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Towards a Reliable Device Management Platform

The Netflix TechBlog

Complementing the hardware is the software on the RAE and in the cloud, and bridging the software on both ends is a bi-directional control plane. When a new hardware device is connected, the Local Registry detects and collects a set of information about it, such as networking information and ESN.

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Observations on the Importance of Cloud-based Analytics

All Things Distributed

In the past analytics within an organization was the pinnacle of old style IT: a centralized data warehouse running on specialized hardware. The City of Chicago is one of the first to bring sensors throughout the city that will permanently measure air quality, light intensity, sound volume, heat, precipitation, wind and traffic.

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Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption

The Morning Paper

There are high hopes for 5G , for example unlocking new applications in UHD streaming and VR, and machine-to-machine communication in IoT. Unsurprisingly, the more network traffic and hence the more you’re using the radio, the more power 5G consumes. The first 5G networks are now deployed and operational. The short answer is no.

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Välkommen till Stockholm – An AWS Region is coming to the Nordics

All Things Distributed

After finding it cost prohibitive to use colocation centers in local markets where their users are based, iZettle decided to give up hardware. In making the switch to AWS, WOW air has saved between $30,000 and $45,000 on hardware, and software licensing. iZettle, a mobile payments startup, is also ‘all-in’ on AWS.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud – Introducing the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region

All Things Distributed

Vivino also uses Auto Scaling to deal with the large seasonal fluctuations in traffic. During the winter holiday season, the use of the app increases by up to 300% and AWS allows them to seamlessly scale up to cope with the increase in traffic. Telenor Connexion. They are primarily using the services for two main platforms.

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Spice up your Analytics: Amazon QuickSight Now Generally Available in N. Virginia, Oregon, and Ireland.

All Things Distributed

They 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.

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