one. Past years.

Entertainment 40

Entertainment Technology Technology Design 40

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Understanding how mobile OSes undermine browser choice requires a nuanced understanding of OS and browser technology. The benefits to apps that adopt WebView-based IABs are numerous: WebViews are system components designed for use within other apps. It's no wonder that few commenters are connecting the dots. [2].

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

SQL Server According to Bob

JUNE 3, 2016

The new column store engine and query processing technology could increase query performance up to 100X and the new In-memory OLTP engine can process 1.25million batches/sec on a single 4 socket server, which is more than 3X of SQL 2014. “ – Rohan Kumar, Director of SQL Software Engineering.

Hardware 40

Hardware Software Engineering Transportation Scalability 40

Alex Russell

AUGUST 20, 2015

Recall that in 2012, Google, Apple, Blackberry, and a host of other vendors were all shipping browsers based on a single CSS engine (WebKit) without changing the -webkit- prefixes to be vendor-specific ; e.g. Clearly, a need for new features trumps interoperability and pollution concerns. This is natural and, perhaps even healthy.

Programming 54

Programming Google Infrastructure Engineering 54

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 1, 2020

It’s easier to set up your content on a traditional CMS as everything you need (content management, design, etc) are already available. Since the frontend and backend are separated from each other, it makes it possible for you to pick which front-end technology suits your needs. Traditional CMS Cons. Traditional CMS e.g Contentful.

Open Source 103

Open Source Website Mobile Code 103

Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism by Judy Wajcman 4 ⁄ 5 This is a really interesting take on the topic of technology and its influence on the widespread feeling of not having enough time in the day. While most books on the topic place the blame directly on the technology itself, Wajcman digs much deeper.

Social Media 40

Social Media Education Design Technology 40

ScaleOut Software

MAY 15, 2014

A Few Words on Design Philosophy: Keep It Simple. AppFabric caching does not share this design approach and requires the configuration of numerous components , including security policies, SQL Server or a network file share with the appropriate permissions, “lead” hosts , etc. In Summary: Design for Ease of Use and High Performance.

Cache 40

Cache Servers Network Design 40

Tim Kadlec

DECEMBER 31, 2014

For web-specific titles: Responsible Responsive Design , Designing for Performance and The Manual (I’m just going to cheat and say read all the issues). Crux by Ramez Naam 4 ⁄ 5 Crux picked up where Nexus left off, letting us see the impact of a post-human technology being used by the masses.

Design 40

Design Tuning Mobile Technology 40

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Today we have a wealth of tools, both OSS and commercial, all designed for cloud-native environments. To improve availability, we designed systems where components could fail separately and avoid single points of failure. In 2010, however, nearly none of it existed: the CNCF wasn’t formed until 2015!

Traffic 220

Traffic Latency Cloud C++ 220

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Fast-forward 30 years, and website technology has changed significantly — we have images, stylesheets, JavaScript, streaming video, AJAX, animation, WebSockets, WebGL, rounded corners in CSS — the list goes on. In 2012, Dave Cole published a post on How we build CMS free websites. More after jump! Let’s fix that!

Ecommerce 139

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

OpsWorks is designed for IT administrators and ops-minded developers who want an easy way to manage applications of nearly any scale and complexity without sacrificing control. OpsWorks is designed to support a wide variety of application architectures and can work with any software that has a scripted installation. Contact Info.

AWS 157

AWS Cloud Architecture Infrastructure 157

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” That came to mind when a friend raised a point about emerging technology’s fractal nature. ” There’s as much Keras, TensorFlow, and Torch today as there was Hadoop back in 2010-2012. It just kept shuffling the designs that satisfied its fitness function until the process finally converged.

Hardware 98

Hardware Storage Big Data Blockchain 98

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

By Werner Vogels on 28 November 2012 09:00 AM. The nodes themselves are designed specifically for data warehousing workloads. We designed Amazon Redshift with integration and compatibility in mind. I look forward to seeing how our customers put this technology to work. Expanding the Cloud â?? Comments ().

Cloud 164

Cloud Storage Architecture Scalability 164

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Designed with High Availability in mind. For streaming technology, Netflix utilizes a variety of options such as Kafka, SQS, Kinesis, and even Netflix specific streaming solutions such as Keystone. We designed the framework to minimize database impact. Hence, downstream consumers receive change events as they occur on a source.

Database 197

Database Traffic Transportation Open Source 197

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Designed with High Availability in mind. For streaming technology, Netflix utilizes a variety of options such as Kafka, SQS, Kinesis, and even Netflix specific streaming solutions such as Keystone. We designed the framework to minimize database impact. Writing events to any output. Dumps can be paused and resumed as needed.

Database 212

Database Traffic Transportation Open Source 212

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

With these requirements in mind, and a willingness to question the status quo, a small group of distributed systems experts came together and designed a horizontally scalable distributed database that would scale out for both reads and writes to meet the long-term needs of our business. This was the genesis of the Amazon Dynamo database.

Internet 130

Internet Internet AWS Performance 130

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. Amazon DynamoDB â??

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Strategic Tech

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Empowered teams benefit from domain empowerment and technology empowerment Even when domains and value streams are established, there is a need for continuous evolution. I discovered Kanban and WIP limits in 2012 and I’ve been a huge believer ever since. But it’s not like you can just sprinkle on WIP limits?

Software Architecture 98

Software Architecture Architecture DevOps Software 98

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 8, 2014

We designed DynamoDB to operate with at least 99.999% availability. In 2012, we launched Amazon DynamoDB, the successor to Amazon Dynamo. It was designed to give developers flexibility and minimal operational overhead without compromising on scale, availability, durability, or performance.

Availability 145

Availability Performance Scalability AWS 145