The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

To this end, we developed a Rapid Event Notification System (RENO) to support use cases that require server initiated communication with devices in a scalable and extensible manner. While a mobile device is almost always connected to the internet and reachable, a smart TV is only online while in use.

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Systems Traffic Architecture Mobile 334

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We would still be building higher and higher on top of VMs because that's where platform innovation would have stopped evolving. We have several players like Cloudflare innovating to become alternative lower-cost cloud providers. So why bother innovating? This is because the cloud is not a railroad. They are different in kind.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Containers are the key technical enablers for tremendously accelerated deployment and innovation cycles. A standard Docker container can run anywhere, on a personal computer (for example, PC, Mac, Linux), in the cloud, on local servers, and even on edge devices. But first, some background. Why containers? What is Docker?

Open Source 310

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 310

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

These include popular technologies such as web servers and web applications, along with advanced solutions like distributed data stores and containerized microservices. It also provides high availability and super user access features while offering dedicated servers specifically designed for MongoDB cloud hosting. Additionally.

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Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2016

UK companies are using AWS to innovate across diverse industries, such as energy, manufacturing, medicaments, retail, media, and financial services and the UK is home to some of the world's most forward-thinking businesses. Take Peterborough City Council as an example.

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AWS Cloud Artificial Intelligence IoT 166

Percona

MAY 9, 2023

When there’s an innovative way of solving a specific problem — with no alternatives on the market — vendor lock-in can seem more like a solution than a potential problem. The organization’s apps, therefore, must run on one particular server. . * Offer good for the first month only. Ask about data portability.

Open Source 88

Open Source Database Innovation Cloud 88

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

8 : successful Mars landings; $250,000 : proposed price for Facebook Graph API; 33 : countries where mobile internet is faster than WiFi; 1000s : Facebook cache poisoning; 8.2 ” @emileifrem : Adobe used 125 MongoDB servers to run their activity feed. It was replaced by 48 Cassandra servers. servers of Neo4j.

Internet 28

Internet Internet Scalability Blockchain 28

Tech News Gather

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

With some unique advantages like low latency and faster speed, 5G aims to give birth to a new era of mobile application development with some innovations. With the increase in speed and less latency, there are a lot of possibilities that can be explored in the field of the internet of things (IOT) and smart devices.

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Mobile Development Artificial Intelligence IoT 40

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

Content is placed on the network of servers in the Open Connect CDN as close to the end user as possible, improving the streaming experience for our customers and reducing costs for both Netflix and our Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners. takes place in Amazon Web Services (AWS), whereas everything that happens afterwards (i.e.,

Open Source 279

Open Source Network Infrastructure Big Data 279

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 6, 2016

A region in South Korea has been highly requested by companies around the world who want to take full advantage of Korea’s world-leading Internet connectivity and provide their customers with quick, low-latency access to websites, mobile applications, games, SaaS applications, and more.

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AWS Cloud Games Latency 110

All Things Distributed

APRIL 4, 2017

Icelandic low-cost airline carrier WOW air is using AWS for its Internet-facing IT infrastructure, including its booking engine, development platforms, and web servers. I’m excited to see the new and innovative use cases coming from our customers in the Nordics and across Europe, all enabled by AWS.

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AWS Airlines Latency Games 116

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Database downtime can hurt or doom any company with anything to do with the internet. Load balancing : Requests are evenly distributed across multiple database servers, ensuring the system remains operational even if one server fails. If a primary server fails, a backup server can take over and continue to serve requests.

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 106

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

72 : signals sensed from a distant galaxy using AI; 12M : reddit posts per month; 10 trillion : per day Google generated test inputs with 100s of servers for several months using OSS-Fuzz; 200% : growth in Cloud Native technologies used in production; $13 trillion : potential economic impact of AI by 2030; 1.8 They'll love you even more.

Internet 30

Internet Internet Scalability Education 30

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

We are standing on the eve of the 5G era… 5G, as a monumental shift in cellular communication technology, holds tremendous potential for spurring innovations across many vertical industries, with its promised multi-Gbps speed, sub-10 ms low latency, and massive connectivity. SIGCOMM’20. Some of these problems (e.g.

Energy 130

Energy Latency Performance Network 130

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The internet accounts for an estimated 3–4% of global emissions — equivalent to some countries. The carbon emissions of the internet are roughly equivalent to those generated by the entire aviation industry, or the whole of Africa. For example, changing our database architecture to be more efficient could save on server costs.

Strategy 124

Strategy Development Energy Website 124

Percona

JULY 17, 2023

A survey of 90,240 companies using MongoDB listed the leading uses as Technology and Services (23%), Computer Software (16%), and Internet (6%). It creates a physical data backup on a running server without notable performance and operating degradation. And MongoDB is popular across industries. MongoDB Enterprise is commercial.

Open Source 75

Open Source Database Scalability Software 75

MachMetrics

JUNE 16, 2020

These are typically implemented automatically by the hosting company servers. Just as advancements in the last decade have overcome the additional handshakes associated with HTTPS, the next decade will see incredible innovation in this space. The server can also preemptively send resources, reducing delays.

