O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

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.

Social Media 108

Social Media Google Internet Internet 108

High Scalability

JUNE 22, 2018

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. 40 million : Netflix monthly spend on cloud services; 5% : retention increase can increase profits 25%; 50+% : Facebook's IPv6 traffic from the U.S,

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Artificial Intelligence 113

High Scalability

AUGUST 13, 2018

For all the idealistic technical reasons I laid out long ago in Building Super Scalable Systems: Blade Runner Meets Autonomic Computing In The Ambient Cloud. While the internet and the web are inherently decentralized, mainstream applications built on top do not have to be. —are all centralized. That wasn't always the case.

Internet 116

Internet Internet Google Scalability 116

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 27, 2022

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 82

Website Internet Internet Performance 82

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 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud Kleppmann et al., On the one-hand we have ‘cloud apps’ which make it easy to access our work from multiple devices and to collaborate online with others (e.g. Google Docs, Trello, …). The primary issue with cloud apps (the SaaS model) is ownership of the data.

Cloud 83

Cloud Software Software Internet 83

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 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

How do I account for different network speeds in different environments? This solution is fine when network speeds are fast, but it can be problematic when network speeds are not fast (or fluctuate). And if there is one thing we all know — we cannot control the speed network our customers are using.

Media 107

Media Speed Network Analytics 107

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Results may vary because of factors like resolution, internet speed, and different OS versions. For medium to large scale applications, compatible with all commonly available operating systems and internet browsers is essential. Why Perform Compatibility Testing?

Testing 78

Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 97

Website Internet Internet Performance 97

Speed Curve

JANUARY 29, 2024

The internet may change, and web pages may grow and evolve, but user expectations are constant. Interestingly, and perhaps not coincidentally, 100 milliseconds is Google's stated goal when it comes to page load times. In 1993 and again in 2010 , usability expert Jakob Nielsen found that: 0.1

Speed 133

Speed Website Mobile Cloud 133

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 52

Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Dotcom-Montior

APRIL 27, 2021

The Great Firewall of China, or as it’s officially called, the Golden Shield Project, is an internet censorship project to block people from accessing specific foreign websites. It is the world’s most advanced and extensive Internet censorship program. The How and What of The Great Firewall of China. Deep Packet Inspection.

Website 52

Website Internet Internet Performance 52

Testsigma

MAY 5, 2021

Testsigma : Testsigma is a cloud-based automation testing tool that supports continuous testing of browsers, native, and hybrid apps. It’s cloud-based and great for remote teams as they can access it from any location, device, and at any hour. Best Multi-browser Testing Tools. Picture Credit: MultiBrowser. Highlights. Highlights.

Testing Tools 74

Testing Tools Testing Internet Internet 74

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Five years ago when Google published The Datacenter as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines it was a manifesto declaring the world of computing had changed forever. Since then the world has chosen to ride along with Google. If you like this kind of stuff, you might also like Google's New Book: The Site Reliability Workbook.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

Testsigma

JANUARY 29, 2021

The rise of mobile internet usage is evident across developed economies as well as developing ones (India, Bangladesh, etc.)[3]. that require internet connectivity. Popular search engines like Google give preference to websites that are mobile-ready[4]. Automation Testing on a scalable and secure Cloud.

Website 98

Website Mobile Testing Strategy 98

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

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

Testsigma

JANUARY 18, 2021

Consider a scenario where the end-users are using Internet Explorer browser to reach your website but you have not considered ‘testing on IE’ a part of your testing process! Network Throttling – If your app is built for a global audience, it is important to test the app features in varied network conditions (e.g.

