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., Ford, et al., “TCP on Upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs,” [link] Oct 2020 - [Liu 20] Linda Liu, “Samsung QVO vs EVO vs PRO: What’s the Difference?

Performance 121

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 121

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses,” [link] Mar 2020 - [Gregg 20] Brendan Gregg, “Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud, Second Edition,” Addison-Wesley, 2020 - [Hruska 20] Joel Hruska, “Intel Demos PCIe 5.0 Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 107

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 107

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In recent years, function-as-a-service (FaaS) platforms such as Google Cloud Functions (GCF) have gained popularity as an easy way to run code in a highly available, fault-tolerant serverless environment. What is Google Cloud Functions? GCF is part of the Google Cloud Platform.

Google 239

Google Cloud Serverless Azure 239

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Cloud certifications, specifically in AWS and Microsoft Azure, were most strongly associated with salary increases. As we’ll see later, cloud certifications (specifically in AWS and Microsoft Azure) were the most popular and appeared to have the largest effect on salaries. Many respondents acquired certifications.

Azure 145

Azure Programming AWS Social Media 145

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

TCP Extensions for Multipath Operation with Multiple Addresses,” [link] , Mar 2020 [Gregg 20] Brendan Gregg, “Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud, Second Edition,” Addison-Wesley, 2020 [Hruska 20] Joel Hruska, “Intel Demos PCIe 5.0 Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

Mastering Hybrid Cloud Strategy Are you looking to leverage the best private and public cloud worlds to propel your business forward? A hybrid cloud strategy could be your answer. This approach allows companies to combine the security and control of private clouds with public clouds’ scalability and innovation potential.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

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., Ford, et al., “TCP on Upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs,” [link] Oct 2020 - [Liu 20] Linda Liu, “Samsung QVO vs EVO vs PRO: What’s the Difference?

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

The company also releases MongoDB Atlas, promoting it as the most cost-effective way to run MongoDB in the Cloud. Some might say this marked the beginning of MongoDB’s “cloud push” escalation.) The effects have hit cloud vendors who can’t possibly compete with MongoDB. Is MongoDB free for commercial use?

Open Source 86

Open Source Programming Database Servers 86

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

those resources now belong to cloud providers, such as AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and others. Again, the benefit being that the code within your containers or virtual machines is managed by the cloud provider. No more having to worry about maintenance, patching, or scaling.

Serverless 57

Serverless Monitoring Lambda Latency 57

Dynatrace

JUNE 29, 2022

More than 90% of enterprises now rely on a hybrid cloud infrastructure to deliver innovative digital services and capture new markets. That’s because cloud platforms offer flexibility and extensibility for an organization’s existing infrastructure. What is hybrid cloud architecture?

Infrastructure 206

Infrastructure Cloud Azure AWS 206

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

What is workload in cloud computing? Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. The environments, which were previously isolated, are now working seamlessly under central control.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 13, 2013

This year as I hosted AWS Summits in 12 different cities around the world, I met thousands of developers who are building powerful new applications for smartphones, tablets and other connected devices, all running mobile cloud backends on AWS. per million push notifications ($0.50 per million publishes and $0.50

Mobile 101

Mobile Development AWS Games 101

Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there is one question regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily : When should I use Aurora and when RDS MySQL ? We’ll note how some of the Linux parameter settings used OS tuning may vary according to different system types: physical, virtual or cloud.

Database 41

Database Tuning Performance AWS 41

Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. VMware commercialized the idea of virtual machines, and cloud providers embraced the same concept with services like Amazon EC2, Google Compute, and Azure virtual machines.

Serverless 246

Serverless Efficiency Lambda AWS 246

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Lifting and shifting applications from the data center to the cloud delivers only marginal benefits. Because cloud computing breaks application functions into many microservices, porting monolithic applications to the cloud unchanged can slow them down. So, what is cloud-native architecture, exactly? Declarative APIs.

Cloud 162

Cloud Architecture Serverless Infrastructure 162

O'Reilly

DECEMBER 2, 2019

We’ve seen the reaction to news that Amazon’s Echo and Google Home send recordings of conversations back to the server. But that’s also a problem that 5G vendors could solve; virtual LANs ( VLANs ) are hardly a new concept. What if all of your documents were in Google Docs, all of your music was in your favorite streaming service?

Wireless 53

Wireless Serverless IoT Artificial Intelligence 53

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I saw Erik Fisher last time I was in Budapest, and Constantin Gonzalez later became one of the first AWS solutions architects in Germany, too many names to mention. I got Paul Strong involved in the EGA before I left Sun, the two competing bodies eventually merged, and Grid and Web Services evolved into Cloud Computing.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

O'Reilly

MAY 19, 2020

O’Reilly Learning > We wanted to discover what our readers were doing with cloud, microservices, and other critical infrastructure and operations technologies. Without further ado, here are the key results: • At first glance, cloud usage seems overwhelming. More than half of respondents use multiple cloud services. •

Cloud 141

Cloud Serverless AWS DevOps 141

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

While you may assume a great majority of the cloud database deployments are run on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, small to medium-sized businesses in particular are gravitating towards the developer-friendly cloud provider, DigitalOcean , for their hosting for MongoDB® needs. DigitalOcean Droplets.

