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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. High performance, query optimization, open source and polymorphic data storage are the major Greenplum advantages. Open Source. Major Use Cases.

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RSA Guide 2023: Cloud application security remains core challenge for organizations

Dynatrace

Open source software is likewise playing a larger role in cloud computing, which brings benefits and dilemmas: bad actors have ready access to open source software and can identify new vulnerabilities to exploit. This means that attackers may have already gained access to sensitive information or compromised the system.

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Five-nines availability: Always-on infrastructure delivers system availability during the holidays’ peak loads

Dynatrace

For retail organizations, peak traffic can be a mixed blessing. Instead, to speed up response times, applications are now processing most data at the network’s perimeter, closest to the data’s origin. The nightmare scenario for online retailers during peak periods, such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, is a system crash.

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To understand the risks posed by AI, follow the money

O'Reilly

The internet protocols helped keep the internet open instead of closed. Open source software enabled it to escape from under the thumb of the PC era’s dominant monopoly. What role might interoperability and open source play in keeping the AI industry a more competitive and inclusive market?

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A simple, client-side approach to measuring Speed Index

Dean Hume

One of the metrics produced when you run a test using webpagetest.org is called Speed Index and it changed the way I thought about web performance. Speed Index is important because it goes a step further and measures how much of the "above-the-fold" content is visually complete until the web page has finished loading.

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A simple, client-side approach to measuring Speed Index

Dean Hume

One of the metrics produced when you run a test using webpagetest.org is called Speed Index and it changed the way I thought about web performance. Speed Index is important because it goes a step further and measures how much of the "above-the-fold" content is visually complete until the web page has finished loading.

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A simple, client-side approach to measuring Speed Index

Dean Hume

One of the metrics produced when you run a test using webpagetest.org is called Speed Index and it changed the way I thought about web performance. Speed Index is important because it goes a step further and measures how much of the "above-the-fold" content is visually complete until the web page has finished loading.

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