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Exadata running natively on Oracle hardware inside AWS? If you insist.
The system "incorrectly determined that the healthy hosts were unhealthy and began redistributing shards..."
FinOps... CapEx? Access to IPv4 reserve pool protects it from “being forced to purchase these in an ad hoc manner”...
"This is a masterclass in how not to handle high-demand online events. It's astounding that in 2024 we're still seeing such catastrophic failures in basic capacity and load management."
"RFPs now look much more thought-out: Cloud security is very much established in most CISOs’ minds as a category.”
"We need to reduce moving parts," VP says.
CEO says the decision to shift focus away from closed models is "doubly advantageous" for the company
"They never did the work to make the Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler work efficiently on AWS..."
"Our estate is now consistent, standardised, easier to maintain, and has brought a level of simplicity that’s a huge benefit to our organisation.”