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The web has come a long way since the early days of JavaScript. When it was first introduced, JavaScript performance was barely adequate even for the trivial applications of the day. Then the browser... more
Modern web applications can be enormously complex on the backend, comprising many different services including caching, databases, queue management, load balancers, proxy servers, and analytics tools... more
According to a recent study from Gartner, 73% of enterprise organizations are engaged in mobile app development, up from 60% just a year ago. It’s easy to see why organizations embrace mobile: mobile... more
Data privacy and security are key concerns for healthcare providers investigating cloud data storage. HIPAA-compliant cloud hosting is the bare minimum for outsourced data storage or application... more
In the early days of computing, centralization was key. Computers were so large it couldn’t be any other way. The machines themselves were locked away in dust-free rooms and users interacted with... more
Tens of thousands of startups are founded each year, but only a tiny fraction become sustainable businesses, let alone unicorns. Many have no business model or market fit, and even those that do are... more
A massive ransomware attack using a vulnerability released as part of a dump of NSA data has disrupted services in the UK’s National Health Service and many other government and private organizations... more
People prefer to focus on the positive, and that’s certainly true of executives tasked with growing a business. But sometimes we have to think about what we’re going to do if things don’t go... more
The range of hosting options available to today’s businesses is bewildering — not to mention the ever-multiplying terminology conjured up by marketing departments. In this article, I’m going to... more
At the end of March, Congress voted to overturn privacy rules introduced by the FCC under the previous administration. The FCC’s rules were intended to protect user privacy by controlling what... more