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Amazon Reinvent in 4 mins : Top 8 things you should know

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The highlight of tech events this year was certainly AWS re:Invent. The conference was buzzing and so is the aftermath of it. There were strong reactions in the community about AWS strategy of commercializing over opensource software. In this piece, I will break down all the things you need to know about events that took place, services/products that were launched and how they will impact your business. AWS 2.0 – Partnerships and Channel Extension Keynotes by  Andy Jassy  and  Werner Vogels  is a clear evidence that AWS is going after enterprises and invested a lot into building enterprise grade hardware and partnerships. Amazon is getting serious about hybrid cloud. Evidence? It’s partnership with VMware. “A way to provide AWS services, like compute, like storage, on-premises but in a way that really seamlessly and constantly interacts with the rest of my applications and services in AWS” – Jassy  A product called AWS Outposts is the re...

Why And How To Containerize Modern NodeJS Applications

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Imagine you write your code, wrap it up, and deliver it straight to your friend — gift-wrapped as a present. This is containerization of apps in a nutshell. Containerization is a concept, that lets you open up your presents for Christmas and fit it straight into a puzzle, the puzzle being your complete software package. Besides offering a blend of portability, ease of use with different coding stacks, and code re-usability, let’s discuss why you should consider containerizing your Node.Js apps Development with Docker and how to get it done. Source:  medium.com The Benefits What benefits do containerization of apps offer for modern day software developers? Let’s take a look below. 1. App Execution In Isolated Runtime Environments with Virtual OS 2. Virtualizing of OS allows applications to be distributed across a single host without the need of running Virtual Machines through access to a single OS kernel 3. All apps run on the same Linux Kernel, thus saving...