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What is function as a service? App development gets FaaS and furious

Dynatrace

The FaaS model of cloud computing debuted in 2014 with startups like hook.io. Cloud providers such as Google, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft also followed suit with frameworks such as Google Cloud Functions , AWS Lambda , and Microsoft Azure Functions. FaaS vs. monolithic architectures. Increased availability.

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What is container orchestration?

Dynatrace

Docker Swarm First introduced in 2014 by Docker, Docker Swarm is an orchestration engine that popularized the use of containers with developers. Kubernetes Also developed in 2014 and often referred to as K8s, Kubernetes has emerged as a de facto standard for container orchestration, surpassing Docker Swarm and Apache Mesos in popularity.

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What is cloud application security?

Dynatrace

If your app runs in a public cloud, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), the provider secures the infrastructure, while you’re responsible for security measures within applications and configurations. However, open source software is often a vector for security vulnerabilities.

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What is Kubernetes? Orchestrating the world at the age of a first grader

Dynatrace

The bold ones were building distributed architectures using SOA, trying to implement ESBs and this all looked good on paper but ended up being difficult to implement. . ? Containers and Microservices: R evolution in the architecture of distributed systems . ? GKE (Google Cloud Platform) . Cloud-native?

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What is Kubernetes? Orchestrating the world at the age of a first grader

Dynatrace

The bold ones were building distributed architectures using SOA, trying to implement ESBs and this all looked good on paper but ended up being difficult to implement. . ? Containers and Microservices: R evolution in the architecture of distributed systems . ? GKE (Google Cloud Platform) . Cloud-native?

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What is Kubernetes?

Dynatrace

Since Kubernetes emerged in 2014, it has become a popular solution for scaling, managing, and automating the deployments of containerized applications in distributed environments. Containers and microservices: A revolution in the architecture of distributed systems. Kubernetes forged by the rise of Google.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? That’s exactly what Google, Amazon, and Meta are doing today. They start to collect robber baron rents.