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When the internet first came into existence in 1983, its communication channels didn't exist, and it was just operational enough to be used for research purposes. In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee had the idea to develop a system for the internet using TCP/IP protocols. That public project at CERN introduced HTTP, HTML, World Wide Web (WWW), and a client-server as communication mechanisms. In this post, you'll learn how HTTP protocol works and how new versions brought it to where we are now, with the widely used HTTP/2 in 2021.
An explanation of the meaning of SLA, SLO and SLI, and how SREs should use each concept to manage reliability.
Seasonal spikes in consumer activity are expected, if not depended on, by online retailers throughout the calendar year. However, as shoppers rush to compete over door-buster deals and order holiday must-haves, web traffic escalates to levels standard resource allocation cannot easily sustain. This spike in traffic can lead to unresponsive checkouts, lost or abandoned carts, and slow-loading pages, ultimately resulting in thousands of dollars in lost revenue.
The Internet of Things adoption is growing faster than ever before. As connected devices become more affordable, they find their place in many aspects of our lives. Users worldwide can benefit from a large ecosystem of IoT solutions. However, this rapid growth comes at a cost. Different IoT edge devices have different interfaces, speak different languages and many are not supported soon after manufacturing. Over time, this presents challenges not only to usability, but also to security and privacy.