Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Just like shipping containers revolutionized the transportation industry, Docker containers disrupted software. Just as people use Xerox as shorthand for paper copies and say “Google” instead of internet search, Docker has become synonymous with containers. What is Docker? Docker is more than containers, though. Networking.

Open Source 307

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 307

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

Choosing the Right Cloud Services Choosing the right cloud services is crucial in developing an efficient multi cloud strategy. Adopting spot instances for less critical tasks, which are less expensive than on-demand or reserved instances, is an efficient way of managing expenses.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

This paper describes the networking stack, Snap , that has been running in production at Google for the last three years+. Enter Google! I’m jumping ahead a bit here, but the component of Snap which provides the transport and communications stack is called Pony Express. SOSP’19. Emphasis mine). Upgrading in a Snap.

Network 92

Network Transportation Latency Entertainment 92

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, while HTTP deals with URLs and data interpretation, Transport Layer Security (TLS) ensures security by encryption, TCP enables reliable data transport by retransmitting lost packets, and Internet Protocol (IP) routes packets from one endpoint to another across different devices in between (middleboxes). What Is QUIC?

Transportation 145

Transportation Internet Internet Network 145

The Netflix TechBlog

JULY 26, 2021

With dependable near real-time data, Studio teams are able to track and react better to the ever-changing pace of productions and improve efficiency of global business operations using the most up-to-date information. Centralized data will be moved to third party services such as Google Sheets and Airtable for the stakeholders.

Big Data 253

Big Data Government Analytics Processing 253

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Buildings, food and transport have a much bigger carbon footprint than IT globally. In the simplest case, you have a growing workload, and you optimize it to run more efficiently so that you don’t need to buy or rent additional hardware, so your carbon footprint stays the same, but the carbon per transaction or operation is going down.

Energy 52

Energy Cloud Traffic Transportation 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

An often used metaphor is that of a pipe used to transport water. One aspect of performance is about how efficiently a transport protocol can use a network’s full (physical) bandwidth (i.e. As such, tuning congestion logic is usually only done by a select few developers, and evolution is slow. Congestion Control.

Performance 106

Performance Network Latency Servers 106