DynamoDB: Maximizing Scale and Performance
AWS DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database provided by Amazon Web Services. It is a fast and flexible database service which has been built for scale.
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Solving the Never Ending Requirements of Authorization - Civo Navigate NA 2023
In this talk, Alex Olivier shares their personal experience with the challenges of constantly changing authorization requirements in software systems. They discuss the drawbacks of traditional if-else statement-based authorization logic and propose a more efficient and scalable solution using an authorization service called Cerbos. The talk explores the benefits of decoupling authorization logic into policies, providing a centralized and maintainable approach with a clear audit trail.
Why you need an internal status page
When we launched incident.io Status Pages a few months ago, we stressed the importance of communicating clearly with your customers about ongoing issues. To help with this, we spent a lot of time carefully designing a status page that’s easy to understand for everyone - whether they come from a technical background, work in a different area, or just want to get on with their day.
Reducing latency in industrial systems with real-time Ubuntu on Intel SoCs
Delivering a comprehensive real-time solution for industrial systems requires careful work at every layer of the stack. Since standalone hardware or software components are not sufficient, Canonical and Intel have joined forces to deliver an out-of-the-box real-time solution. This solution is now generally available on Intel Core processors.
Aggregating Millions of Groups Fast in Apache Arrow DataFusion
Grouped aggregations are a core part of any analytic tool, creating understandable summaries of huge data volumes. Apache Arrow DataFusion’s parallel aggregation capability is 2-3x faster in version 28.0.0 for queries with a large number (10,000 or more) of groups.
Low Disk Space Remediation: Triaging the Explosion of Data and Closing the Loop
Today, there is an explosion of data in IT. This data explosion of critical infrastructure living in the cloud, on premises in the data center, or even orchestrated in containers can be subjected to low disk space issues. How do you respond to the challenging inconvenience of low disk space?
Are you ready for DORA?
Not to be confused with the popular children’s TV character, DORA is a new EU regulation for the financial sector, which stands for the Digital Operational Resilience Act. DORA became law on 16 January 2023 and will start to apply from 17 January 2025, so it’s crucial that senior executives in the financial sector, such as Chief Risk Officers and Chief Information Security Officers, understand its implications and prepare for compliance from day one.
Icinga for Windows v1.11.0 - It's finally here!
Today we are happy to announce that after many delays, re-writes, pushbacks and restructuring Icinga for Windows v1.11.0 is finally released! First, we would like to thank everyone for contributing feedback over the past month to track down issues and testing new integrations.
End-to-End Citrix Monitoring, Diagnosis and Reporting with eG Enterprise
The toughest problem for a Citrix admin to solve is users complaining that "their desktop/app is slow". End-to-end correlated visibility is required to address this problem. Watch this video and learn how eG Enterprise provides unparalleled insights into Citrix user experience, the performance of the key Citrix tiers, the performance of all supporting tiers and how it uses AIOps capabilities to auto-detect the root-cause of a Citrix slowdown.
Pipeline Efficiency: Best Practices for Optimizing your Data Pipeline
Data pipelines are the foundational support to any business analytics project. They are growing more critical than ever as companies are leaning on their insights to drive their business: 54% of enterprises said it was vital to their future business strategies. Data pipelines play a crucial role as they perform calculations and transformations used by analysts, data scientists, and business intelligence teams.