CSS Wizardry

AUGUST 7, 2019

Cheap hosting: Hosting that is optimised for cost over performance usually means you’re sharing a server with any number of other websites, so expect degraded server performance which could affect your ability to fulfil requests, or may simply mean underpowered hardware trying to run your application.

Latency 269

Latency Ecommerce Servers Mobile 269

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As I mentioned, we live in a world where massive volumes of data are being generated, every day, from connected devices, websites, mobile apps, and customer applications running on top of AWS infrastructure. SPICE is cloud-native, which means that customers don’t need to provision, manage, or scale infrastructure manually.

Analytics 152

Analytics Availability Media Social Media 152

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

However, the data infrastructure to collect, store and process data is geared toward developers (e.g., On-premise BI tools also require companies to provision and maintain complex hardware infrastructure and invest in expensive software licenses, maintenance fees, and support fees that cost upwards of thousands of dollars per user per year.

Cloud 137

Cloud Big Data AWS Analytics 137

Rigor

MARCH 20, 2018

I recently was asked the following question by an online retailer: “Why should I invest in monitoring the user experience when I already have monitoring for our database, infrastructure, app server, and network?”. Or are you an eCommerce retailer?” They quickly understood my point. The Rise of Cloud Computing. Conclusion.

Monitoring 40

Monitoring Retail Ecommerce Infrastructure 40

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

The Amazon.com ecommerce platform consists of hundreds of decoupled services developed and managed in a decentralized fashion. In response, we began to develop a collection of storage and database technologies to address the demanding scalability and reliability requirements of the Amazon.com ecommerce platform.

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

ScaleOut Software

JULY 27, 2018

Whether it’s ecommerce shopping carts, financial trading data, IoT telemetry, or airline reservations, these data sets need fast, reliable access for large, mission-critical workloads. For more than a decade, in-memory data grids (IMDGs) have proven their usefulness for storing fast-changing data in enterprise applications.

Scalability 40

Scalability Cache Airlines Healthcare 40

ScaleOut Software

JULY 27, 2018

Whether it’s ecommerce shopping carts, financial trading data, IoT telemetry, or airline reservations, these data sets need fast, reliable access for large, mission-critical workloads. For more than a decade, in-memory data grids (IMDGs) have proven their usefulness for storing fast-changing data in enterprise applications.

Scalability 40

Scalability Cache Airlines Healthcare 40