Organizations need to develop skills and technology to manage Big Data operations across multiple data centers, likely across large geographic areas.

If you are looking to transition some or all of your IT infrastructure to the cloud, one advantage that may help persuade people to get on board is the ability to use autoscaling. With autoscaling, you can provide a real boost to your website or web

All signs point to a rocky future for managed service providers. As Zachary Purl writes in an August 1, 2016, article on Business2Community, MSP margins are shrinking, and the traditional managed services model is being commoditized. So why are so

When it comes to analyzing the effectiveness and usability of your applications, gathering the data you need in order to make decisions about what can be improved is essential. However, this data has to be retrieved and stored somewhere in order for ...

In March 2016, my friend and I founded devRant - a fun community for devs to vent, share, and bond over how they really feel about code, tech, and life as a programmer.

While pretty much everyone has heard of SaaS (software as a service) and used it (Google Drive ringing a bell, anyone?) not as many people have heard of PaaS (platform as a service). However, PaaS’ growth in coming years is slated to blow away that o ...

Depending on who you believe, hybrid cloud setups are the wave of the future or an abomination presaging the demise of IT as we know it. Hype machines — don’t you just love 'em?

 Depending on who you believe, hybrid cloud setups are the wave of the future or an abomination presaging the demise of information technology as we know it. Hype machines – don’t you just love ‘em? Okay, let’s get down to it: There’s nothing magi

When using a Linux operating system, you have a powerful and helpful tool available to you called "Cron". Using this tool, you can schedule what are called Cron jobs, which can help a system administrator automate a number of tasks such a b ...

Not so long ago, data storage was limited to three physical forms: direct-attached storage (DAS) such as traditional standbys SCSI and SATA disk drives; storage-area networks (SAN) that cluster disks into logical units (LUN) on servers accessed via

Ever tried to create a JSON data structure that includes entities that have a bidirectional relationship (i.e., circular reference)? If you have, you’ve likely seen a JavaScript error along the lines of “Uncaught TypeError: Converting circular struct ...

  Load balancing can help boost the performance of your website and applications, as it allows more people to use your systems at the same time. Instead of all of the traffic going to a single destination, you can direct traffic to various machine

  In an unprecedented move, Microsoft announced on March 7, 2016, that it would provide a version of MSSQL Server for Linux in addition to Windows Server. This is big news for those that use Linux but also want to use the MSSQL database due to eit

MariaDB is a database growing in popularity. Its lead developer is Michael “Monty” Widenius, who was part of the team that created MySQL. When MySQL was acquired by Oracle, Widenius and some of the other original MySQL developers decided to launch Ma ...

Self-Service portals are being increasingly used to facilitate information from organizations to users. The result is making everyone involved happy.

If you are looking forward to implementing the new HTTP2 protocol when you are able to, then you will need to consider a few things that will differ from any optimizations you are making to your web sites for the HTTP1.1 protocol. With HTTP2 in place ...

  Platform as a Service, or PaaS, can be extremely helpful to you when it comes to developing and maintaining your applications. The question is - when should you consider using PaaS for your apps? As your company grows, the usefulness of PaaS will

Serverless applications are the source of much confusion of late. For one thing, they’re not “serverless” at all. In fact, it’s more accurate to refer to them as “multiserver apps” since their components are distributed among cloud servers far and wi

This article has some helpful tips for MongoDB users to keep in mind when gearing up for production.

Learn how code sharing services allow for a quick and streamlined process for developing mobile apps, even when developing apps that are for multiple platforms.