Testing 55

Testing Operating System Website Internet 55

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

Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

Nobody frames it precisely this way; instead they'll say, if WebKit weren't mandated, Chromium would take over , or Google would dominate the web if not for the WebKit restriction. The New York Times reported in late 2020 that Google now pays Apple between $8-12 billion per year , up from $1 billion in 2014. And that's a choice. "WebKit

Engineering 110

Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

The early days at Sun Cambridge were special, I absorbed a lot about networking and the technical side of the role from my fellow systems engineer Martin Baines, and we were driving all over the region in cool company cars (I had a Citroen BX 16V) selling a really hot product.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

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 181

Infrastructure Cloud Azure AWS 181

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If cloud-native technologies and containers are on your radar, you’ve likely encountered Docker and Kubernetes and might be wondering how they relate to each other. A standard Docker container can run anywhere, on a personal computer (for example, PC, Mac, Linux), in the cloud, on local servers, and even on edge devices.

Open Source 301

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 301

High Scalability

JULY 6, 2018

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. Source: 10+ meetings, with different clients, I attended where the Google sales pitch was basically "we are smarter than you, and you will succumb".

Internet 110

Internet Internet Scalability Google 110

High Scalability

JUNE 29, 2018

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. I got to work on something so big a cloud provider learned about their scale bottlenecks. It would mean a great deal to me. Don't stop here.

Scalability 131

Scalability Internet Internet Wireless 131

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

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. However still far from Google ($28B) and Facebook ($13.2B). It would mean a great deal to me. They'll love you even more. Cars: $1 trillion.

Internet 137

Internet Internet Scalability Lambda 137

The Morning Paper

JUNE 18, 2019

Nines are not enough: meaningful metrics for clouds Mogul & Wilkes, HotOS’19. The authors of today’s paper should know a thing or two about that: Jeffrey Mogul and John Wilkes at Google 1 ! The VM is reachable from the Internet? What are we talking about. Why are SLOs so hard to define?

Metrics 79

Metrics Cloud Google Network 79

Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Last year, Google started emphasizing the importance of Core Web Vitals and how they reflect a person’s real experience when visiting sites around the web. Our fast computers and fiber internet masked the experience real people have on our site. This is a screenshot from our mobile Core Web Vitals report in Google Search Console.

Google 93

Google Analytics Serverless Metrics 93

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum interconnect is the networking layer of the architecture, and manages communication between the Greenplum segments and master host network infrastructure. Greenplum can run on any Linux server, whether it is hosted in the cloud or on-premise, and can run in any environment. So, how is this all coordinated?

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

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 108

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 108

Testsigma

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2016, Google made it clear that since mobile traffic is more than all else, mobile-friendly websites will be prioritised when a user searches on mobile. Testsigma, a completely cloud-based test automation tool uses AI technology in software testing to save time, costs and smoothen out the learning curve of the testers. Signup now.

Artificial Intelligence 89

Artificial Intelligence IoT Software Software 89

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT). Besides that, these apps do well in areas with a slow internet connection. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data. The most preferred single-page applications are Gmail, Google Drive, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Smart cities.

Blockchain 59

Blockchain IoT Development Serverless 59

Percona

APRIL 26, 2023

Watch the “Using Open Source Software to Optimize and Troubleshoot Your MySQL Environment” video sessions Open source software powers the Internet. Consider all the projects in Google’s graveyard, like Google Reader, Stadia, G+, and too many messaging apps to even try to recount.

Open Source 85

Open Source Software Software Social Media 85

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Unwelcome Gaze is a triptych visualizing the publicly reachable web server infrastructure of Google, Facebook, Amazon and the routing graph(s) leading to them. Know anyone looking for a simple book explaining the cloud? book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. The infrastructure is typically consumed on public clouds.

Internet 28

Internet Internet Scalability Energy 28

Testsigma

JUNE 17, 2021

A few years back, I gave my friend a keyword to search on Google and asked him to open the third link that pops up in the results. This urged me to check out the support page of Google and find out this written on it, “ When you search on Google, your results are customized to your current region. Source: My Private Network.

Website 52

Website Testing Google Ecommerce 52

Testsigma

JANUARY 22, 2021

Consider a scenario where we are using Google Chrome 86 as the latest version. Fifteen days later, Google Chrome was updated to version 87 with an FTP API being deprecated. As if this was not enough, we know that a large majority of the people using internet browsers do not even know when their browsers get updated.

Mobile 74

Mobile Testing Energy Operating System 74