Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Mobile phones are rapidly becoming touchscreens and touchscreen phones are increasingly all-touch, with the largest possible display area and fewer and fewer hardware buttons. The hardware matters, but the underlying OS is the same , and pretty much all apps will run on any device of the same age. DRM-free, of course.

Mobile 103

Mobile Design Internet Internet 103

Dotcom-Montior

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We are kidding of course, but you know something is bad if happens that early in the morning. By ITIL definition, the service desk may take the form of incident resolution or service requests, but whatever the case, the primary goal of the service desk to provide quick and efficient service. Nothing good happens at 2:00 a.m.,

Social Media 90

Social Media Monitoring Latency DevOps 90

SQL Performance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Of course we can always throw more disk at a table, but I wanted to see if we could scale this more efficiently than the current linear trend. mdf' ) TO FILEGROUP FG_CCI_PARTITIONED ; On this particular hardware (YMMV!), Recently someone at work asked for more space to accommodate a rapidly growing table. I just took the 3.75

Database 70

Database Storage Hardware Efficiency 70

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 30, 2020

These use their regression models to estimate processing time (which will depend on the hardware available, current load, etc.). This could of course be a local worker on the mobile device. Future work includes delving into more realistic use cases and addressing other challenges related to mobile computing such as energy efficiency.

Mobile 104

Mobile Cloud Latency Games 104

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key Takeaways Distributed storage systems benefit organizations by enhancing data availability, fault tolerance, and system scalability, leading to cost savings from reduced hardware needs, energy consumption, and personnel. This strategy reduces the volume needed during retrieval operations.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

CSS Wizardry

APRIL 2, 2018

If you want to listen to the track—of course you do, it’s stunning—then you’ll have to make do with the YouTube version. If I go down this path, I’ll need to start considering many other things such as storage, backups, compatible media players, and maybe even dedicated hardware. — Harry Roberts (@csswizardry) 18 March, 2018.

Website 108

Website Media Hardware Monitoring 108

The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This took advantage of a unique characteristics of software vis-a-vis its industrial (hardware) predecessors: real-time adaptability. I've chronicled this phenomenon over the years, and over the course of that time have written up simple playbooks for strategic responses: i.e., the incumbent-cum-innovator and late movers.

Technology 45

Technology Technology BioTech Games 45

KeyCDN

JULY 2, 2020

This language would have to exist regardless of hardware, location, culture, political beliefs, etc. Realizing that the Web would only reach its true potential if it were available to anyone, anywhere, with no fees attached, it was agreed that the underlying code would be available on a royalty free basis forever.

Internet 56

Internet Internet Best Practices Website 56

All Things Distributed

MARCH 13, 2017

Digitalization offers almost endless possibilities to communicate faster, work more efficiently, and be more creative – in real-time. Previously, the top priorities for IT departments were equipping data centers with hardware, purchasing software, and further developing proprietary software.

Social Media 85

Social Media Retail Automotive Innovation 85

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

Database 87

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 87

KeyCDN

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Error monitoring can get increasingly complicated as you deal with bugs reported by users and your production team, which is why having an efficient error tracking workflow from the beginning is so important. Error tracking is the process of proactively identifying issues and fixing them as quickly as possible. How is Error Tracking Useful?

Strategy 67

Strategy Monitoring Website Google 67

ACM Sigarch

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Krste Asanovic from UC Berkeley kicked off the main program sharing his experience on “ Rejuvenating Computer Architecture Research with Open-Source Hardware ”. He ended the keynote with a call to action for open hardware and tools to start the next wave of computing innovation. This year’s MICRO had three inspiring keynote talks.

Hardware 18

Hardware Architecture Programming Innovation 18

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

how much data does the browser have to download to display your website) and resource usage of the hardware serving and receiving the website. I, for one, have typically added Google Analytics to every site I manage as a matter of course. There are, however, some good fallbacks which we can use that demonstrate energy usage.

Website Performance 73

Website Performance Website Energy Performance 73

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, and others each have unique strengths and weaknesses and should be evaluated based on factors such as scalability, compatibility, performance, security, data types, community support, licensing rules, compliance, and, of course, the all-important learning curve if your choice is new to you.

Open Source 92

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 92

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Each cloud-native evolution is about using the hardware more efficiently. Of course not, but let's ignore that very few organizations in the world have the technological know-how to create such managed services, especially without low level control of the entire system. That's easy to do, right? For example, AWS created Nitro.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

Daniel Lemire

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The division by a power of two ( / (2 N )) can be implemented as a right shift if we are working with unsigned integers, which compiles to single instruction: that is possible because the underlying hardware uses a base 2. Of course, if d is not a power of two, 2 N / d cannot be represented as an integer. if ( ( i % 3 ) = = 0 ).

C++ 279

C++ Benchmarking Hardware Testing 279

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2021

Companies can use technology roadmaps to review their internal IT , DevOps, infrastructure, architecture, software, internal system, and hardware procurement policies and procedures with innovation and efficiency in mind. Evaluate Current Systems And Chart A Course. Gain awareness of which features are or aren’t working.

Technology 139

Technology Technology Development Strategy 139

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

It can be hard to visualize the huge network of hardware that allows you to send a request for a page to a server and then receive a response back. Of course, the web (any, by extension, the websites we make) does have a carbon footprint. Suddenly, that mirage was beginning to look rather more solid.

Website 135

Website Energy Internet Internet 135

Sutter's Mill

APRIL 14, 2011

As Bjarne put it : “Surprisingly, C++0x feels like a new language: The pieces just fit together better than they used to and I find a higher-level style of programming more natural than before and as efficient as ever.” ” This talk will show why — deeply, madly, and truly.

