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Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 27, 2021 · Cloud Computing

FinOps Unveiled: Key Takeaways from China’s First FinOps Salon

The inaugural FinOps salon held on September 24, 2021 in Beijing, organized by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology with support from the FinOps industry alliance and the Linux Foundation, gathered over 80 experts from academia, finance, and leading cloud providers to share assessments, award ceremonies, new member inductions, and cutting‑edge practices on cloud cost management and financial operations.

Cloud ComputingCloud Cost ManagementFinOps
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FinOps Unveiled: Key Takeaways from China’s First FinOps Salon
360 Tech Engineering
360 Tech Engineering
Sep 26, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Cloud Connect Network: Architecture and Implementation for Cross‑VPC and Cross‑Region Interconnect

This article describes 360's Cloud Connect Network solution, covering its background, application scenarios, design, server architecture, traffic forwarding mechanisms, CCSI traffic isolation, performance optimizations with DPDK, and future enhancements for multi‑VPC and IDC interconnectivity.

CCSICloud ComputingCloud Networking
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Cloud Connect Network: Architecture and Implementation for Cross‑VPC and Cross‑Region Interconnect
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Sep 26, 2021 · Operations

Key Findings from Google DORA 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report

Google’s 2021 DORA Accelerate State of DevOps report, based on over 32,000 professionals, reveals that elite teams dramatically outperform low‑performing teams across deployment frequency, lead time, recovery time and failure rates, while highlighting new reliability metrics, the importance of team culture, SRE, cloud adoption, secure software supply chains and documentation.

Cloud ComputingDevOpsSRE
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Key Findings from Google DORA 2021 Accelerate State of DevOps Report
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 24, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Are the Top Software Development Trends Shaping 2021?

The article outlines the key 2021 software development trends—including the surge in cloud computing, AI breakthroughs, progressive web apps, Java's continued dominance, and rapid IoT expansion—highlighting why these technologies are essential for digital transformation.

Cloud ComputingIoTJava
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What Are the Top Software Development Trends Shaping 2021?
Ops Development Stories
Ops Development Stories
Sep 24, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How CDN Technology Supercharges Web Content Delivery

This article explains what a Content Delivery Network (CDN) is, how it resolves domain names, distributes content via edge nodes, manages caching and updates, and provides additional features such as secure protocols and protection, illustrating its evolution and impact on web performance.

CDNCloud ComputingContent Delivery
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How CDN Technology Supercharges Web Content Delivery
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 23, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Understanding Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and Its VXLAN/EVPN Solutions

The article explains what data centers are, why interconnecting multiple data centers is essential for modern cloud, AI, and big‑data workloads, and compares two practical DCI architectures—end‑to‑end VXLAN and Segment VXLAN—detailing their underlying VXLAN, EVPN, and underlay requirements.

Cloud ComputingEVPNNetwork Architecture
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Understanding Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and Its VXLAN/EVPN Solutions
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Sep 23, 2021 · Operations

High Availability Practices: From Taobao to Cloud

This talk shares practical high‑availability strategies learned from years of building Taobao’s massive e‑commerce platform and migrating to Alibaba Cloud, covering traditional IDC stability mechanisms, cache and disaster‑recovery designs, cloud‑native fault‑tolerance, capacity planning, rate‑limiting, graceful degradation, and multi‑region resilience.

Cloud Computingcachingcapacity planning
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High Availability Practices: From Taobao to Cloud
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Sep 15, 2021 · R&D Management

What Makes a Successful CTO? Lessons from Alibaba’s Tech Evolution

This article shares a senior CTO’s journey through Alibaba and Ant Group, detailing how commercial goals and technology co‑evolve, the pivotal architectural decisions, risk‑management practices, organizational design, and leadership principles that shape effective technology leadership.

AlibabaCTOCloud Computing
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What Makes a Successful CTO? Lessons from Alibaba’s Tech Evolution
Alimama Tech
Alimama Tech
Sep 15, 2021 · R&D Management

CTO: Not a Thinker but an Action Taker – Insights on Technology Leadership and Evolution

The article recounts a senior technology leader’s journey from early PHP/MySQL work to senior CTO roles at Ant Group and Alibaba, arguing that a CTO must be an executor who aligns business goals with evolving distributed, cloud‑native architectures, outlines three leadership stages, key responsibilities, and offers a Z‑shaped career roadmap for future CTOs.

CTOCloud ComputingSoftware Architecture
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CTO: Not a Thinker but an Action Taker – Insights on Technology Leadership and Evolution
Java Interview Crash Guide
Java Interview Crash Guide
Sep 15, 2021 · Backend Development

How Taobao Scaled from 100 to Millions of Users: Backend Evolution

Using Taobao as a case study, this article traces the architectural evolution from a single-server setup handling hundreds of requests to a multi-layered, distributed system capable of supporting millions of concurrent users, detailing each stage’s challenges, technologies such as caching, load balancing, microservices, and cloud deployment.

