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As-Salaam-Alaikum: The cloud arrives in the Middle East!

All Things Distributed

I'm also excited to announce today that we are launching an AWS Edge Network Location in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first quarter of 2018. In the education sector we have been supporting the development of technology and cloud skills amongst tertiary institutes in the Middle East through the AWS Educate program.

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'Paris s'éveille'! Introducing the AWS EU (Paris) Region

All Things Distributed

Starting today, developers, startups, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and non-profit organizations can leverage AWS to run applications and store data in France. We have also been investing in helping to grow the entire French IT community with training, education, and certification programs.

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Ciao Milano! – An AWS Region is coming to Italy!

All Things Distributed

We needed to serve our growing base of startup, government, and enterprise customers across many vertical industries, including automotive, financial services, media and entertainment, high technology, education, and energy. This helps support over 50 million searches every month on its networks across Italy.

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Hello from Europe!

Speed Curve

To overcome some of these challenges, we built our own Java-based player, complete with caching, content compression, and even bandwidth detection so it could switch between video, audio, and text versions of a course depending on network speed. Ultimately the business didn’t survive the dotcom bust, but it lit a spark.

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Fostering a Web Performance Culture

Jos

At the same time, they open a door to lots of concepts that might be overwhelming: PRPL, RAIL, Paint Timing API, TTI, HTTP/2, Speed Index, Priority Hints and more … Why Performance doesn’t get Prioritized Web performance at organizations is a real challenge. Simulate bad network conditions and slow CPUs and make your project resilient.

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Why Web Developers Choose PHP For Great Website Development?

Official Blog - World Web Technology

PHP is also used to build and run popular social networking sites like Tumbler, Facebook, MailChimp, and Digg. These speed tweaks make sure that PHP websites load fast and can effectively handle a lot of people at the same time. Why is PHP known for its speed and performance in web development?

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World’s Top Web Performance Leaders To Watch

Rigor

list of those who are making a significant impact on speeding up the web today. Sergey is a principal engineer at Meetup and a well-known performance educator who regularly runs monthly hands-on Meet4SPEED events in New York City. An author , an educator , and a speaker , Max is an independent consultant in the mobile and web space.