C++ 40

C++ Programming Strategy Scalability 40

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Here are the bombshell paragraphs: Our datacenter applications seek ever more CPU-efficient and lower-latency communication, which Pony Express delivers. Rather than reimplement TCP/IP or refactor an existing transport, we started Pony Express from scratch to innovate on more efficient interfaces, architecture, and protocol.

Network 92

Network Transportation Latency Entertainment 92

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

And of course, companies that don’t use AI don’t need an AI use policy. That pricing won’t be sustainable, particularly as hardware shortages drive up the cost of building infrastructure. Corporate policies on AI use will be appearing and evolving over the next year. (At Does the lack of a policy prevent the adoption of AI?

Open Source 108

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 108

Sutter's Mill

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

” This contains updated and new material that reflects the latest C++ standards and compilers, with a focus to using modern C++11/14/17 effectively on modern hardware and memory architectures. On April 25-27, I’ll be in Stockholm (Kista) giving a three-day seminar on “High-Performance and Low-Latency C++.”

Latency 51

Latency C++ Hardware Performance 51

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Efficiently enables new styles of drawing content on the web , removing many hard tradeoffs between visual richness , accessibility, and performance. These TransformStream types help applications efficiently deal with large amounts of binary data. is access to hardware devices. Form-associated Web Components. CSS Custom Paint.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. If a primary server fails, a backup server can take over and continue to serve requests.

Availability 107

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 107

Testlodge

JUNE 16, 2021

Penetration testing is comprehensively performed over a fully-functional system’s software and hardware. In addition to minimizing the risk of compromise to the system, the system’s configuration is also analyzed by validating checks on software and hardware. Why do we perform Penetration Testing? They must be kept well protected.

Testing 67

Testing Hardware Open Source Internet 67

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the simplest case, you have a growing workload, and you optimize it to run more efficiently so that you don’t need to buy or rent additional hardware, so your carbon footprint stays the same, but the carbon per transaction or operation is going down.

Energy 52

Energy Cloud Traffic Transportation 52

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 28, 2020

" Running end-user compute inside the datastore is not without its challenges of course. Entry/exit in/out of V8 contexts is less expensive than hardware-based isolation mechanisms, keeping request processing latency low and throughput high. V8 is lightweight enough that it can easily support thousands of concurrent tenants.

Serverless 99

Serverless Storage Latency Cloud 99

Percona

AUGUST 15, 2023

Failover ensures that if the primary MySQL server becomes unavailable due to hardware failure or another issue, the system seamlessly switches to a standby replica. However, there are many parameters influencing the efficiency and consistency of the data transfer. This removes the impact of non-deterministic queries.

Servers 52

Servers Database Availability Traffic 52

HammerDB

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

However, having the application logic in the client is even worse because you are sacrificing key database efficiencies of prepared statements. Of course, you can prepare individual statements, however you can see major efficiency gains by using natively compiled stored procedures. Glue language. What about Coroutines?

Programming 67

Programming Benchmarking Virtualization C++ 67

The Morning Paper

MAY 28, 2019

The goal is to produce a low-energy hardware classifier for embedded applications doing local processing of sensor data. Of course analog signalling comes with a whole bunch of challenges of its own, which is one of the reasons we tend to convert to digital. One such possible representation is pure analog signalling.

Energy 52

Energy Hardware Efficiency Architecture 52

Alex Russell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Pre-publication gates were valuable when better answers weren't available, but commentators should update their priors to account for hardware and software progress of the past 13 years. Fast forward a decade, and both the software and hardware situations have changed dramatically. Don't like the consequences?

Hardware 64

Hardware Mobile Java Programming 64

The Morning Paper

JUNE 27, 2019

The thrust of the argument is that there’s a chain of inter-linked assumptions / dependencies from the hardware all the way to the programming model, and any time you step outside of the mainstream it’s sufficiently hard to get acceptable performance that researchers are discouraged from doing so. Challenges compiling non-standard kernels.

Systems 87

Systems Tuning Programming Innovation 87

Alex Russell

JUNE 20, 2020

In each quantum of time, hardware and OS vendors press ahead, adding features. As OS and hardware deployed base integrate these components, the set of what most computers can do is expanded. This is often determined by hardware integration and device replacement rates. Same with IDEs and developer tools. Same with utilities.

Hardware 55

Hardware Games Java Media 55

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Winning in this race requires that we become much more customer oriented, much more efficient in all of our operations, and at the same time shift our culture towards more lean and experimental. If the solution works as envisioned, Telenor Connexion can easily deploy it to production and scale as needed without an investment in hardware.

AWS 124

AWS Cloud Games Serverless 124

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Andrew Ng , Christopher Ré , and others have pointed out that in the past decade, we’ve made a lot of progress with algorithms and hardware for running AI. Our current set of AI algorithms are good enough, as is our hardware; the hard problems are all about data. But the gain in efficiency would be relatively small.

Games 116

Games Healthcare Processing Retail 116

Percona

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But while eminently capable of performing OLAP, it’s not quite as efficient. Of course, there’s always more that can be said. The following results highlight that, depending upon the type of table used, it can become important when hardware resource and server costs are a consideration: SQL . it does well. 561.522 ms.

Database 92

Database Analytics Storage Processing 92

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

You won’t be surprised to hear of course, that it turns out we can! Therefore, through this research, we highlight an open research challenge of building secure, scalable and efficient aircraft landing systems. A quick primer on ILS. X-Plane was configured to land on the runway of a midsized airport in the US. Emphasis mine).

Wireless 91

Wireless Systems Airlines Hardware 91