Cloud Computingbackend architecturedistributed systems
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How Taobao Scaled from 100 to Millions of Users: Backend Evolution
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Sep 14, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Why Cloud Adoption Hinges on Mindset, Not Tech: Insights from Huawei’s Cloud Chief

In this interview, Huawei Cloud Chief Fang Guowei shares his journey from early cloud pioneer to executive, explains why psychological and profit barriers outweigh technical challenges, outlines Huawei Cloud’s six strategic strengths, introduces Cloud Native 2.0, and offers practical advice for developers and enterprises navigating digital transformation.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise ITHuawei Cloud
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Why Cloud Adoption Hinges on Mindset, Not Tech: Insights from Huawei’s Cloud Chief
DataFunTalk
DataFunTalk
Sep 11, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Industrial Data Cloud Migration: Architecture, Core Technologies, and Case Studies with Alibaba Cloud IoT

This article explains the background, challenges, overall architecture, core technology optimizations, edge‑computing integration, data modeling, serialization, and real‑world case studies of moving industrial IoT data to Alibaba Cloud, illustrating how cloud‑native solutions enable digital transformation in manufacturing.

Big DataCloud ComputingData Integration
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Industrial Data Cloud Migration: Architecture, Core Technologies, and Case Studies with Alibaba Cloud IoT
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 10, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

FPGA Technology for Compute‑Intensive and Communication‑Intensive Tasks in Data Centers

The article examines how FPGA’s pipeline parallel architecture provides latency‑critical advantages over CPU and GPU for both compute‑intensive workloads such as matrix operations and AI inference, and communication‑intensive tasks like encryption and high‑throughput networking, while also discussing deployment models, power efficiency, eFPGA trends, and the evolving Chinese FPGA market.

AICloud ComputingData Center
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FPGA Technology for Compute‑Intensive and Communication‑Intensive Tasks in Data Centers
iQIYI Technical Product Team
iQIYI Technical Product Team
Sep 10, 2021 · Information Security

Introduction and Business Practice of Cloud KMS for Data Security at iQIYI

iQIYI’s security team created a Cloud KMS platform that, in line with China’s Data Security Law, provides HSM‑backed key lifecycle management, API‑driven encryption, high‑availability deployment and fine‑grained access control, enabling its membership services to meet compliance, cut development effort by ~80 %, halve operational workload and lower costs, while laying groundwork for future features such as traffic splitting and zero‑intrusion integration.

Business PracticeCloud ComputingCloud KMS
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Introduction and Business Practice of Cloud KMS for Data Security at iQIYI
DevOps
DevOps
Sep 6, 2021 · Operations

Huawei's Digital Transformation Practice: Management, Process, and Technology Evolution

This article presents Huawei's extensive digital transformation journey, detailing the continuous management system reforms, strategic shifts across multiple industries, data governance challenges, and practical initiatives such as cloud platforms, intelligent supply chains, and customer‑centric digital experiences that together illustrate how large enterprises can achieve sustainable growth through digitalization.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise Managementdata-governance
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Huawei's Digital Transformation Practice: Management, Process, and Technology Evolution
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Sep 5, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Are the Six Core Traits of Serverless Architecture and Their Challenges?

The article outlines six fundamental traits of serverless architecture—low barrier-to-entry, hostless, stateless, elasticity, distributed, and event-driven—explains why they matter, discusses the benefits and hidden challenges each introduces, and offers concise recommendations for developers to successfully adopt serverless solutions.

Cloud ComputingServerlessTraits
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What Are the Six Core Traits of Serverless Architecture and Their Challenges?
360 Tech Engineering
360 Tech Engineering
Sep 2, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Performance Comparison and CPU Pinning Techniques for Enterprise‑Level Virtual Machine Instances

The article analyzes the instability of shared‑type virtual machines, introduces enterprise‑level instances with fixed CPU scheduling and NUMA topology, details the applied technologies such as CPU pinning, PCI‑Passthrough and multi‑queue NICs, and presents extensive sysbench and STREAM benchmark results that demonstrate superior isolation, stability and performance of enterprise instances over shared ones.

