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Real-Time Cost Optimization: Application Level FinOps for Spark on Amazon EMR and Amazon EKS

Pepperdata’s ability to halve cloud costs at top enterprises may seem radical and new, but it’s absolutely not. Pepperdata has been hardened and battle tested since 2012, and our software is currently deployed on about 100,000 instances and nodes across some of the largest and most complex cloud deployments in the world. We’re an AWS ISV Accelerate partner focused on helping customers save money running Spark on Amazon EMR and Spark and microservices on Amazon EKS.

Data Mesh Architecture Explained

The advent of the data mesh has changed the way organizations manage and utilize data. It’s not expected to go away anytime soon. Data mesh, in short, is a popular approach to data management in the enterprise. Its primary goal is to empower teams, especially cross-functional ones. In this article, we'll delve into what data mesh is and explore its key principles. We'll also discuss some benefits of implementing this modern data mesh approach in your organization.

Time Series Is out of This World: Data in the Space Sector

While time series data is critical for space industries, managing that data is not always straightforward. While humans have yet to develop light-speed travel, teleportation or lots of the other cool things we see in movies or read in books, that doesn’t mean we aren’t making progress. Advances in technology are starting, ever so slowly, to blur the lines between science fiction and reality when it comes to outer space.

Ditch the Spreadsheet: 6 Must-Know Reasons to Invest in Payroll Software

As businesses adapt to the relentless pace of the 21st century, there's a growing emphasis on automation and the need to enhance efficiency. Nowhere is this more pertinent than in payroll management-a function as old as businesses themselves. Perhaps you currently use spreadsheets and want to know how to streamline the process. If you're considering using payroll software, here are 6 compelling reasons to do so.

Introduction to Apache Arrow

A look at what Arrow is, its advantages and how some companies and projects use it. Over the past few decades, using big data sets required businesses to perform increasingly complex analyses. Advancements in query performance, analytics and data storage are largely a result of greater access to memory. Demand, manufacturing process improvements and technological advances all contributed to cheaper memory.

Update your synonyms in Elasticsearch: Introducing the synonyms API

In a previous post, we talked about synonyms and their importance for providing a great search experience. Using synonyms improves search results by: Search results need to evolve over time. New items go on sale, new trends change what users search for, and new terms become part of a search domain. Our search experience must evolve as well. As part of evolving our search experience, it's important to keep our synonyms updated.

Amazon RDS: managed database vs. database self-management

Amazon RDS or Relational Database Service is a collection of managed services offered by Amazon Web Services that simplify the processing of setting up, operating, and scaling relational databases on the AWS cloud. It is a fully managed service that provides highly scalable, cost-effective, and efficient database deployment.

Deploying Scalable Next.js Applications on Netlify with PostgreSQL and Redis

Deploying an application at scale can be challenging. In this video, we address this challenge using Netlify and Aiven. Dewan Ahmed, a developer advocate at Aiven, assists a fictional developer (Alex) who has limited knowledge of production-grade databases and deployment. Together, they master the process of deploying robust, secure, and scalable Next.js applications on Netlify, integrating seamlessly with PostgreSQL and Redis on the Aiven platform.