All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Today, I am excited to announce plans for Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring an infrastructure Region to the Middle East! This move is another milestone in our global expansion and mission to bring flexible, scalable, and secure cloud computing infrastructure to organizations around the world. Based in Bahrain, this will be the first Region for AWS in the Middle East.

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Professor Beekums

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I try to be better tomorrow than I am today. I am constantly thinking about what my strengths are and what I’m weak at. It is impossible to be good at everything though. That means needing to be selective with how I spend my time on improving. What will give me the most value for my time? This thought process is more than for just personal growth too.

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SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Please check out a new blog post I created detailing how SQL Server 2017 is Fast, Built-In. Faster than you think running on Linux, using Columnstore, and with right features and configuration. How we keep you fast and tuned with Adaptive Query Processing and Automatic Tuning. And we are the fastest database everywhere you need it: On the planet or in the cloud.

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Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

I’m at Shop.org this week, having really interesting conversations with online retailers. What I love about talking with this crowd is that – like me – they're super focused on user-perceived performance. Not surprisingly, we have a lot to talk about. Making customers happy is the not-so-secret secret to retail success. Delivering a fast, consistent online experience has been proven to measurably increase every metric retailers care about – from conversions and revenue to

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Abhishek Tiwari

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Over the weekend, I took a shot to build something new in React. React is a JavaScript library to build user interfaces. React was open sourced by Facebook and since then it has gained popularity over other frontend frameworks such as Angular, Vue, etc. To start, I have a good experience in JavaScript and I have built several applications using Node, Express, and Angular.

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SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Scott Guthrie and Rohan Kumar officially made the announcement today at Ignite that SQL Server 2017 will be generally available on October 2nd, 2017. Check out ScottGu’s blog post at: [link]. Rohan’s Blog post at: Microsoft for the Modern Data Estate. Andrew Brust also wrote a very nice article detailing out all the great new features that come with SQL Server 2017.

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