Akamai today announced it is adding the ability to deploy microservices on its edge computing platform to enable developers to run latency-sensitive applications faster. David Theobald, principal product manager at Akamai, said developers can now code dynamic content assembly at the edge to create microservices on the Akamai Intelligent Edge platform that include external requests […]
Defining the Database Requirements of Dynamic JAMstack Applications
Zero-configuration hosting solutions such as Zeit Now and Netlify are taking the frontend community by storm due to their ease of use. If we add static site generators such as Gatsby/Next.js/Nuxt.js/Hugo/Jekyll to the mix and deploy our statically generated pages to a content delivery network (CDN), we get something highly desired with minimal effort: distributed […]
Building Amazing Apps, Part 3: Optimizing the Network
This is part three of a series of three articles on building and delivering amazing apps at the edge. Read part one here, and part two here. Introduction There are millions of apps available today, and it’s incredibly easy for any user to download and install any of them with just a few taps on […]
Akamai Extends Scope of DevOps Reach
Akamai today moved to further extend the number of capabilities it exposes via its content delivery network (CDN) that are designed to appeal to DevOps teams. Those enhancements include HTTP/2 performance optimizations and the ability to automatically load font libraries, as well as providing access to “middle-mile” logs that will enable DevOps teams to more […]
Building Amazing Apps, Part 2: Optimizing the Back End
This is part two of a series of three articles on building and delivering amazing apps at the edge. To read part one, click here. There are millions of apps available today, and it’s incredibly easy for any user to download and install any of them with just a few taps on a screen or […]
It’s Time to Break Up with Your WAF
If the only reason you have a web application firewall (WAF) is for compliance, you deserve better. It’s time to replace it with something that provides not only compliance, but real security value as well. In the land of web application security, there are a few not-so-well-kept secrets, arguably none bigger than this: The WAF […]
Lance Crosby’s Vision To Bring Scale, Speed and Security To Developers with StackPath
The last most of us heard from Lance Crosby we thought he was riding off to an island sunset, to bask in the glow of a very successful exit from SoftLayer. The company he founded was bought by IBM for a few billion dollars to serve as the centerpiece of their cloud strategy. Many would […]