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CDN Database Technical Overview Â
Ernie
March 5, 2019
The Stateful CDN is a model that incorporates a distributed database into the technology stack. The purpose of the CDN database is to provide state to stateless services such as edge functions, edge containers, and serverless. Cloudflare is the first
Stateful CDN Architecture; The CDN Database
Ernie
February 27, 2019
The industry’s quest to develop the next billion-dollar product is in play. The last product to transform the CDN industry was cloud security. Now it’s on to the next idea. Some believe edge compute is the next billion-dollar product. It
CDN, Embrace State or Die Â
Ernie
February 25, 2019
The dot com period was the wild wild west of the 90’s. Fortunes were made and lost. Startups exploded on the scene, only to go bust later. Out of the ashes, Google and Akamai were born. Larry Ellison was in
Cool Startup – Macrometa Launches Serverless Edge Platform and Geo-Distributed Edge Database
Ernie
February 18, 2019
Palo Alto-based startup Macrometa has recently emerged from stealth mode. They have introduced an innovative serverless edge platform that is powered by a highly-consistent and highly-available geo-distributed database. The service is available across 25 PoPs (expanding to over 100 in
Microsoft Azure Functions vs. AWS Lamdba
December 14, 2018
Serverless computing, or FaaS (Functions-as-a-Service) is a form of cloud compute in which application developers depend on third party services to manage the server-side of operations, allowing them to focus on building applications on a function-by-function basis. The serverless platform
Cloudflare Steps into Leadership Position In Serverless among CDNs
September 13, 2018
Cloudflare is increasingly stepping into a leadership position in serverless among CDNs. Before we look at why, let’s first take a step back and look at why serverless. There are an increasing number of options for how best to build
nuu:bit Introduces Distributed Compute Environment
May 21, 2018
nuu:bit, the advanced CDN company, recently announced its new Distributed Compute Environment (DCE). The nuu:bit DCE is designed to allow the execution of code at the network edge closest to the end user, aiming to make the development and deployment
Serverless Comparison: AWS Lambda vs. Microsoft Azure Functions vs. Google Cloud Functions
January 9, 2018
Serverless computing, or FaaS (Functions-as-a-Service) lets developers focus on building event-based applications on a function by function basis while it takes care of deploying, running and scaling the code. It doesn’t mean that no servers are involved, but rather that