CPU pinningCloud ComputingNUMA
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Performance Comparison and CPU Pinning Techniques for Enterprise‑Level Virtual Machine Instances
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Sep 1, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Master Dockerfile: Essential Commands and Best Practices Explained

This article provides a comprehensive guide to Dockerfile syntax, covering variables, FROM, RUN, CMD, LABEL, EXPOSE, ENV, ADD, COPY, ENTRYPOINT, VOLUME, ARG, ONBUILD, STOPSIGNAL, HEALTHCHECK, SHELL, and WORKDIR instructions, with examples and usage tips for building efficient Docker images.

Cloud ComputingDevOpsDocker
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Master Dockerfile: Essential Commands and Best Practices Explained
Qingyun Technology Community
Qingyun Technology Community
Aug 30, 2021 · Cloud Computing

From Linux’s 30‑Year Legacy to the Future of Sky Computing: Key Tech Highlights

This roundup covers Linux’s 30‑year milestone, Facebook’s Horizon Workrooms VR collaboration platform, Elon Musk’s humanoid robot plans, the metaverse debate, Spark’s Sky Computing vision, KubeSphere’s Kubernetes architecture, and ZFS storage pool design, offering concise insights into each breakthrough.

Cloud ComputingKubernetesLinux
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From Linux’s 30‑Year Legacy to the Future of Sky Computing: Key Tech Highlights
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Aug 23, 2021 · Cloud Computing

From Hacker Dreams to Cloud MVP: Lessons from Huawei’s Yu Cheng on Full‑Stack Success

In this interview, Huawei Cloud MVP Yu Cheng shares his journey from a high‑school hacker fascination to a decade of full‑stack development across top tech firms, his transition to teaching, his philosophy of sparking curiosity, and practical advice for aspiring programmers seeking a full‑stack career.

Cloud Computingcareer advicefull‑stack development
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From Hacker Dreams to Cloud MVP: Lessons from Huawei’s Yu Cheng on Full‑Stack Success
Laravel Tech Community
Laravel Tech Community
Aug 22, 2021 · Fundamentals

Fundamentals of Information Systems, Service Management, and Software Engineering

This article provides a comprehensive overview of information system fundamentals, covering national information‑technology elements, emerging concepts such as cloud computing and IoT, e‑government models, ERP and CRM basics, service‑management challenges, qualification systems, software development lifecycles, testing methods, architecture patterns, and data‑warehouse concepts.

CRMCloud ComputingERP
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Fundamentals of Information Systems, Service Management, and Software Engineering
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 20, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Is PaaS? Benefits, Types, and Its Role in Modern DevOps

This article explains Platform as a Service (PaaS), covering its definition, public/private/hybrid models, key advantages such as faster development cycles and cost reduction, how it supports DevOps, integration scenarios, and factors to consider when choosing a PaaS solution.

Cloud ComputingDevOpsPaaS
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What Is PaaS? Benefits, Types, and Its Role in Modern DevOps
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 19, 2021 · Cloud Computing

2021 China PaaS and SaaS Market Research Report Summary

The 2021 China PaaS and SaaS market research report reveals that the PaaS market reached 280.5 billion yuan in 2020 with a 48% CAGR, forecasts a 2 trillion‑yuan size by 2025, highlights the dominance of technology‑enabled PaaS, and outlines key vendor, user, and emerging‑technology trends.

2021ChinaCloud Computing
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2021 China PaaS and SaaS Market Research Report Summary
DevOps
DevOps
Aug 17, 2021 · Cloud Computing

From LAN to Serverless: The Evolution of IT Infrastructure and Cloud Computing

This article traces the historical development of IT infrastructure—from 1990s LAN‑based client/server systems through data‑center hosting, virtualization, and finally the serverless model—explaining how each stage addresses previous limitations and why stateless function execution has become the modern cloud computing paradigm.

Cloud ComputingFunction-as-a-ServiceInfrastructure Evolution
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From LAN to Serverless: The Evolution of IT Infrastructure and Cloud Computing
21CTO
21CTO
Aug 10, 2021 · Fundamentals

Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Build Their Own Chips – The New Semiconductor Arms Race

Amid global chip shortages and shifting market dynamics, Chinese internet powerhouses like ByteDance, Tencent, and Xiaomi, alongside global players such as Google, Intel, and Nvidia, are accelerating their own semiconductor initiatives, reshaping the industry from smartphone SoCs to AI‑focused cloud processors.

AI chipsARM architectureCloud Computing
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Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Build Their Own Chips – The New Semiconductor Arms Race
21CTO
21CTO
Aug 9, 2021 · Fundamentals

Which 20 Emerging Tech Trends Will Redefine the Next 30 Years?

A 35‑page U.S. Emerging Technology Trends Report distills 32 prior studies into 20 critical trends—covering IoT, robotics, AI, cloud, big data, cybersecurity, and more—explaining how they will reshape economies, societies, and global power dynamics over the next three decades.

