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Netflix Re-Architects Cassandra Data Movement
Netflix details their multi-year effort to overhaul Cassandra data movement, highlighting the trade-offs at massive scale.
The cost of data movement at scale eventually forces architectural decisions that are hard to justify at smaller deployments. Migration of Cassandra data across clusters and regions was re-architected from a custom, in-house tool to a new system named…
Amazon Connect adds workforce management for Tasks and Emails
Amazon Connect now forecasts and schedules across voice, chat, tasks, and emails. The catch is in the details.
React Foundation: Governance Shakeup, Not a Feature Drop
A new foundation for React's governance is forming. Read between the lines on what it means for adoption and stability.
Google Cloud data deletion: The $124B fund's near-miss
A rare GCP blunder nearly wiped out a major fund's data. Regional replication wasn't enough.
EC2 C8ine Instances Expand to Frankfurt, Boosting Network Performance
AWS adds C8ine instances to Frankfurt, offering improved network throughput for virtual appliances and Telco workloads.
EMR Serverless Doubles Worker Sizes for Intensive Workloads
EMR Serverless now offers 32 vCPU/244 GB memory workers, doubling previous limits. This targets compute-heavy Spark and Hive jobs.
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