All Things Distributed

APRIL 19, 2010

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editors pick. By Werner Vogels on 19 April 2010 03:02 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). I am excited that Amazon Cloudfront has been selected as one of the 10 Editors pick of 2010 by Streaming Media. Amazon Cloudfront is the Content Delivery Network (CDN) that is dead simple to use both from a technology and a business point of view.

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The Agile Manager

APRIL 26, 2010

It's pretty well established that Agile and Lean IT are more operationally efficient than traditional IT. Agile teams tend to commit fewer unforced errors, and don't defer work. This results in fewer surprises - and with it, fewer surprise costs - in the final stages of delivery. Agile practices unwind the “requirements arms race” between business and IT, while Lean practices reduce waste throughout the delivery cycle.

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Tim Kadlec

APRIL 29, 2010

Most likely you’ve heard by now about Steve Job’s open letter about why their mobile devices do not support Flash, and why they don’t intend on changing that. Everyone and their mother has an opinion about it, but I still couldn’t resist posting a few quick thoughts I had while reading it. The Pot Calling the Kettle Black. I generally really like Apple products.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 23, 2010

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. I am looking for new application and platform services. By Werner Vogels on 22 April 2010 05:17 PM. | Permalink. | Comments (). The ecosystem of new application and platform services in the cloud is the future of application development. It will drive rapid innovation and well see a wealth of mobile, web and desktop applications arrive that we couldnt dream about a few years ago, and these building

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Tim Kadlec

APRIL 12, 2010

By now I’m sure that most of you have heard about the recent announcement by Google that speed is officially a factor in their rankings. This seems to have caused a little bit of panic amongst some people in the web community. One web guru who you may have heard of, Jeffrey Zeldman, posted an article on Sunday wherein he describes the choice he feels designers are now faced with: So now we face a dilemma.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 28, 2010

'All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - Opening the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. By Werner Vogels on 28 April 2010 11:00 AM. | Permalink. | Comments (). Today Amazon Web Services has taken another important step in serving customers worldwide: the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region is now launched.

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