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How to Reduce Docker Image Size

Recently, I have been tasked to migrate the existing set of Docker images from Ubuntu to RHEL UBI. The product has more than 25 images, so keeping the new image size as small as possible is one of the goals while migrating the images. Everyone is well aware of the advantages of keeping the Docker image size small for the following reasons...

Serverless *Can* Be for Everyone - Let's Build It That Way

Serverless can bring opportunities by making DevOps more accessible to folks new to the industry. It can also bring opportunities to folks already in the industry that want to spend more time focusing on adding business value. But many technologists, seasoned or otherwise, hear a lot about serverless but don’t always know how to get started.

Use Webhooks for Async HTTP Messaging in Azure Logic Apps

There are scenarios where we want to de-couple logic across multiple logic apps. Generally, this is a straight forward endeavor, unless the downstream logic app has a long-running process. When this does occur, the client (or publisher) will experience an HTTP timeout if the request takes more than 2 minutes. This scenario is captured within the Azure Logic Apps documentation.

Top 5 Challenges in Cloud Migration and How to Handle Them

In our previous blog post, we discussed how we are approaching an important inflection point in the cloud migration timeline. Certain legacy applications will remain on owned infrastructure for the foreseeable future, but the scale and agility offered by cloud platforms offers competitive and operational advantages that most organizations cannot ignore. As cloud adoption became mainstream, many enterprises saw fewer objections to migrating their infrastructure to cloud.

Elasticsearch Service is now generally available on Microsoft Azure

Following the fully featured public beta of the Elasticsearch Service on Microsoft Azure earlier this year, we are pleased to declare it is now generally available! Existing Elasticsearch Service customers can log in and launch deployments on Azure in their existing accounts, and new users can get started with a free 14-day trial of the Elasticsearch Service.

Monitoring Best Practices for Citrix Cloud

The evolution of cloud computing has transformed all aspects of the IT landscape – how applications are deployed, how data is consumed and stored, how security is managed, and so on. A recent Forbes survey reports that in the span of 15 months, about 80% of all IT funds will be committed to cloud solutions. Cloud adoption has also started in the end-user computing (EUC) world.

Cold starts get the cold shoulder - Provisioned Concurrency has changed the game

Among the many, MANY announcements at re:Invent this year is one that settles a years-long debate or concern amongst people considering using AWS Lambda to build serverless applications: cold starts. AWS Lambda is now 5 years old. For all of that time, there’s been a concern about latency the first time a function is called. Well, fret no more: with Provisioned Concurrency you can pay a tiny fee to know Lambda functions are always available.