Sending SMS notifications
A very common use case for using a service like Ringcaptcha is to be able to schedule SMS’s or calls. Maybe you want to schedule a text to go out at specific time, or notify all your users about something via SMS every day. Ringcaptcha doesn’t have scheduling built in, but here’s an easy way…
Read MoreSending Email & SMS Notifications
Sending notifications is key to delivering great service. A growing user base means distributing the effort and shrinking the time it takes to get emails and messages to your users. Sending notifications is a required part of almost any application or service. Whether it’s sending verification emails, texting users, sending out a newsletter, emailing usage…
Read MoreHow To Build Your Own Docker Images
Thanks to Ugur Ceylan for the base image! CC BY 2.0 What’s with the Docker community’s love affair with Alpine Linux? Tiny containers mean more compute resources left over for actual… computing! Alpine Linux is particularly tiny. It says so, right on the tin: “Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based.” Do you…
Read MoreKafka vs. IronMQ: Comparison and Reviews
vs What is a Messaging System? Companies are now collecting and analyzing more information than ever before and using more and more applications to do it. According to an estimate by Skyhigh Networks, the average enterprise today uses 464 custom-built applications for their internal business processes. In particular, many of these applications require real-time updates and…
Read MoreThe True Value of 2FA Phone Verification (And Why You Need It Now)
Data breaches are getting more common these days with increased globalization and the accessible networks of the internet. This has led to identity thefts, stolen PIN codes, compromised security systems. Thankfully, with the advent of 2FA, some banks and retail companies are heightening the security defenses of their clients and customers. As a rule of…
Read MoreServerless Abstraction with Containers Explained
Introduction With the rapid growth of cloud computing, the “as a service” business model is slowly growing to dominate the field of enterprise IT. XaaS (also known as “anything as a service”) is projected to expand by a staggering annual growth rate of 38 percent between 2016 and 2020. The reasons for the rise of XaaS solutions…
Read MoreIron.io Support for Arm
Since releasing our flagship product in early 2011, Iron.io customers have enjoyed tightly coupled hosted solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS). In addition customers are running Worker on-premise and in their own private clouds. In the last year, an increasing number of customers have requested support for the Arm architecture both for on-premise deployments and…
Read MoreAmazon EKS Alternatives and Review
Overview Kubernetes is one of the most popular choices for automating and managing Linux container operations. Originally developed by Google, the open-source Kubernetes project is now in use by some of the world’s largest enterprises. These include IBM, Nokia, Comcast, and Samsung. With the rise of Kubernetes itself, we’ve also seen growth in accompanying services…
Read MoreDockerCon 2019 Unofficial Drink-Up Wrap
In short, it rocked! We had a great time with old and new friends alike. Thanks to everyone who made it awesome, not the least of which were our co-sponsors CircleCI and Sauce Labs. From interesting (and sometimes downright hilarious) conversations, to just shooting some billiards, it was a memorable and enjoyable night. Iron.io’s swag…
Read MoreSave the Date: DockerCon 2019 Meet-up & Drink-Up
Mark your calendars next week for an awesome 3-day conference that brings the container technology community together to learn, share and connect. DockerCon 2019 will consist of workshops, keynotes, expo hall and of course a few drink-ups. (Our team will be co-hosting one of them!) You can expect a variety of attendees from across the…
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