Azure 187

Azure AWS Database Latency 187

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Before an organization moves to function as a service, it’s important to understand how it works, its benefits and challenges, its effect on scalability, and why cloud-native observability is essential for attaining peak performance. Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management.

Development 269

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 269

Dynatrace

JULY 13, 2020

Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes : . Cloud: A utomation of infrastructure and services on-demand, pay as you use model . Cloud-native? refers to cloud-based, containerized, distributed systems, made up of cooperating microservices, dynamically managed by automated infrastructure as code. . ?

Google 134

Google Ecommerce DevOps Cloud 134

Dynatrace

JULY 13, 2020

Cloud Native DevOps with Kubernetes : . Cloud: A utomation of infrastructure and services on-demand, pay as you use model . Cloud-native? refers to cloud-based, containerized, distributed systems, made up of cooperating microservices, dynamically managed by automated infrastructure as code. . ?

Google 130

Google Ecommerce DevOps Cloud 130

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Container as a service is a cloud-based service that allows companies to manage and deploy containers at scale. Container environments enable enterprises to quickly deploy and develop cloud-native applications that can run anywhere. This, in turn, drove the creation of cloud-based services that further automated this function.

Serverless 235

Serverless Azure Hardware Transportation 235

Dynatrace

JULY 7, 2022

In fact, giants like Google and Microsoft once employed monolithic architectures almost exclusively. Smaller teams can launch services much faster using flexible containerized environments, such as Kubernetes, or serverless functions, such as AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions. Serverless platforms.

Architecture 224

Architecture Serverless Azure Programming 224

O'Reilly

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The shift to cloud native design is transforming both software architecture and infrastructure and operations. Still cloud-y, but with a possibility of migration. Strong usage in cloud platforms (+16%) accounted for most cloud-specific growth. Cloud native design is a new way of thinking about software and architecture.

Software Architecture 137

Software Architecture DevOps Data Engineering Architecture 137

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Chatbots and virtual assistants Chatbots and virtual assistants are becoming more common on websites and web applications as they provide an efficient and convenient way for users to interact with a business. Cloud-based development and deployment One of the main advantages of cloud-based development and deployment is scalability.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It’s not just limited to cloud resources like AWS and Azure; Terraform is versatile, extending its capabilities to key performance areas like Content Delivery Network (CDN) management, ensuring efficient content delivery and optimal user experience.‍Started As businesses grow and demand fluctuates, infrastructure needs to adapt.

Open Source 52

Open Source DevOps AWS Infrastructure 52

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Even with cloud-based foundation models like GPT-4, which eliminate the need to develop your own model or provide your own infrastructure, fine-tuning a model for any particular use case is still a major undertaking. This is an area where cloud providers already bear much of the burden, and will continue to bear it in the future.

Open Source 112

Open Source Google Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 112

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This is basically the position of the major cloud providers, they will all take care of it for you by 2030 or so. For an example of an unintended consequence, let’s say the result of your optimization project is spare capacity at a cloud provider. You trust your suppliers to solve the problem for you, but that could take a long time.

Energy 52

Energy Cloud Traffic Transportation 52

KeyCDN

MARCH 14, 2019

Serverless frameworks like Nuclio let you utilize cloud technology to reduce your workload, improve scaling and save money on unused resources. Major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud all support serverless services. Serverless Applications Managing your own server is so 2018.

Development 101

Development Blockchain Serverless Social Media 101

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In fact, Amazon Web Services (AWS) paved the way with its service, CloudFormation, which introduced the concept of Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Taking inspiration from AWS's CloudFormation, HashiCorp introduced Terraform with a broader vision. As businesses grow and demand fluctuates, infrastructure needs to adapt.

Open Source 40

Open Source DevOps AWS Infrastructure 40

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 1, 2017

At re:Invent 2017, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Amazon Time Sync Service which provides a highly accurate and reliable global time reference. This service is immediately available in all AWS regions. In many ways, Amazon Time Sync Service is truly inspired by Google' TrueTime.

AWS 55

AWS Google Database Virtualization 55

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2019

In this role, I am leading a global team that works closely with our strategic partners such as AWS, Microsoft, Google, Pivotal, Red Hat and others. The key question we keep getting from our customers is: How can Dynatrace help me reduce risk, move faster and achieve a better business outcome for my cloud migration project?

Cloud 31

Cloud Traffic Database Network 31

O'Reilly Software

MARCH 7, 2018

WebServices, unfortunately, failed to deliver on the distributed systems front by having virtually all implementations using synchronous/blocking calls—which we all know is a recipe for scaling disaster. AWS, Kafka, Google Cloud, Spring, ElasticSearch). Schema evolution practices were rarely in place.

Transportation 72

Transportation Java Programming Architecture 72

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The complexity of modern cloud-native environments is ever-increasing. Visualizing data in context while supporting and automating decisions with causal, predictive, and generative AI—all while providing a seamless experience—is where the future of cloud observability lies.

Cloud 287

Cloud Lambda AWS Analytics 287

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. Run performance experiments and measure outcomes — both on mobile and on desktop (for example, with Google Analytics ). For each of them, Google recommends a range of acceptable speed goals.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145