The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 6, 2019

We are constantly innovating on video encoding technology at Netflix, and we have a lot of content to encode. large portions of the entire Netflix catalog are re-encoded whenever we’ve made significant advancements in encoding technology. What problem are we solving? Encoding is not a one-time process?—?large We have one file?—?the

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All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Today Amazon Web Services takes another step on the continuous innovation path by announcing a new Amazon EC2 instance type: The Cluster GPU Instance. We believe that making these GPU resources available for everyone to use at low cost will drive new innovation in the application of highly parallel programming models. Comments ().

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O'Reilly

AUGUST 13, 2024

It’s hard to be innovative when all you know is React. The problem is that sort() is a great exercise in problem solving, particularly if you force yourself past simple bubble sort to quicksort , merge sort , and beyond. Or another massive, overbuilt framework. Similarly, I’ve seen arguments that no one needs to learn algorithms.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2021

All these terms refer to related technology and practices. APM has rapidly expanded to encompass a broad range of technologies and use cases. Increased time spent on innovation. This may result in unnecessary troubleshooting exercises and finger-pointing, not to mention wasted time and money. Why businesses need APM.

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

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O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ethan Mollick (with whom I rarely disagree) writes, “In the real world, most new ideas do not come from the ether; they are based on combinations of existing concepts, which is why innovation scholars have long pointed to the importance of recombination in generating ideas.” This technology may be useful for repairing damaged works of art.

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Percona

JULY 3, 2023

In addition to more modern libraries to build on and better compatibility with newer technologies, we also get access to faster upstream responses to issues, including security related. Starting with PMM 2.38.0, If you’re running PMM 2.32.0 If that’s not an option, you can always reach out for community support on our forums.

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Tech News Gather

JUNE 15, 2023

In today’s dynamic landscape of education app development as a technology has emerged as a transformative force, propelling the realm of learning forward. In addition, it can also inculcate resources such as articles, podcasts, and breathing exercises to help users develop coping strategies and resilience.

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The Agile Manager

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

An economic model that assesses the extent to which a firm has market power would be substantially an academic exercise. These are real and significant business benefits: indeed, making competitors react by destabelising their agenda is of exponentially greater value than that of the innovations themselves.

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The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2017

Buying became an exercise in sourcing for the lowest unit cost any vendor was willing to supply for a particular skill-set. The people I need to build long-lived products on my-business-as-a-platform-as-a-service using emerging technologies don't fit any definition of standard procurement. It's not a hotbed of innovation.

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The Agile Manager

APRIL 28, 2008

Because capital is globally mobile, markets must innovate to remain competitive. Financial markets are innovating at a fast clip. Principle-based regulation posits that compliance with best practices is the best way to facilitate innovation while retaining transparency. Rules can't be written as quickly as markets evolve.

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The Agile Manager

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Platforms are conceptually popular with investors: in theory, a platform makes the mundane portions of a business efficient, scalable and adaptable, allowing a company to release the creative talents of its people to pursue growth and innovation. Employees will see replatforming as an exercise in re-creating software. Destiny awaits.

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The Agile Manager

AUGUST 23, 2007

1 The same applies to an Information Technology organisation that is core to achieving alpha returns : it needs the management practices to match high-capability people. In the 1970s it spawned tremendous innovation in personal computing technology. As Thomas Teal wrote succinctly , “Good management works miracles.”

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Alex Russell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The idea that preventing browser innovation is pro-user is particularly risible, leading to entirely avoidable catch-22 scenarios for developers and users. The closer one looks, the less a definition of "appiness" can be pinned down to specific technologies. At a technical level, this is not correct. bank passwords).

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The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2019

Isn't this the very existential threat that leaders of incumbent companies are supposed to be responding to through inventive and innovative means? That creates the opportunity for incumbents to gradually do deals with new entrants to buy their assets, license their technology, take minority positions, or take outright control.

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O'Reilly

APRIL 15, 2025

Some teams prefer to use an anonymized copy of production data, but either way, you need to ensure your test data has enough variety to exercise the scenarios you care about. While the upfront investment in evaluation feels slow, it prevents endless debates about whether changes help or hurt and dramatically speeds up innovation later.

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Tasktop

JUNE 25, 2020

We, at Tasktop, had the knowledge, experience and technology to help them learn to do that. . Replacing one-off paper-and-pen value stream mapping exercises, Tasktop Viz continuously measures the flow of work through the configured value streams. While our technology is great, we never intended to license our products and walk away.

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The Agile Manager

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Yet it isn’t the tech that disrupts, it’s socio-economic change that creates conditions that a technology can exploit. These can be useful exercises, certainly to the business leaders who’ve got to find their customers or compete against rivals with slimmed down cost structures. Tech isn’t the catalyst , but it can be the beneficiary.

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Tasktop

OCTOBER 30, 2019

DOES and other tech events demonstrate that we’re not in short supply of great ideas, visionary people or cutting-edge technology to improve the way organizations build and deliver software. Auditors – a powerful asset to help you innovate . Obtaining the funding to spearhead your product ambitions.

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Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 4, 2018

I love the way he manages to wrangle disparate topics across science and history to show how much of innovation and advancement is non-linear. It’s fascinating to read about the different ways our technology-reliant world is vulnerable to attacks. The book sets out to do the same thing and does a pretty good job.

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