In this blog series we are examining the Five Myths of Apache Spark Optimization. So far we’ve looked at Myth 1: Observability and Monitoring and Myth 2: Cluster Autoscaling. Stay tuned for the entire series! The third myth addresses another common assumption of many Spark users: Choosing the right instances will eliminate waste in a cluster.

Web transaction monitoring tracks and analyzes user interactions on a website. It looks at the user's path, from page load to action completion.

The global AdTech market is experiencing exponential growth, driven by the rising demand for speed, personalized advertising, and the proliferation of digital platforms. Key trends include the rise of connected TV (CTV) advertising, in-app advertising, rich media, and interactive ads, as well as the growing importance of privacy and data security.

Google Lighthouse has been one of the most effective ways to gamify and promote web page performance among developers. Using Lighthouse, we can assess web pages based on overall performance, accessibility, SEO, and what Google considers “best practices”, all with the click of a button. We might use these tests to evaluate out-of-the-box performance for front-end frameworks or to celebrate performance improvements gained by some diligent refactoring.

‘Everything LTS’ – Canonical will build distroless Docker images to customer spec that include upstream components not packaged in Ubuntu, and fix critical CVEs within 24 hours, supported on RHEL, Ubuntu, VMware or public cloud K8s for 12+ years.

Do you need a “Cloud Exit Strategy”?. In recent years, cloud services have become an integral part of the digital infrastructure for businesses of all sizes. Organizations are increasingly leveraging cloud computing to enhance their operations.

NVIDIA offers one of the most comprehensive SDKs for developers of AI-heavy products. It includes a development kit that can emulate other devices in the lineup (Jetson AGX Orin DK), a simpler development kit for “entry-level” products (Jetson Orin Nano DK), a ton of exciting software libraries, AI models and even more examples of how to use them. It’s truly outstanding and out of the box shows up as a Ubuntu workstation which will feel very familiar.

Generative AI tools are being embedded in workplaces at breakneck speed to crank up efficiency and productivity. While there’s no question about AI’s potential to deliver those kinds of benefits, the ‘how’ part isn’t fully clear to a lot of businesses. That puts many organizations in a precarious position.

At Megaport, we’re always thinking about how to improve convenience, control, and user experience. And in response to feedback from you, our team is constantly adding and upgrading locations and features. After interacting with our customers and prioritizing this feedback, our Solution Architect and Engineering Product teams have been hard at work adding a range of features and upgrades to our Portal and solutions suite.

Organizations across all industries are racing to adopt LLMs and integrate generative AI into their offerings. LLMs have been demonstrably useful for intelligent assistants, AIOps, and natural language query interfaces, among many other use cases. However, running them in production and at an enterprise scale presents many challenges.