Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

This blog post explores how AI observability enables organizations to predict and control costs, performance, and data reliability. Figure 1: Sample RAG architecture While this approach significantly improves the response quality of GenAI applications, it also introduces new challenges.

Cache 204

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ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In particular, recent research has begun to demonstrate that it is possible to perform security attacks on quantum computers. Otherwise, there is a risk of repeating many of the mistakes from classical computers where, for many years, security at the hardware and architecture levels was an afterthought.

Architecture 72

Architecture Hardware Programming Cloud 72

InfoQ

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During the recent Ignite conference, Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of partitioned namespaces feature for Azure Service Bus, which allows customers to use partitioning for the premium messaging tier. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Azure Availability Design Scalability 68

InfoQ

MARCH 24, 2021

Recently Microsoft announced Azure Monitor SQL Insights for Azure SQL in public preview. With the preview, customers will get a flexible canvas for telemetry collection, analysis, and rich custom visualization. By Steef-Jan Wiggers.

Azure 74

Azure Monitoring Design Servers 74

InfoQ

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Microsoft recently announced a comprehensive refresh of the Well-Architected Framework (WAF) for designing and running optimized workloads on Azure. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Spiraling cloud architecture and application costs have driven the need for new approaches to cloud spend. The result is smarter, data-driven solutions designed to manage cloud spend. FinOps helps engineering, development, finance, and business teams meet critical key performance indicators (KPIs) and fulfill service-level agreements.

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Cloud Strategy Retail Energy 195

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is a set of best practices and guidelines that help you design and operate reliable, secure, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable systems in the cloud. The framework comprises six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As cloud-native, distributed architectures proliferate, the need for DevOps technologies and DevOps platform engineers has increased as well. They have the ability to scale and meet changing business key performance indicators and requirements for continued success in the future. Microsoft Azure. Configuration management.

DevOps 191

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Or even on a plane.

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InfoQ

JULY 20, 2023

Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure Managed Lustre, a managed file system for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Azure Availability Systems Performance 40

DZone

JANUARY 8, 2024

As organizations increasingly migrate their applications to the cloud, efficient and scalable load balancing becomes pivotal for ensuring optimal performance and high availability. Load balancing is a critical component in cloud architectures for various reasons. What Is Load Balancing?

Azure 275

Azure Scalability Traffic Performance 275

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

AI algorithms embedded in cloud architecture automate repetitive processes, streamlining workloads and reducing the chance of human error. AI-driven resource allocation not only enhances the overall performance of cloud services but also contributes to substantial cost savings.

Artificial Intelligence 147

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Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

It focuses on aligning organizational needs with cloud services, balancing performance and cost, and ensuring compliance, security, and effective cost management. Pick combinations that are not just affordable but also high-performing. Find that sweet spot where the costs and performance balance out just right.

Strategy 130

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Tasktop

APRIL 20, 2021

Optimized performance in large scale Implementation. In this new release, we’re making all that even easier with a design facelift to this all-important area. Optimized Performance in Large Scale Implementations. 590) and Sharepoint (Azure AD). New exciting features include: Improved admin experience. Subscribe now.

Design 52

Design Healthcare Azure Government 52

Dynatrace

JUNE 7, 2023

” In recent years, cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM, and Google began offering Kubernetes as part of their managed services. Additionally, OpenShift is designed to meet the needs of industries with strong compliance and regulatory requirements, such as healthcare or finance.

Open Source 206

Open Source Social Media Infrastructure Operating System 206

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Percona

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Release highlights include: Docker images are now available for x86_64 architectures.

Open Source 79

Open Source Azure Servers Programming 79

Testsigma

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The type of applications that are being tested has changed as well, from (now) legacy client server-based applications to microservice-based or cloud-based architectures. API Tests are faster to design, execute and maintain. Performance or security tests are seen as a part of ‘hardening’ or release-level sprints.

Engineering 104

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Tech News Gather

MAY 27, 2024

Azure Container Instances (ACI) represents a breakthrough in cloud technology, offering a streamlined and cost-effective solution for running containers on Microsoft Azure. What is Azure Container Instances? This is where expert Microsoft Azure consulting projects becomes invaluable.

Azure 52

Azure Best Practices Virtualization Scalability 52

cdemi

DECEMBER 4, 2016

If the service is subjected to intermittent heavy loads, it can cause performance or reliability issues. Control Costs : You don't have to design your service to meet peak load, but rather average load. Modern software usually involves running tasks that invoke services. Considerations.

Design 47

Design Azure Scalability Latency 47

InfoQ

APRIL 8, 2019

In a recent blog post, Microsoft introduced the general availability (GA) of Azure Front Door (AFD), a scalable and secure entry point for web applications.

Azure 40

Azure Scalability Technology Technology 40

The Morning Paper

MARCH 8, 2020

This paper describes the design decisions behind the Snowflake cloud-based data warehouse. This paper presents Snowflake design and implementation along with a discussion on how recent changes in cloud infrastructure (emerging hardware, fine-grained billing, etc.) From shared-nothing to disaggregation. joins) during query processing.

