Speed Curve

MARCH 17, 2025

Downtime makes headlines: 2015 – 12-hour Apple outage cost the company $25 million 2016 – 5-hour outage caused an estimated loss of $150 million for Delta Airlines 2019 – 14-hour outage cost Facebook an estimated $90 million It's easy to see why these stories capture our attention. These are big numbers!

Metrics 66

Metrics Airlines Website Speed 66

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

I'm also excited to announce today that we are launching an AWS Edge Network Location in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the first quarter of 2018. One story from the Middle East I particularly like is flydubai, the leading low-cost airline in the region.

Cloud 119

Cloud Education Energy Government 119

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

Types of DBMS DBMS can be classified into hierarchical, network, relational, and object-oriented types. Additionally, DBMS is critical in reservation systems, where it stores and manages records like ticket bookings, schedules, seat allocation, and other pertinent transaction data for airlines, hotels, and railways.

Efficiency 147

Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

ScaleOut Software

JANUARY 28, 2021

We are faced with quickly building a nationwide logistics network and standing up well more than 50,000 vaccination centers. Its two core competencies are speed and scalability. This powerful technology may also be just what we need to help tackle the challenge of vaccine distribution.

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Logistics Airlines Ecommerce Scalability 84

Smashing Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Working for a major airline not even a decade ago, I can remember trying to model content for mobile devices (yes! The delivery of static assets in formats such as WebP via a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is also crucial to serving your users a fast website. When modeling content schemas, think of the future.

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Cache Website Mobile Google 145

Brendan Gregg

JULY 21, 2024

Windows computers around the world encountered blue-screens-of-death and boot loops, causing outages for hospitals, airlines, banks, grocery stores, media broadcasters, and more. Google and Meta already rely on eBPF to detect and stop bad actors in their fleet, thanks to eBPF's speed, deep visibility, and safety guarantees.

Airlines 135

Airlines Programming Google Media 135

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

So, when people first started talking about the Internet having similar carbon emissions to the airline industry , I was a bit skeptical. It can be hard to visualize the huge network of hardware that allows you to send a request for a page to a server and then receive a response back. Taking Action. Rendering Is Much Slower on Mobile.

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Website Internet Internet Energy 140