As InfoQ previously reported in March 2016, Dropbox announced that they had migrated away from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
In this week's podcast Robert Bluman talks to Preslav Le. Preslav has been a software engineer at Dropbox for the past three years, contributing to various aspects of Dropbox’s infrastructure including traffic, performance and storage. H ... Show More
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Why Rust Will Help You Deliver Better Low-latency Systems and Happier Developers
Andrew Lamb, a veteran of database engine development, shares his thoughts on why Rust is the right tool for developing low-latency systems, not only from the perspective of the code’s performance, but also looking at productivity and developer joy. He discusses the overall exper ... Show More
42m 58s
Mar 2021
Solving the World's Biggest Problems at Scale, with WekaIO President, Ken Grohe
The No. 1 feature of technology is storage. Ok, so that’s not true. But, it’s one of the most critical pieces of hardware that enables software to function. How fast, how easy, and how much data can be accessed and leveraged inside of applications plays a critical part in technol ... Show More
48m 5s
Jun 2024
Seagate Helps Tame the Cloud’s Exabyte Demand
Seagate’s relentless hard-disk-drive technology innovation has expanded mass-capacity storage solutions over the past several years. Jason Feist, senior vice president of products and markets, sits down with Woo Jin Ho, Bloomberg Intelligence hardware and networking analyst, in t ... Show More
41m 53s
Oct 2023
Things Legacy Storage Made You Worry About (That You Shouldn't Have To)
Ever wondered about the origin of certain storage or IT administrative tasks? Because of legacy architectures, IT practitioners have been forced to worry about and repeatedly carry out certain administrative tasks because, well, "that's how it's always been with this product." Jo ... Show More
54m 56s
Jun 2024
780: Cloud Storage: Bandwidth, Storage and BIG ZIPS
Today, Scott and Wes dive into cloud storage solutions—why you might need them, how they use them, and what you need to know about the big players, fees, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:14 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:05 Why you might need a cloud storage prov ... Show More
29m 3s