AWS streamlines cloud services for JavaScript developers Amazon Web Services has developed a declarative JavaScript library, AWS Amplify, to aid building cloud-enabled applications via categories of cloud services instead of via individual service contracts. AWS Amplify features The AWS Amplify library supports multiple category scenarios, including: Auth, featuring a module providing authentication APIs and capabilities. […]
Azure Databricks: Fast analytics in the cloud with Apache Spark We’re living in a world of big data. The current generation of line-of-business computer systems generate terabytes of data every year, tracking sales and production through CRM and ERP. It’s a flood of data that’s only going to get bigger as we add the sensors […]
When it comes to the cloud, don’t start with technology It’s easy to get caught up in the technology of cloud computing. We’ll certainly see that occur at the annual AWS Re:Invent show this week, where hundreds of providers will show off new and shiny technology. But don’t get stuck in the weeds. I’m […]
IDG Contributor Network: Why containers will rule the cloud: the rise of Kubernetes Much has changed since the very first version of Kubernetes was released in July 2015. Over the past two years, the open community has made tremendous strides in evolving this container management platform, which has enjoyed an unprecedented adoption rate. Despite […]
IDG Contributor Network: Use the cloud to create open, connected data lakes for AI, not data swamps Produced by every single organization, data is the common denominator across industries as we look to advance how cloud and AI are incorporated into our operations and daily lives. Before the potential of cloud-powered data science and AI […]
Cloud pricing comparison: AWS vs. Microsoft Azure vs. Google Cloud vs. IBM Cloud As major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google, and IBM) continue to drop the prices of cloud instances, they have added discounting options, added instances, and dropped the billing increments, in some cases, to per second billing. Costs come down, but complexity increases. […]
NoSQL standouts: The best document databases “The right tool for the right job.” If such wisdom holds true anywhere, it certainly holds true with the choice of database a developer picks for a given application. Document databases, one of the family of data products collectively referred to as “NoSQL,” are for developers who want to […]
How to diagnose cloud performance issues Is your public cloud-based workload too slow? You don’t know where to look first? Here are some quick guidelines for diagnosing the root cause of most performance issues. I’ve found that many people in IT who can quickly diagnose issues with traditional systems have trouble diagnosing cloud-based system. Why? […]
Why cloud adoption isn’t slowing datacenter growth I’m always interested in datacenters because I live in Northern Virginia, where a new one opens about once a month, leveraging a huge bundle of fiber coming out of the ground near Dulles Airport and cheap power sources. Indeed, they now call my region “Datacenter Alley.” A report […]
Digital is the new shiny spoon: Danielle Di Masi Digital is the new shiny spoon: Danielle Di Masi [unable to retrieve full-text content]CIO India’s Yogesh Gupta talks with Danielle Di Masi, Digital communications & marketing strategist, about digital adoption and human and technology balance. Source: InfoWorld – Cloud Computing
Decoding Digital India: Arvind Gupta [unable to retrieve full-text content]CIO India’s Yogesh Gupta talks to Arvind Gupta, Co-founder, Digital India Foundation, on how India is progressing on the path of digitization coupled with government initiatives. Source: InfoWorld – Cloud Computing
Microsoft brings Apache Spark, Cassandra, MariaDB to its Azure cloud Microsoft has brought several third-party popular platforms to its Azure cloud aimed at developers and data analysts. The new Azure capabilities include: Source: InfoWorld – Cloud Computing
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