During the first day of QCon Dan-Francisco 2023, Surabhi Diwan, a senior software engineer at Netflix, presented on managing 238 million Memberships of Netflix. The talk is a part of the “Architectures You’ve Always Wondered About.” Diwan’s work at Netflix involves the backend work regarding membership engineering, which is critical for both signups and streaming […]
Archives for 2023
Microsoft and Adobe partner to deliver cost savings and business benefits
Delivering quality end-to-end digital experiences can be challenging for multiple reasons including lack of resources, legacy technologies, and disorganized customer journeys. Microsoft and Adobe have purpose-built integrations to overcome these challenges with a result of simplifying deployment and reducing overall cost. Grounded in open software standards and a scalable, secure cloud, Microsoft and Adobe deliver […]
Accelerating the pace of innovation with Azure Space and our partners
Azure Space innovating into the future Today, I’m excited to share some news spanning the full spectrum of space industry use cases, including: Real-world examples of how Azure Orbital Ground Station is enabling both space agencies and start-ups with new ways to operate satellites in orbit. A new addition to the Azure Space family, the Planetary Computer […]
Modernize and monetize your network investments with Microsoft Azure Operator Nexus
Azure Operator Nexus is now generally available Earlier this year at MWC Barcelona, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Operator Nexus, a carrier-grade and hybrid platform, built to empower telecom operators to modernize and transform their networks. Operator Nexus enables operators to use cloud technology to modernize and monetize their network investments—lowering total cost […]
Microsoft responsible AI practices: Lead the way in shaping development and impact
With the rapid expansion of AI services in every aspect of our lives, the issue of responsible AI is being hotly debated. Responsible AI ensures that these advancements are made in an ethical and inclusive manner, addressing concerns such as fairness, bias, privacy, and accountability. Microsoft’s commitment to responsible AI is not only reflected in […]
Grammarly Replaces Its In-House Data Lake With Databricks Platform Using Medallion Architecture
Grammarly adopted the medallion architecture while migrating from their in-house data lake, storing Parquet files in AWS S3, to the Delta Lake lakehouse. The company created a new event store for over 6000 event types from 40 internal and external clients and, in the process, improved data quality and reduced the data-delivery time by 94%. […]
ransomware as a service (RaaS)
AI for business leaders: Discover AI advantages in this Microsoft AI learning series
AI is becoming a game-changer for businesses across industries and is ushering in a transformative era of innovation, efficiency, and unprecedented possibilities. With AI continuing to automate and optimize vast swaths of the economy, it’s become table stakes for executives and other business decision-makers (BDMs) to understand the latest developments. As a leader in all […]
How LinkedIn Serves Over 4.8 Million Member Profiles per Second
LinkedIn introduced Couchbase as a centralized caching tier for scaling member profile reads to handle increasing traffic that has outgrown their existing database cluster. The new solution achieved over 99% hit rate, helped reduce tail latencies by more than 60% and costs by 10% annually. By Rafal Gancarz
Supercharge your skills with Microsoft CLX tracks for Azure
The Microsoft Azure Connected Learning Experience (CLX) program is expanding with three new tracks for Azure professionals. Enhance your Azure networking, Microsoft Sentinel in Azure, and Windows Server migration skills your way with these personalized and self-paced courses that help you learn on your own time as efficiently and effectively as possible. At the end of […]