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Database decisions: AWS has changed the game for IT
Enterprises are figuring out that they likely need different database engines to power different parts of their applications. AWS has figured that out, too
Skip containers and do serverless computing instead
Container technologies like Docker are very powerful, but require talent you can’t get. Serverless computing provides the same benefits—with talent you can actually get
AWS Lambda tutorial: Get started with serverless computing
12 steps to building an application in the Amazon cloud, without breaking a sweat or a budget
What’s new in Apache Spark? Low-latency streaming and Kubernetes
Continuous processing and native Kubernetes support in Apache Spark 2.3 spell the end for micro-batching and Hadoop
Cosmos DB review: Database for a small planet
Multi-model Azure database combines global reach and a choice of five consistency models, allowing you to trade off cost for consistency
AWS cloud services guide: The right tools for the job
Moving to the cloud makes more sense than ever, if you know why you're doing it and how to make the most of your platform of choice. Find out the most common reasons for cloud migration, and which AWS components you'll need to succeed...
CockroachDB review: A scale-out SQL database built for survival
CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database built on top of a transactional and consistent key-value store that can withstand datacenter failures
Google Cloud Platform’s secret sauce: Its time is now
Google’s biggest strength is helping enterprises “run like Google”—something that even old-school companies have discovered they can now do
Open source innovation is now all about vendor on-ramps
AWS, Microsoft, and Google are all racing to figure out how to turn their innovations into open source on-ramps to their proprietary services
Google App Engine adds support for Java 8
Move to Java 8 overcomes limited Java class support, thread execution issues, and slower performance of Java 7, Google says
8 technologies transforming the database
That database has come a long way from tables of rows and columns, and the journey is far from over
Serverless computing may kill Google Cloud Platform
Unless Google can get its serverless act together, it may end up winning the container battle but losing the cloud war
21 technologies transforming software development
The very nature of programming is evolving faster than you might think, thanks to these powerful tools
Architect has a better blueprint for AWS Lambda deployments
Project handles configuration and provisioning of Lambda functions and related AWS services with a plain-text manifest file
Review: Google Cloud Spanner takes SQL to NoSQL scale
Google Cloud Spanner achieves horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and five nines availability as a service, at a price
How to get started with Kubernetes
From Hello Minikube to Kubernetes Anywhere to example microservices apps, the options for learning Google’s container orchestration tool abound
8 keys to DynamoDB success
How to ensure that Amazon’s fast and scalable key-value database works for you, not against you
Why serverless? Meet AWS Lambda
A first-hand, step-by-step look at the ease and simplicity of Amazon's "function as a service" platform
13 reasons to ditch AWS for another cloud
There great alternatives to AWS, and many are evolving in ways that hint at the future of the cloud
What's the Go language really good for?
Learn the strengths, weaknesses, use cases, and future directions of Google's hit programming language
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