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Autoscaling Now In Public Preview: Build, Run, and Autoscale Apps Globally

Today marks a monumental milestone: Autoscaling is now in public preview and available to all our users. Don't like to wake up in the middle of the night to scale up? Do you still have nightmares of the time you forgot to scale down your cloud infrastructure? Autoscaling is the answer: we adjust infrastructure to demand dynamically. We built our autoscaling feature to be: Autoscaling is powerful and raises some questions: It was the most requested feature on our feedback platform with new regions.

Introducing Apache Kafka 3.7

We are proud to announce the release of Apache Kafka® 3.7.0. This release contains many new features and improvements. This blog post will highlight some of the more prominent features. For a full list of changes, be sure to check the release notes. See the Upgrading to 3.7.0 from any version 0.8.x through 3.6.x section in the documentation for the list of notable changes and detailed upgrade steps.

Mastering Data Persistence in iOS with SwiftData

Introduced in 2023, SwiftData is the latest addition to the range of database framework options in Swift, Apple’s primary programming language for iOS. Built on top of Core Data, two levels above SQLite, it’s great for simplifying our persistent stores and it allows us to use declarative code, which is a really useful time-saver.

Performance engineering for retail and e-commerce applications

When you ask customers what key features they want in a software system, you’ll receive many answers. Most of them will be specific technical features like viewing, order history, or the ability to easily save favorites. Yet when given a system that contains everything they asked for, the customers’ first responses are often along the lines of “It feels a little slow.” Nowhere is the impact of poor performance felt so keenly than in the retail application space.

Automating ETL Tasks Effectively with Choreo

Connecting multiple systems and exchanging data among them is afrequent requirement in many business scenarios. This typically involves one or many source systems, an intermediary processor, and one or many destination systems. Some organizations invest in purpose-built solution suites such as Data Warehouse, Master Data Management (MDM), or Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) platforms, which, in-theory, cover a wider spectrum of requirements.

Deploy Apps and Containers in Singapore on High-Performance Infrastructure GA

Everything you need to deploy high-performance serverless apps is available in Singapore: Singapore is our first Asia-Pacific region in GA, joining Washington, D.C. and Frankfurt, Germany, EU in the GA club with all our services available in these 3 regions. The new Eco instances are now available in Singapore and allow you to start for only $1.61/month, billed per second.

How to Create Big Number and Vertical Column Charts in Yellowfin

Welcome back to Yellowfin Japan’s ‘How to?’ blog series! In our previous blog, we went through how to capture data using Yellowfin's Data Transformation flow, and the preparation and steps for creating reports using Yellowfin View. It may seem like a lot of simple work, but as the number of reports to be created increases, the importance of data preparation becomes far more apparent. So, what about after you’ve done all the setup? Well, it’s now time to create reports!

Creating a Private API Gateway: Steps and Considerations

In this article, we’re diving deep into the nuts and bolts of creating a private API gateway. From the initial installation to securing your API with keys and roles, we’ll walk you through every step of the process. Whether you’re looking to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database or any other popular database, DreamFactory makes it a breeze, automating the tedious parts and letting you focus on what matters most: your data.

5 AI Capabilities Your Business Needs

Prior to 2022, a lot of the AI news centered on use cases like self-driving cars. Of course, use cases like these didn’t exactly apply to enterprise software. In 2023 ChatGPT showed the abilities of AI to mimic human language, but still, this only scratched the surface of AI applications for the modern enterprise. If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What is AI capable of?” then consider the following examples: How many emails do you get per day?

What is High Cardinality?

High cardinality is a term that often surfaces in discussions about data management and analysis. It refers to a situation where a dataset contains an unusually high number of unique values, presenting challenges when it comes to processing and analyzing the data. In this blog, we will explore the concept of high cardinality data, its implications for data analysis, and strategies for managing and analyzing it effectively.