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Why use a load balancer?

You don’t have to be Stephen Hawking to get high numbers of website visits. But just like the Cambridge University website crumbled as fans rushed to read Prof Hawking’... read more

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Supercharged web hosting in the cloud

Whether your website is taking a battering from too many users, or you just want to ensure smooth performance in the future, you’re probably thinking about upgrading your web... read more

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The ideal platform for agencies?

Running a web agency is hard work, to put it very mildly. Balancing the competing demands of multiple clients, each one with their own very specific needs and expectations, is... read more

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What is Hadoop?

Recently, we discussed big data and MapReduce. Hadoop is another method of dealing with big data that builds upon Google’s MapReduce algorithm. What is Hadoop?The software framework Hadoop... read more

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Why use Windows containers?

More and more developers are taking advantage of containerisation – an innovative technology that allows applications to run easily across a wide range of host environments. A software container is a... read more

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Choose your technology stack on CloudNX

When starting a new tech company there are many decisions to make. On the development side, one of those decisions is choosing a technology stack to build your product. A... read more

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What is enterprise software?

It’s a widely used term, but the full meaning of ‘enterprise software’ is hardly nailed-down. The obvious definition is software used by an enterprise, business or company. But this... read more

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The cloud skills gap and digital strategy

We’re in the middle of an industrial revolution. According to the World Economic Forum, 65 percent of children entering primary school this year will grow up to work in... read more

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What is thin provisioning?

We previously wrote about the methods of data deduplication and file compression for optimising storage space. 'Thin provisioning' is a method for utilising space on a Storage Area Network (SAN)... read more

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Phusion Passenger: a web app server

With its anime robot-inspired logo, Phusion Passenger is keen to present itself as a sleek, innovative tool for web hosting and development. But is it just another web server? While... read more

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Why hybrid cloud?

A growing number of organisations are moving their IT operations to the cloud, but there are still businesses that are hesitant and prefer to stick to on-premises server solutions. One... read more

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Container orchestration with Kubernetes

Hosting a small number of containers on a single server is no huge undertaking, especially with easy access to container images on the Docker platform. But hosting hundreds or thousands... read more

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Getting started with Docker containers

If you have anything to do with web or app development, you’ll almost certainly have heard of containerisation and the benefits it can provide. But if you haven’t... read more