The Morning Paper

JUNE 6, 2019

Towards federated learning at scale: system design Bonawitz et al., SysML 2019. This is a high level paper describing Google’s production system for federated learning. At the core of the system is a federated learning approach called Federated Averaging , with an optional extension for Secure Aggregation.

Systems 71

Systems Design Google Servers 71

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In this blog post, we will introduce speech and music detection as an enabling technology for a variety of audio applications in Film & TV, as well as introduce our speech and music activity detection (SMAD) system which we recently published as a journal article in EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing.

Architecture 224

Architecture Energy Benchmarking Processing 224

Dynatrace

JANUARY 20, 2020

Having released this functionality in a Preview Release back in October 2019, we’re now happy to announce the General Availability of our SAP ABAP real user monitoring. Which users, and on which systems? Understand real user experience in your SAP ABAP system—SAP ECC and S/4HANA. Dynatrace news.

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Monitoring Performance Infrastructure Network 152

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on. I also wrote about these topics in detail for my recent [Systems Performance 2nd Edition] book.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

which is difficult when troubleshooting distributed systems. Reconstructing a streaming session was a tedious and time consuming process that involved tracing all interactions (requests) between the Netflix app, our Content Delivery Network (CDN), and backend microservices.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 2, 2019

October 2, 2019 – ScaleGrid, a rapidly growing leader in the Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) space, has just launched their new fully managed Hosting on Azure for Redis™ service. PALO ALTO, Calif., Cloud reliability has never been so important,” says Dharshan Rangegowda, Founder and CEO of ScaleGrid.

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Azure Availability Open Source Virtualization 100

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

50 ways to leak your data: an exploration of apps’ circumvention of the Android permissions system Reardon et al., USENIX Security Symposium 2019. Side-channels are typically an unintentional consequence of a complicated system. Each app was then executed on a physical mobile phone equipped with a custom OS and network monitor.

Systems 74

Systems Traffic Network Google 74

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. In 2019, Netflix moved thousands of container hosts to bare metal.

AWS 37

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 37

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! CXL in a way allows a custom memory controller to be added to a system, to increase memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Scalegrid

MAY 2, 2019

With MongoDB deployments, failovers aren’t considered major events as they were with traditional database management systems. 1305:12 @(shell):1:1 2019-04-18T19:44:42.261+0530 I NETWORK [thread1] trying reconnect to SG-example-1.servers.mongodirector.com:27017 168:1 DB.prototype.adminCommand@src/mongo/shell/db.js:185:1

Testing 55

Testing Network Database Servers 55

O'Reilly

JANUARY 13, 2020

” Despite the slow rate of adoption, Java’s six-month release cadence has been trucking along—Java 12 dropped in March 2019, with Java 13 following in September. 2019 brought another surprise when Oracle moved Java SE to a subscription-based model. Or do people just not know about the benefits of 11 in containers?”

Programming 133

Programming Java Google C++ 133

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Back in October of 2019, “Perl 6” was renamed to “Raku”. With the goals of sharing, openness and mentoring, you’re in for some great articles about systems administration topics written by fellow sysadmins. Tune in each day for an article that explores the wide range of topics in system administration. 24 Accessibility (2019).

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Design Development Programming Website 109

Sutter's Mill

JULY 25, 2019

The top-voted primary topic categories correlate well with the results we saw in the 2019 global C++ developer survey open-ended write-in questions for ‘if you could change one thing about C++’ and ‘any other feedback.’ Here’s a 35-page PDF of the full results. The following are some highlights.

C++ 98

C++ Programming Network Efficiency 98

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on. I also wrote about these topics in detail for my recent [Systems Performance 2nd Edition] book.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Embedded C. # # Tone generation from: [link] # # 29-Apr-2019 Brendan Gregg Created this. Miller (networking maintainer) recently asked if I still used my "noisy typewriter", which I had turned on a little too loud during a [LISA 2016] demo. This is not my best code, since I hacked it in a hurry, but here it is: #!/usr/bin/python

C++ 102

C++ Education Java AWS 102

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The Region will be in the heart of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and we're aiming to have it ready by early 2019. I'm also excited to announce today that we are launching an AWS Edge Network Location in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first quarter of 2018.

Cloud 152

Cloud Education Energy Government 152

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With this launch, AWS now provides 49 Availability Zones, with another 12 Availability Zones and four Regions in Bahrain, Hong Kong, Sweden, and a second AWS GovCloud (US) Region expected to come online by early 2019. These teams are helping customers and partners of all sizes, including systems integrators and ISVs, to move to the cloud.

AWS 112

AWS Artificial Intelligence Education Energy 112

ACM Sigarch

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In particular, she highlighted her transformative MIT’78 VLSI System Design Course she designed and taught as a Visiting Professor of EECS at MIT. Editor’s note: Sophia was one of the recipients of the Best Paper Award at MICRO 2019.

Hardware 18

Hardware Architecture Programming Innovation 18

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! CXL in a way allows a custom memory controller to be added to a system, to increase memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2019

2019-08-23T13:30:59+02:00. 2019-08-23T13:06:42+00:00. In the network tab of the developer console you can check that we have not loaded the complete image, but only a small part. Network console when loading the preview image ( Large preview ). Network console when loading the preview image as data URI ( Large preview ).

