Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I really enjoyed the variety of working with several different customers every day, on different problems, and being part of an extremely innovative and fast growing company. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

Internet 128

Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Containers are the key technical enablers for tremendously accelerated deployment and innovation cycles. Just as people use Xerox as shorthand for paper copies and say “Google” instead of internet search, Docker has become synonymous with containers. But first, some background. Why containers? What is Docker?

Open Source 306

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 306

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In our increasingly digital world, the speed of innovation is key to business success. Cloud-native technologies, including Kubernetes and OpenShift, help organizations accelerate innovation. Is it exposed to the public Internet? Dynatrace news. Automate precise risk and impact assessment. Is sensitive data affected?

Cloud 293

Cloud Open Source Internet Internet 293

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This separation allows us to tune system configuration and scaling policies independently for different event priorities and traffic patterns. While a mobile device is almost always connected to the internet and reachable, a smart TV is only online while in use. From membership related updates to contextual personalization, and more?—?we

Systems 334

Systems Traffic Architecture Mobile 334

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If we asked whether their companies were using databases or web servers, no doubt 100% of the respondents would have said “yes.” And there are tools for archiving and indexing prompts for reuse, vector databases for retrieving documents that an AI can use to answer a question, and much more. We’ll say more about this later.)

Open Source 106

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 106

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We launched DynamoDB last year to address the need for a cloud database that provides seamless scalability, irrespective of whether you are doing ten transactions or ten million transactions, while providing rock solid durability and availability. DynamoDB stores information as database tables, which are collections of individual items.

Games 130

Games Scalability Database Retail 130