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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

Dynatrace

Unlike a traditional virtual machine-model where customers must build and manage an entire VM, serverless computing provides the ability to purchase only the CPU cycles and memory needed to support an application using an event-based pay-per-use model. Connecting IoT devices (for example, AWS IoT Device Management ).

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What is Azure Functions?

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Similar to AWS Lambda , Azure Functions is a serverless compute service by Microsoft that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions (triggers), such as an order arriving on an IoT system, or a specific queue receiving a new message. Azure IoT Functions, for instance, processes requests for Azure IoT Edge.

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Embrace event-driven computing: Amazon expands DynamoDB with streams, cross-region replication, and database triggers

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Enter DynamoDB Triggers—an event-driven mechanism that enables developers to define Java or JavaScript functions that run outside the database in response to specific data changes in your DynamoDB tables. Triggers are powerful mechanisms that react to events dynamically and in real time. Summing It All Up.

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Carving an AWS certification path

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Recently, 53 Dynatracers convened in a Zoom room for 5 action-packed hours to take on our first AWS GameDay challenge, an event we participated in to help our developers accelerate their AWS certification path. Dynatrace news. Down the road, the Amazon certification path may also help to open doors to new job opportunities.

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What is AWS Lambda?

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The 2014 launch of AWS Lambda marked a milestone in how organizations use cloud services to deliver their applications more efficiently, by running functions at the edge of the cloud without the cost and operational overhead of on-premises servers. Many events can trigger a lambda function. What is AWS Lambda?

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Business analytics tools: Use cases and best practices for IT business analytics

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Business processes and events may be written to system logs or tracked and stored by an ERP solution, exposed via an application programming interface (API). Imagine asking a highly specialized IoT architect to interpret why sales have suddenly slumped in Florida.). Break down IT and business silos. The a bility to measure outcomes.

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What is observability? Not just logs, metrics and traces

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The goal of observability is to understand what’s happening across all these environments and among the technologies, so you can detect and resolve issues to keep your systems efficient and reliable and your customers happy.

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