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Speed Latency Google Website 86

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

s world of Internet services has become incredibly diverse. Amazon RDS for SQL Server. Managing databases has been a stumbling block for many of our customers, shifting their time away from developing innovative applications to the â??muckâ?? Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. By Werner Vogels on 08 May 2012 02:00 PM.

Cloud 115

Cloud Development AWS Servers 115

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 17, 2012

Matt Welsh s thesis work at Berkeley was on building high-performance internet services. I have been a fan of much of Matts work as he combined common sense engineering with excellent intellectual innovation. SEDA: An Architecture for Well-Conditioned, Scalable Internet Services , Matt Welsh, David Culler, and Eric Brewer.

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Architecture AWS Internet Internet 95

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT). Besides that, these apps do well in areas with a slow internet connection. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data. Internet of Things (IoT). So, this is the answer – Devices are connected to the internet via intelligent sensors.

Blockchain 59

Blockchain IoT Development Serverless 59

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Yet, for all these technological developments, it’s interesting that many of us are still serving sites in the same way Tim did with the very first website — a web server serving static website files. At the time, Nanoc talked about compiling source files into HTML: It operates on local files, and therefore does not run on the server.

Ecommerce 139

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139

All Things Distributed

MAY 3, 2017

Manufacturing can be fully digitalized to become part of a connected "Internet of Things" (IoT), controlled via the cloud. But client-driven innovation in an Industry 4.0 projects, many companies may not generate any innovative added value at all — neither at the micro- nor macroeconomic level.

Logistics 72

Logistics IoT Analytics Innovation 72

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

This book is about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications. Podjarny presents a series of increasingly larger-scope solutions to each issue, including client-side techniques and RESS (Responsive + Server Side). Time is Money.

Performance 75

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance 75

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

Often we think about innovation as going after new unchartered territories, but it is also important to innovate in those existing dimensions that will remain important for customers. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3. Comments ().

AWS 104

AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 104

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I really enjoyed the variety of working with several different customers every day, on different problems, and being part of an extremely innovative and fast growing company. Later on after some re-orgs we ended up reporting to Greg Papadopoulos, who was CTO of the server organization at the time.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

And slow websites are, in a way, discrimination: The majority of the world’s population don’t have access to high-speed Internet or fast CPUs. However, it’s not always easy to maintain high performance in websites. This is why performance is crucial when building websites. The Architecture Behind Partytown.

Website 81

Website Google Open Source Mobile 81

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Comments ().

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Also, the speed of my internet connection is humongous and I’m close to data centres located in Stockholm and London. How would you architecture a non-trivial size web project (client, server, databases, caching layer)? Promote feedback from individual contributors and give them time to create innovative prototypes and POCs.

Performance 237

Performance Speed Google Media 237

All Things Distributed

MARCH 28, 2011

What used to be only available in physical formats now often has digital equivalents and this digitalization is driving great new innovations. I am excited about this because it is already making my digital music experience simpler and I am looking forward to the innovation that these services will drive on behalf of our customers.

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AWS Cloud Storage Internet 138

All Things Distributed

APRIL 23, 2010

It will drive rapid innovation and well see a wealth of mobile, web and desktop applications arrive that we couldnt dream about a few years ago, and these building blocks are the enablers of that. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3.

AWS 60

AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 60

All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) was launched in 2006 as "Storage for the Internet" with the promise to make web-scale computing easier for developers. It also needs to handle every possible failure of storage devices, of servers, networks and operating systems, all while continuing to serve hundreds of thousands of customers.

Storage 71

Storage Cloud AWS Scalability 71

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 19, 2011

A whole range of innovative new services, ranging from media conversion to geo-location-context services have been developed by our customers using this flexibility and are available in the AWS ecosystem. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3.

AWS 115

AWS Cloud Java Scalability 115

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Today Amazon Web Services takes another step on the continuous innovation path by announcing a new Amazon EC2 instance type: The Cluster GPU Instance. We believe that making these GPU resources available for everyone to use at low cost will drive new innovation in the application of highly parallel programming models. Comments ().

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AWS Latency Programming Architecture 136

Jos

JUNE 2, 2018

Also, the speed of my internet connection is humongous and I’m close to data centres located in Stockholm and London. How would you architecture a non-trivial size web project (client, server, databases, caching layer)? Promote feedback from individual contributors and give them time to create innovative prototypes and POCs.

Performance 130

Performance Speed Google Media 130

All Things Distributed

APRIL 27, 2011

Technology infuses all of our teams, all of our processes, our decision-making, and our approach to innovation in each of our businesses. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3. It is deeply integrated into everything we do.

Technology 151

Technology Technology AWS Storage 151

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If we asked whether their companies were using databases or web servers, no doubt 100% of the respondents would have said “yes.” A year after the first web servers became available, how many companies had websites or were experimenting with building them? Until AI reaches 100%, it’s still in the process of adoption.

Open Source 106

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 106

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Spot Instances are an innovation that is made possible by the unparalleled economies of scale created by the tremendous growth of the AWS Infrastructure Services. Spot instances are a great innovation that, as far as I know, has no equivalent in the IT industry. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3. Economies of scale.

Cloud 63

Cloud AWS Storage Innovation 63