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Amazon DynamoDB ? a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database.

All Things Distributed

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Comments ().

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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Jamstack CMS: The Past, The Present and The Future

Smashing Magazine

I had my website with funny photos and links to favorite websites live on the internet, and better yet, I could edit directly on the server. It’s safe to say WordPress, the platform now powering 40% of the internet, won that battle, but MovableType paved the way for Jamstack CMSs in the future. But, when it worked, it was magical.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

Their work produces higher-quality code and enables faster innovation, while maintaining high security standards. Faster innovation Without prohibitive contracts and lengthy procurement processes, open source enables developers and DBAs to customize the source code and create new applications for addressing evolving needs.

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Real-Time Digital Twins Can Help Expedite Vaccine Distribution

ScaleOut Software

Widely used to track ecommerce shopping carts, financial transactions, airline flights and much more, in-memory computing can quickly store, retrieve, and analyze large volumes of live data. Its two core competencies are speed and scalability. Let’s take a closer look at the real-time digital twin for a vaccination center.

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How Partytown Eliminates Website Bloat From Third-Party Apps

Smashing Magazine

And slow websites are, in a way, discrimination: The majority of the world’s population don’t have access to high-speed Internet or fast CPUs. This becomes especially critical for eCommerce sites and online marketplaces that need these third-party scripts to run their business and where time really is money.

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The impact of 5G on mobile app development

Tech News Gather

With some unique advantages like low latency and faster speed, 5G aims to give birth to a new era of mobile application development with some innovations. With the increase in speed and less latency, there are a lot of possibilities that can be explored in the field of the internet of things (IOT) and smart devices.

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