Vercel implemented Cron Jobs using Amazon EventBridge Scheduler, enabling their customers to create, manage, and run scheduled tasks at scale. The adoption of this feature was rapid, reaching over 7 million weekly cron invocations within a few months of release. This article shows how they did it and how they handle the massive scale they’re […]

Athabasca University (AU), Canada’s Open University, is dedicated to removing barriers that restrict access and success within university-level study and increasing equality of educational opportunities for adult learners worldwide. To support their mission, AU defined their “Imagine” Strategy, which was a five-year plan outlining strategic priority outcomes for the institution. Underpinning the execution and ensuring […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force that is reshaping industries, improving our daily lives, and pushing the boundaries of human potential. This cutting-edge technology is no longer confined to science fiction; it has become an integral part of our reality. AI systems, driven by machine learning algorithms, have the potential to bring […]

Last week, there was some great reading about Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) written by AWS tech leaders. Dr. Werner Vogels wrote Farewell EC2-Classic, it’s been swell, celebrating the 17 years of loyal duty of the original version that started what we now know as cloud computing. […]

In the simplest sense, a cybersecurity threat, or cyberthreat, is an indication that a hacker or malicious actor is attempting to gain unauthorized access to a network for the purpose of launching a cyberattack. Cyberthreats can range from the obvious, such as an email from a foreign potentate offering a small fortune if you’ll just […]

Retiring services isn’t something we do at AWS. It’s quite rare. Companies rely on our offerings – their businesses literally live on these services – and it’s something that we take seriously. For example SimpleDB is still around, even though DynamoDB is the “NoSQL” DB of choice for our customers. So, two years ago, when […]

The Log4j vulnerability, or “Log4Shell,” is considered one of the most catastrophic software flaws ever. Apache patched the flaw in December 2021, yet it remains a concern for security teams. In fact, it is still among the most exploited security vulnerabilities. Log4Shell persists because the Apache Log4j 2 software package it affects is one of the […]

To ensure data privacy and reliable access, it’s crucial to establish secure connections between networks and resources. However, with the countless connections we create, it becomes a hassle to maintain them. Luckily, you can now optimize your VPN connections with IBM’s VPN offerings: Client-to-Site VPN and Site-to-Site VPN. While you can learn more about these […]

When working in a computer shell, the IBM Cloud command line interface (CLI) is the way to manage the lifecycle of your resources. Many of the services offered by IBM Cloud provide additional CLI functionality. You can even access IBM Cloud on private endpoints for increased security and have the login process integrate with single […]

According to the World Meteorological Organization, global temperatures are set to reach new records in the next five years. The Copernicus Programme also reports that multiple global heat records were broken in July 2023. Today, climate change is a real threat with disastrous consequences to businesses. Rising cybercrimes are another significant threat to businesses, causing […]