Tag: Cloud and infrastructure
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What MongoDB teaches us about database trends
Posted on June 7, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Back in June 2014, the top five most popular databases were exactly the same as June 2022: Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MongoDB. The difference is their relative popularity: PostgreSQL and MongoDB have been gaining in popularity relative to the relational incumbents. By Matt Asay.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure data-and-analytics architecture-and-apis
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Guide to enterprise open source: Why your organization needs it now
Posted on June 6, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
There are some universal truths about open source software (OSS). It has revolutionized our world and become the foundation of our digital society, the backbone of our digital economy, and the basis of our digital existence. By @linuxfoundation.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure miscellaneous leadership-and-career
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The future of computer vision
Posted on June 5, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Computer vision is a rapidly growing field in research and applications. Advances in computer vision research are now more directly and immediately applicable to the commercial world. By Richmond Alake.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure miscellaneous leadership-and-career data-and-analytics ai-and-machine-learning
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AIOps with Azure Metrics Advisor
Posted on June 4, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length long
AIOps is a term introduced by Gartner in 2016, referring to AI for IT Operations. It combines big data and machine learning to automate IT operations processes, including event correlation, anomaly detection, and causality determination. By ODSC Community.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd data-and-analytics
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Web3: What is it and what it means for freelancers
Posted on June 1, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
It is being said that Web3 is the future of the internet which promises a decentralised, immutable version of the global web -- free of intermediaries and equipped with the same cryptographic verifiability as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). But what does that really mean? By Stefania Volpe.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure business-and-emerging-tech how-to leadership-and-career
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Stacks vs. Solana vs. Polygon: How do they compare from a developer perspective?
Posted on May 31, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
What's the best blockchain for building Web3 applications? It depends on what you want to prioritize across the blockchain trilemma. The trilemma argues that blockchains can only provide two of the three properties of decentralization, security, and scalability, and that no matter where you build, you'll be making a tradeoff. By Joe Bender.
Tags business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure how-to miscellaneous software-engineering
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Magic NAT: Everywhere, unbounded, and lower cost
Posted on May 30, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
Network Address Translation (NAT) is one of the most common and versatile network functions, used by everything from your home router to the largest ISPs. Today, we're delighted to introduce a new approach to NAT that solves the problems of traditional hardware and virtual solutions. By Annika Garbers.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd software-engineering leadership-and-career
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Visualizing the 5 pillars of cloud architecture
Posted on May 29, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
Getting the most value out of an organization's cloud infrastructure can be a daunting task. But the key considerations can be winnowed down to an easy-to-remember acronym: CROPS, which stands for cost optimization, reliability, operational excellence, performance efficiency and security. By Dan Lawyer.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career software-engineering
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Secure communication with light particles
Posted on May 25, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length long
Researchers are developing an anti-eavesdropping quantum network. By Technische Universitat Darmstadt.
Tags miscellaneous leadership-and-career data-and-analytics cloud-and-infrastructure security-and-privacy
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How a Man-in-the-Middle attack works
Posted on May 22, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Man-in-the-middle (or MitM) attacks can occur when an attacker has the ability to intercept communications over the network. This allows the attacker to read -- and potentially modify -- these communications. By Rob Behnke.
Tags security-and-privacy cloud-and-infrastructure frontend-and-mobile product-and-design
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6 essential digital optimization skills you need
Posted on May 21, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
To succeed as a customer-centric team, building and honing digital optimization skills is crucial. Here are the skills to focus on.. By Will Watkinson. By Mallory Busch.
Tags leadership-and-career cloud-and-infrastructure software-engineering
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Building a business system integration and automation platform at Shopify
Posted on May 20, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Companies organize and automate their internal processes with a multitude of business systems. Since companies function as a whole, these systems need to be able to talk to one another. At Shopify, we took advantage of Ruby, Rails, and our scale with these technologies to build a business system integration solution. By Will Watkinson.
Tags leadership-and-career cloud-and-infrastructure