Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

August 2023

Deploy and scale high-performance background jobs with Koyeb Workers

Today, we are thrilled to announce workers are generally available on Koyeb! You can now easily deploy high performance workers to process background jobs in all of our locations. It's now simple to deploy workers from a GitHub repository and rely on our built-in CI/CD engine: simply connect your repository and we build, deploy, and scale your workers on high-performance servers all around the world.

ThoughtSpot for the Connected Google Workspace

I’m calling it now. The next battleground for analytics adoption among business users will be the productivity suite. Let’s unpack that statement by considering these two examples: Traditional BI has always forced you down a one-way street for answers—drop what you are doing, login to the BI tool, and pray to the data deities that you can find the answer you’re looking for.

Integrate.io Attains Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL Designation, Ensuring Reliable Data Integration

Integrate.io, a leading no-code data integration platform, is proud to announce its achievement of the prestigious Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL designation. This recognition underscores Integrate.io's unwavering commitment to delivering a robust and secure data integration platform for Google Cloud SQL customers. Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL is a highly regarded program designed to assist customers in identifying and utilizing validated partner integrations with Google Cloud SQL.

5 Key Ingredients to Accurate Cloud Data Budget Forecasting

Hey there! Have you ever found yourself scratching your head over unpredictable cloud data costs? It’s no secret that accurately forecasting cloud data spend can be a real headache. Fluctuating costs make it challenging to plan and allocate resources effectively, leaving businesses vulnerable to budget overruns and financial challenges. But don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

Unified Data Clears the Roadblocks of Your Hybrid Cloud Journey

Cloud computing is proliferating businesses across all industries. According to a recent survey by the Harvard Business Review, 81% of respondents said cloud is very or extremely important to their company’s growth strategy. Overall, nearly two-thirds of senior executives stated their businesses have accelerated their plans to migrate to the cloud.

Unlocking BigQuery: Achieving Speed and Scale with Data Observability and FinOps

See what’s new and look ahead to take advantage of the latest innovation from Unravel The demands of data analytics and AI are rising, making it more difficult to keep data pipelines running as they become more complicated. Customers are turning to modern data stacks such as Google Cloud BigQuery to keep up.

Building Business Continuity into Hybrid-Cloud

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses face numerous challenges when it comes to data management and protection. Defining effective backup, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity objectives in particular, stand out as crucial. At Hitachi Vantara, we understand the importance of ensuring data resilience and uninterrupted operations for businesses that have embraced or are considering cloud or hybrid-cloud architectures.

Inspect TLS encrypted traffic using mitmproxy and wireshark

I had the chance to finally sit down and find a way to inspect TLS traffic flowing out of an application running on my machine. Although I did not invent anything, I needed to put together a lot of different tricks in order to succeed, and the documentation I could find online regarding this process is scattered, at best. So, here we are with a guide on “how to inspect TLS encrypted traffic without going nuts”. Hope you enjoy!

Best GCP ETL Tools & Alternatives

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a large, cloud-based suite that includes tools for computing, storing data, networking, analyzing big data, networking, managing APIs, and exploring artificial intelligence. The suite includes at least three GCP ETL tools (Cloud Data, Fusion, Dataflow, and Dataproc). However, some users might find that they benefit from a third-party, no-code/low-code ETL platform.

Avoid the Crash: Proven Strategies for Load Testing Azure Web Apps

Azure Web Apps are like the best pizza delivery in town – fast, consistent, and always there when you need them. But like any good pizzeria, they need to be load tested to handle the maximum user load, especially during peak times like the big Saturday night rush.

Koyeb CLI 3.0: Better flows, improved troubleshooting, and reworked foundations

We are happy to announce the release of the Koyeb CLI 3.0! This release brings three crucial improvements: Smoother flow for creating and updating services, reworked error messages to ease troubleshooting, and a new foundation to continue building out our CLI. If you want to get started using the Koyeb CLI to deploy your services and applications worldwide directly from your terminal, read the Koyeb CLI documentation and CLI reference.

Azure SQL vs MySQL: What are the Differences?

Here we’ll review Azure SQL vs MySQL, and what their differences are. Databases have been around for ages. From ancient paper based records to modern computerized systems, they essentially serve one purpose, which is to enable data storage in a way that is structured, permanent and easily retrievable or referenced, while maintaining its integrity. Here’s the key things to know about picking Azure SQL vs MySQL: Table of Contents.

Streaming Pipelines to Data Warehouses - Use Case Implementation

Data pipelines do much of the heavy lifting in organizations for integrating, transforming, and preparing data for subsequent use in data warehouses for analytical use cases. Despite being critical to the data value stream, data pipelines fundamentally haven't evolved in the last few decades. These legacy pipelines are holding organizations back from really getting value out of their data as real-time streaming becomes essential.