Another as a Service? What is The Difference Between IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, and FaaS?
One of the biggest trends in enterprise IT over the past decade is the explosion of the “as a service” business model, also known by the acronym XaaS. In the XaaS model, businesses provision services and applications over the Internet, rather than installing them on local machines. According to a 2018 survey by Deloitte, 71 percent…
Read MoreWhat is Cloud Elasticity in Cloud Computing?
Cloud elasticity is one of the most important features of cloud computing, and a major selling point for organizations to migrate from their on-premises infrastructure. But what is cloud elasticity exactly, and what are the benefits of cloud elasticity? Below, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about elasticity in cloud computing. Table of Contents…
Read MoreThe Pros and Cons of Cloud Elasticity
Introduction Cloud elasticity comes with a wide range of benefits—but also some potential drawbacks that you should be aware of before you use it. We’ve already given a general overview of cloud elasticity in our article “What is Cloud Elasticity?” Below, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of cloud elasticity, so that you can decide…
Read MorePython Celery Software: Pros & Cons and Reviews
Introduction Python Celery is an open-source project for implementing asynchronous task queues and job queues. If you’re looking for a good Python Celery overview, check out our article “What is Python Celery?”. But now that we’ve discussed how Python Celery works, what about the pros and cons of using Python Celery, or what real users have…
Read MoreCelery vs. IronWorker — Which One Should You Choose?
Vs 5 important differences between Celery vs. IronWorker: Language: Celery runs on Python. IronWorker is “language agnostic.” Performance: IronWorker has far more features than Celery. (It has a better UI too!) Scalability: IronWorker is, hands down, much easier to scale. Price: Celery has an open-source license (this means it’s free!), but it comes with limitations. They…
Read MoreHow Secure is AWS Fargate?
IronWorker is a prominent competitor to AWS Fargate, a worker system which truly rivals and runs alongside its alternatives with its parallel worker system. Here’s a bit of a comparison between the two, in particular with regards to security and functionality. Fargate was developed as a secure system resistant to user errors Fargate runs tasks within…
Read MoreHow to Schedule SMS’s and Calls on Twilio
A very common use case for using a service like Twilio is to be able to schedule calls or SMS’s. Maybe you want to schedule a conference call, schedule a text to go out at specific time, or notify all your users about something via SMS every day. Twilio doesn’t have scheduling built in, but here’s an…
Read MoreDocker Containers: Advantages and Disadvantages
If you’ve already switched to Docker, you know there are plenty of benefits it can bring it life as a developer. If you’re thinking about making the switch, but are nervous about what this might mean for you, read on. We take a good look at the positives and any negatives we’ve found working with the…
Read MoreWhat is a Docker Container?
Docker containers are a tool that helps make application development and deployment simpler and more lightweight. Containers are a standardized unit of software, which allows developers to package together services, dependencies, and configurations as a single container image. Containers work in isolation from each other, allowing short term tasks to be added or removed easily…
Read MoreCan You Run AWS Fargate On-Premises or in the Hybrid Cloud?
Introduction AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for running containers in the Amazon Web Services public cloud. Given the popularity of AWS Fargate, it’s no surprise that many customers want to know if you can run AWS Fargate on-premises or in the hybrid cloud. The short answer to that question is: “No, and/or it’s complicated.”…
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