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The use of APIs is at the forefront of automation. There are many ways for developers and applications to make use of APIs, and GraphQL is one way to make the most of the data. As technologies continue to grow and evolve, especially with drivers like the DevOps methodology, it is important to keep on top of better and quicker ways to meet our business goals. This is one of the reasons I find GraphQL to be so exciting, and why everyone should understand it.

IT industry veterans have seen significant changes in the way applications are not only developed but also used. This evolution has been driven by several factors, including the ever-growing need for mobility, vast ecosystems, and the increasing demand for faster and more efficient ways to get work done. Let's take a closer look at how apps have evolved over time.

When it comes to your SQL Server, performance degradation is a costly, time-consuming issue. There may be any number of reasons why your SQL Server performance may be diminishing, but one of the biggest culprits tends to be memory usage.

There are so many interesting and very useful Azure services out there. Over my time in the IT industry, I have seen the evolution of virtualization and eventually the cloud. It has been very interesting to follow the growth and evolution of Azure, and the introduction of Azure Synapse is a great example of how cloud services grow and evolve. Through using Azure, organizations can do things they never thought possible in the traditional data center.

At the scale that Facebook operates, several traditional approaches to serving web content break down or simply aren’t practical. The challenge for Facebook’s engineers has been to keep the site up and running smoothly in spite of handling over two billion active users. This article takes a look at some of the software and techniques they use to accomplish that.

Code names can be about secrecy, but when it comes to software development, it’s usually not so much about secrecy as it is about the convenience of having a name for a specific version of the software. It can be very practical to have a unique identifier for a project to get everyone on the same page and avoid confusion. It can also be a great way to build excitement and cohesion in a development team. And we want to name our darlings, don’t we?

2023 looks set to be challenging for businesses right across Europe. What can IT functions do to help their organizations survive and thrive? 2022 was a hard year for many organizations, with staff shortages, cost inflation, supply chain issues, and more. If anything, 2023 looks set to be even tougher here in Europe, with GDP growth forecast to fall from 3.3% across the EU in 2022, to around 0.3% for 2023. made more complex this time by historically high levels of employment.

Observability is the practice of equipping software and infrastructure with tools capable of gathering actionable data showing not only when an application error or issue occurs but why it occurred. Most traditional monitoring tools gather information passively; observability practices are different. They focus on actively gathering relevant data, especially factors driving operational decisions and actions.

Organizations all over the world have been moving workloads to the cloud. Microsoft Azure provides a host of benefits and services which make it a top choice for on-premises to cloud migrations. When it comes to migrating workloads, Azure virtual machines are a great choice with VM options up to 416 vCPUs and 12 TB of memory and storage IOPS up to 3.7 million.