Storage 112

Storage Engineering Cache Serverless 112

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cloud services platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP are reshaping how organizations deliver value to their customers, making cloud migration an increasingly attractive option for running applications. Improved performance and availability. The third big advantage of cloud migration is performance and availability. Read eBook now!

Cloud 165

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 165

Dynatrace

APRIL 19, 2023

Creating an ecosystem that facilitates data security and data privacy by design can be difficult, but it’s critical to securing information. When organizations focus on data privacy by design, they build security considerations into cloud systems upfront rather than as a bolt-on consideration. Why perform exclusion at two points?

Design 192

Design Storage Programming Analytics 192

ScaleOut Software

APRIL 6, 2021

With the ScaleOut Digital Twin Streaming Service , an Azure-hosted cloud service, ScaleOut Software introduced breakthrough capabilities for streaming analytics using the real-time digital twin concept. The management console installs as a set of Docker containers on the management server.

IoT 52

IoT Azure Analytics Healthcare 52

Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2022

As organizations adopt microservices architecture with cloud-native technologies such as Microsoft Azure , many quickly notice an increase in operational complexity. To guide organizations through their cloud migrations, Microsoft developed the Azure Well-Architected Framework. What is the Azure Well-Architected Framework?

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Azure Monitoring Virtualization Metrics 188

The Morning Paper

MARCH 19, 2020

Every once in a while though a point in the design space can be discovered where we don’t have to trade-off quality and cost, where we can have both a higher quality product and a lower unit cost. Those insights inform the policy design. ###Serverless in the real world, a service provider’s perspective.

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Serverless Cloud Azure Government 73

Dynatrace

JULY 7, 2022

Many organizations are taking a microservices approach to IT architecture. It’s easy to see why, with benefits such as better testing, easier deployment, faster performance, and more. However, in some cases, an organization may be better suited to another architecture approach. What is the monolithic architecture approach?

Architecture 200

Architecture Serverless Azure Programming 200

SQL Server According to Bob

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Microsoft engineering is actually sending quite a few folks over the Atlantic to come talk about SQL Server 2017, SQL Server on Linux, GDPR, Performance, Security, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure CosmosDB. SELECT * FROM Azure Cosmos DB – Andrew Liu.

Engineering 40

Engineering Azure Best Practices Servers 40

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Their design emphasizes increasing availability by spreading out files among different nodes or servers — this approach significantly reduces risks associated with losing or corrupting data due to node failure. Variations within these storage systems are called distributed file systems.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

To take full advantage of the scalability, flexibility, and resilience of cloud platforms, organizations need to build or rearchitect applications around a cloud-native architecture. So, what is cloud-native architecture, exactly? What is cloud-native architecture? The principles of cloud-native architecture.

Cloud 162

Cloud Architecture Serverless Infrastructure 162

ScaleOut Software

AUGUST 20, 2020

To make this possible, the Azure-based streaming service hosts a real-time digital twin for each data source. Digital twin models used in product lifecycle management (PLM) or in IoT device modeling (for example, Azure Digital Twins ) just describe the properties of physical entities, usually to allow querying by business processes.

Cloud 52

Cloud Development Analytics Azure 52

ScaleOut Software

AUGUST 20, 2020

To make this possible, the Azure-based streaming service hosts a real-time digital twin for each data source. Digital twin models used in product lifecycle management (PLM) or in IoT device modeling (for example, Azure Digital Twins ) just describe the properties of physical entities, usually to allow querying by business processes.

Cloud 52

Cloud Development Analytics Azure 52

The Symphonia

JUNE 19, 2018

I was fortunate to be both presenting a 2-day workshop (on AWS Serverless Architectures and Continuous Deployment) as well as hosting a full-day Serverless track of talks. Donna Malayeri gave a wonderful talk at a Serverless conference in New York last year, showing a sequence of surprising capabilities of Microsoft Azure. Great stuff!

Serverless 40

Serverless AWS DevOps Open Source 40

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

The architecture usually integrates several private, public, and on-premises infrastructures. Key Components of Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure A hybrid cloud architecture usually merges a public Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform with private computing assets and incorporates tools to manage these combined environments.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

It was – like the hypothetical movie I describe above – more than a little bit odd, as you could leave a session discussing ever more abstract layers of virtualization and walk into one where they emphasized the critical importance of pinning a network interface to a specific VM for optimal performance. The “Public Private Cloud” folks.

Hardware 56

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 56

ScaleOut Software

JULY 14, 2021

The Microsoft Azure IoT ecosystem offers a rich set of capabilities for processing IoT telemetry, from its arrival in the cloud through its storage in databases and data lakes. Acting as a switchboard for incoming and outgoing messages, Azure IoT Hub forms the core of these capabilities.

IoT 52

IoT Azure Analytics Serverless 52