Network 104

Network Servers Programming Code 104

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 2, 2019

October 2, 2019 – ScaleGrid, a rapidly growing leader in the Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) space, has just launched their new fully managed Redis on Azure service. PALO ALTO, Calif., The demand for Redis is skyrocketing across dozens of use cases, particularly for cache, queues, geospatial data, and high speed transactions.

Azure 37

Azure Cloud Open Source Virtualization 37

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

2019-01-15T13:30:32+01:00. 2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. This includes the work done by the server, the client and the intermediary communications networks that transmit data between the two. All of the major browsers provide developer tools that allow us to measure network activity. Reduce Network Requests.

Website Performance 74

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 74

Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Embedded C. # # Tone generation from: [link] # # 29-Apr-2019 Brendan Gregg Created this. Miller (networking maintainer) recently asked if I still used my "noisy typewriter," which I had turned on a little too loud during a [LISA 2016] demo. This is not my best code, since I hacked it in a hurry, but here it is: #!/usr/bin/python

C++ 52

C++ Education Java AWS 52

Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Embedded C. # # Tone generation from: [link] # # 29-Apr-2019 Brendan Gregg Created this. Miller (networking maintainer) recently asked if I still used my "noisy typewriter," which I had turned on a little too loud during a [LISA 2016] demo. This is not my best code, since I hacked it in a hurry, but here it is: #!/usr/bin/python

C++ 52

C++ Education Java AWS 52

High Scalability

JANUARY 4, 2019

It's HighScalability time: Solar system? By replacing branch-heavy algorithms with neural networks, the DBMS can profit from these hardware trends.". Nope, the beauty is in your head— neural art. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon. Need cloud? Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10 (34 almost 5 star reviews).

Internet 29

Internet Internet Scalability Healthcare 29

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 27, 2019

arXiv 2019. In the image space, saliency maps show us where the network is looking, but even they don’t tell us what it is truly looking at. CORELS is a machine learning system designed to find such optimal logical models. Scoring systems. Scoring systems are used pervasively through medicine. Logical models.

Healthcare 70

Healthcare Energy Network Design 70

O'Reilly

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The most obvious change 5G might bring about isn’t to cell phones but to local networks, whether at home or in the office. High-speed networks through 5G may represent the next generation of cord cutting. Those waits can be significant, even if you’re on a corporate network. Let’s get back to home networking.

Wireless 53

Wireless Serverless IoT Artificial Intelligence 53

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

2019-04-29T18:34:58+00:00. Studying your network waterfall chart in developer tools will show this delay up under the category of “Waiting (TTFB)”. It could involve running content through templating systems, making API calls out to third party services, and maybe even things like sending emails or resizing images.

Servers 88

Servers Performance Metrics Database 88

O'Reilly

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Visionaries are hoping to leverage blockchains to provide a secure, universal data sharing infrastructure that can help solve decades-long problems endemic to the health care system. More than 100 companies are involved with IBM’s Food Trust network, including many consumer packaged goods companies and grocery retailers.

Blockchain 64

Blockchain Retail Innovation Healthcare 64

Apica

MAY 10, 2019

2019 will go down as the year when giants collided over who is streaming the right content to win the growing market demand and dollars. Global consumers have high expectations for seamless access via wireless and mobile networks, regardless of their location and the complex, technological components underneath.

Testing 40

Testing Performance Social Media Wireless 40

The Morning Paper

APRIL 11, 2019

UPDATE 2019-04-14: An author update has been published for this paper which details that with current browser versions, ServiceWorkers can only stay alive for about a minute after the user navigates away from the site. There is no low-level networking access, but HTTP request methods and the HTTP body can of course be controlled.

Website 44

Website Network Traffic Cache 44

Tasktop

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

09This time last year, in November 2019, and a year after the official publication of Project to Product , the best-selling book by Tasktop founder & CEO, Dr. Mik Kersten, internal conversations began within Tasktop about launching a new podcast featuring Mik and industry leaders. Listen now. Mik + Adrian Cockcroft. Listen now.

Innovation 52

Innovation Strategy Metrics Technology 52

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This can be a problem in a lot of content management systems such as WordPress or Magento, because theme developers tend to scale images down in responsive themes using CSS. Well, according to HTTP Archive , as of June 1, 2019 the average desktop page is 1,896.8 It is usually recommended that you upload images at scale.

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Social Media Media Google Website 106

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

iOS empowers developers to easily parallelize code using Grand Central Dispatch , Android does this via their new, unified task scheduler WorkManager and game engines like Unity have job systems. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. The Main Thread Is Overworked And Underpaid ,” Surma, Chrome Dev Summit 2019 (Video). Web Workers.

Games 145

Games Architecture Code C++ 145

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In 2019, Gartner reported that 30% of organizations worldwide were running containerized applications. To function effectively, containers need to be able to communicate with each other and with network services. However, to be secure, containers must be properly isolated from each other and from the host system itself.

Open Source 243

Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network 243

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

As per April 2019 data of Statistica[1], the global mobile population accounted for 4 billion unique users. It also lets you perform mobile website testing on throttling network conditions – a scenario that is so real in today’s world where the usage of mobile internet is rising at an alarming rate! Mobile Friendliness Testing.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 3, 2019

USENIX Security Symposium 2019. A dataset of 113 million emails… The study is conducted in conjunction with Barracuda Networks, who obtained customer permission to use email data from the Office 365 employee mailboxes of 92 different organisations. Detecting and characterizing lateral phishing at scale Ho et al.,

Strategy 62

Strategy Network Availability Systems 62