Rather than a flurry of products and services announced this year, let’s hope new AWS CEO Adam Selipsky shows the industry how he plans to get the company’s glut of offerings under control.
When learning how to fly model airplanes as a kid, I was taught an important rule: “Always fly ‘two mistakes’ high.” The same rule applies when building web applications.
Is your e-commerce website ready for the rush of seasonal traffic? Here are six things all e-commerce businesses should do right now to ensure their sites can scale to meet the demand.
Don’t make yourself the central character in one of these cloud horror tales.
While it’s still unclear what caused Facebook’s epic meltdown today, some news outlets are speculating that “it’s always DNS” that causes issues like this. But what exactly is DNS, and how can it be the source of a major site crash?
My latest book, Caching at Scale with Redis, describes what caching is, why it’s a cornerstone of effective modern applications, and how Redis can help you meet these demanding caching needs.
Many companies move applications from their own data center to servers in the cloud. Is this "lift and shift" an actual cloud migration?
Architecting for scale is critical for all modern applications and all modern digitally engaged organizations. But what does it really mean?
Wondering how the many cloud providers differ? Each cloud vendor has its own distinctive personality. Here's whom each one reminds me of.
Many people believe serverless will solve all their problems. But understanding how and where to apply the technology is critical to successfully using it.
