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Web Development Trends 2019

KeyCDN

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. IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon are all exploring new ways to use blockchains in 2019.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For August 3rd, 2018

High Scalability

And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. “Many companies will halt their blockchain tests this year. It would mean a great deal to me. They'll love you even more. $1

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Are Microservices to Ecosystems as Core Competencies were to Conglomerates?

The Agile Manager

The thinking was that by owning the supply chain from raw materials to retail outlets, a firm had direct control over its entire cost structure, making it better able to squeeze efficiencies out of it and being less susceptible to supply shocks. As far back as the 19th century, industrial firms pursued vertical integration strategies.