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Reinventing virtualization with the AWS Nitro System

All Things Distributed

After years of optimizing traditional virtualization systems to the limit, we knew we had to make a dramatic change in the architecture if we were going to continue to increase performance and security for our customers.

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Hybrid cloud infrastructure explained: Weighing the pros, cons, and complexities

Dynatrace

To drive better outcomes using hybrid cloud architectures, it helps to understand their benefits—and how to orchestrate them seamlessly. What is hybrid cloud architecture? Hybrid cloud architecture is a computing environment that shares data and applications on a combination of public clouds and on-premises private clouds.

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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

Dynatrace

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. VMware commercialized the idea of virtual machines, and cloud providers embraced the same concept with services like Amazon EC2, Google Compute, and Azure virtual machines.

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What is ITOps? Why IT operations is more crucial than ever in a multicloud world

Dynatrace

This transition to public, private, and hybrid cloud is driving organizations to automate and virtualize IT operations to lower costs and optimize cloud processes and systems. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

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What is function as a service? App development gets FaaS and furious

Dynatrace

Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. FaaS vs. monolithic architectures. Monolithic architectures were commonplace with legacy, on-premises software solutions. Increased availability. Consider the challenges of function as a service. Limited visibility.

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

Accordingly, the remaining 27% of clusters are self-managed by the customer on cloud virtual machines. On-premises data centers invest in higher capacity servers since they provide more flexibility in the long run, while the procurement price of hardware is only one of many cost factors.

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Reinventing Performance Testing: New Architectures

Alex Podelko

New Architectures (this post). Cloud seriously impacts system architectures that has a lot of performance-related consequences. The answer to this challenge is service virtualization, which allows simulating real services during testing without actual access. – Cloud. – Agile. – Continuous Integration.