Take advantage of these Kubernetes companions to simplify app definitions, enhance monitoring, ease cloud deployments, and more. Kubernetes has become a standard way—many would say the standard way — to deploy containerized applications at scale. But if Kubernetes helps us to tame sprawling and complex container deployments, what’s available to help us tame Kubernetes? It too can be […]
Category Archives: Data and analytics
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Serverless functions and containers are two of the hottest topics in the IT world today. They’re also two technologies that share a lot in common, after all, both are basically ways to deploy code inside isolated, discrete environments. They are by no means identical technologies, but in the abstract, they function in similar ways. […]
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Understanding Serverless A basic understanding of serverless cloud computing is becoming increasingly important as this technology has evolved and matured in recent years and has exploded in popularity. Some people are even saying we live in a “post-container” world. No matter the hype, serverless computing is a useful technology that provides significant benefits to developers and organizations. […]
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Microsoft has announced that they will end support for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 on July 9, 2019, and for Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 on Jan 14, 2020. Now is the time to start strategizing and creating a plan of action for migrating your Microsoft workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Here is why AWS […]
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A Disaster or a Hazard can be something that puts an organization work at risk, from equipment failures to cyber attack to natural hazards. The aim of a disaster recovery site is to keep business operations active in case of any damage or hazard occurs. Disaster recovery helps in restoring applications, data, and hardware quickly […]
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Let’s compare two FaaS: AWS Lambda and Microsoft Azure Functions. We’ll look at the brief history of each, and compare and contrast their features. Let’s start with a simple question: Why work with multiple FaaS providers? One of the crucial components of any application’s reliability plan is what to do when a provider goes […]
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Hamilton at NASA, Photo courtesy of Creative Commons A Brief History of Agile The story of Agile has only just begun. An approach to software found across the world from Airbnb to Apple, startups to multinational companies focused on iterative development. Agile is not really about computers or software, it’s about the organization of people. […]
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Google announced today that Gmail Google has become the first major email provider to support two new security standards, namely MTA-STS and TLS Reporting. Both are extensions to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), the protocol through which all emails are sent today. The purpose of MTA-STS and TLS Reporting is to help email providers establish […]
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According to recent research, 50% of organizations use more than one public cloud infrastructure vendor, choosing between Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and a series of others. 85% of those using more than one cloud infrastructure provider are managing up to four1, seeking the best fit for their applications and hedging […]
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There are two questions you should ask before shipping software: Are we able to ship? Should we ship? “Should we ship?” Is a business driven decision. Is it valuable to your business to put this latest feature into your users hands? Your product manager represents the business interests on the team and should take this decision. […]