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

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

You’ve probably heard about Serverless Functions, but if you haven’t, Serverless Functions provide functionality typically associated with server-side technologies that can be implemented alongside front-end code without getting caught up in server-side infrastructures. Here’s a CodeSandbox example of the full raw response.

Serverless 112

Serverless Cloud Website Servers 112

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Understanding how mobile OSes undermine browser choice requires a nuanced understanding of OS and browser technology. The power dynamics of these situations are starkly different, even though "web technology" is used to render content in each case. It's no wonder that few commenters are connecting the dots. [2].

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

ScaleOut Software

MAY 15, 2014

We have spent a great deal of time at ScaleOut Software re-architecting our in-memory data grid (IMDG)’s code base to make best use of many cores and large memory. Running AppFabric caching in production typically requires the use of a domain and is deeply tied into the Windows Server infrastructure. Testing Scale-Up Performance.

Cache 40

Cache Servers Network Design 40

Alex Russell

AUGUST 20, 2015

This illustrates what happens when experiments inadvertently become critical infrastructure. In technology as in life there is no stasis, only various speeds of growth or decay. We know from experience developing software of all kinds that more iteration yields better results. It has happened before. Global usage caps.

Programming 54

Programming Google Infrastructure Engineering 54

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Today Amazon Web Services launched AWS OpsWorks , a flexible application management solution with automation tools that enable you to model and control your applications and their supporting infrastructure. You can also define the software configuration for each layer, including installation scripts and initialization tasks.

AWS 157

AWS Cloud Architecture Infrastructure 157

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. The Dynamo paper was well-received and served as a catalyst to create the category of distributed database technologies commonly known today as "NoSQL."

Internet 128

Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. s Dynamo technology , which was one of the first non-relational databases developed at Amazon. In response, we began to develop a collection of storage and database technologies to address the demanding scalability and reliability requirements of the Amazon.com ecommerce platform.

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 8, 2014

In 2012, we launched Amazon DynamoDB, the successor to Amazon Dynamo. We built DynamoDB as a fully-managed service because we wanted to enable our customers, both internal and external, to focus on their application rather than being distracted by undifferentiated heavy lifting like dealing with hardware and software maintenance.

Availability 145

Availability Performance Scalability AWS 145

All Things Distributed

MAY 15, 2014

This is the promise – and the reality – of cloud computing which is driving tremendous change in the technology industry and transforming how we do business in Europe and around the world. Cloud computing unlocks innovation within organisations of all types and sizes.

Cloud 123

Cloud Innovation AWS Government 123