Cloud ComputingIoTcybersecurity
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Which 20 Emerging Tech Trends Will Redefine the Next 30 Years?
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Aug 4, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Partitioned Synchronization Scales Alibaba’s Massive Cloud Clusters

At USENIX ATC2021, Alibaba Cloud’s Fuxi 2.0 team presented a best‑paper‑award research showing how a partitioned‑synchronization (ParSync) scheduling architecture dramatically reduces conflicts and latency in ultra‑large production clusters, balancing efficiency, quality, and fairness without adding resources.

Cloud ComputingCluster Schedulinglarge-scale systems
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How Partitioned Synchronization Scales Alibaba’s Massive Cloud Clusters
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 2, 2021 · Operations

How Alibaba Scales Massive Big Data Engines with an SRE Framework

This article describes Alibaba’s comprehensive SRE system for managing ultra‑large‑scale big data engines, detailing stability metrics, resource cost management, and intelligent operation productization, and introduces speaker Fu Tianyuan, a senior operations expert leading the MaxCompute and DataWorks SRE team.

AlibabaBig DataCloud Computing
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How Alibaba Scales Massive Big Data Engines with an SRE Framework
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Aug 2, 2021 · Operations

5 Essential Skills Every DevOps Engineer Must Master

This article outlines the five core competencies—automation, communication and collaboration, cloud computing, security, and operational support—that aspiring DevOps engineers need to master in order to deliver software quickly, reliably, and securely in today’s competitive market.

Cloud ComputingDevOpsautomation
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5 Essential Skills Every DevOps Engineer Must Master
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Aug 1, 2021 · Backend Development

Designing a Scalable Cloud Shopping Cart: Architecture, Caching, and Payment Strategies

This article details the design and architecture of a cloud‑based shopping cart system, covering its functional modules, layered and cluster designs, technical goals such as stability and elasticity, three‑level caching, asynchronous checks, storage heterogeneity, and payment‑processing solutions.

Cloud ComputingDistributed ArchitectureShopping Cart
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Designing a Scalable Cloud Shopping Cart: Architecture, Caching, and Payment Strategies
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jul 31, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Top Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2021: Hybrid, Edge, Serverless & More

2021’s cloud landscape is shaped by hybrid cloud’s flexibility, edge computing’s low‑latency processing, serverless architectures that offload infrastructure, AI/ML integration, rising cloud gaming demand, and cloud‑native application development, all driving businesses toward more agile, secure, and cost‑effective solutions.

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingServerless
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Top Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2021: Hybrid, Edge, Serverless & More
ByteDance SE Lab
ByteDance SE Lab
Jul 30, 2021 · Operations

Inside Salesforce’s Global Outage: What Went Wrong and How to Prevent It

The article examines Salesforce’s five‑hour global outage caused by a shortcut DNS deployment and the subsequent recovery challenges, then explores a viral experiment where twenty smartphones generated artificial traffic congestion, illustrating how real‑time data feeds and operational safeguards can prevent large‑scale service disruptions.

Big DataCloud ComputingSaaS
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Inside Salesforce’s Global Outage: What Went Wrong and How to Prevent It
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 29, 2021 · Big Data

Alibaba's Data Platform Evolution: Four Stages, Core Challenges, and Future Trends

The article outlines Alibaba's twelve‑year journey of building a data middle platform, describing four development stages, the technical challenges faced, and emerging trends such as lake‑warehouse integration, autonomous data‑warehouse operation, natural‑language query, and AI engineering.

Artificial IntelligenceCloud Computingdata middle platform
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Alibaba's Data Platform Evolution: Four Stages, Core Challenges, and Future Trends
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 29, 2021 · Industry Insights

How Walmart’s Sam’s Club Accelerates Retail with Tencent Cloud Serverless

The article examines how Walmart’s Sam’s Club in China tackles rapid release cycles, user‑experience demands, and massive resource consumption by adopting Tencent Cloud Serverless SCF’s default‑alias gray‑release strategy, highlighting its technical advantages and real‑world e‑commerce use cases.

Cloud ComputingRetail TechnologyServerless
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How Walmart’s Sam’s Club Accelerates Retail with Tencent Cloud Serverless
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 25, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Understanding Hybrid Cloud: Definitions, Types, Architecture, and Design Principles

The article explains the concept of hybrid cloud, distinguishes it from multi‑cloud, outlines the four main hybrid‑cloud forms, discusses architectural characteristics such as elasticity, scalability and security, and presents design goals including the five‑connectivity model within the context of new‑infrastructure development.

Cloud ComputingMulti-Cloudarchitecture
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Understanding Hybrid Cloud: Definitions, Types, Architecture, and Design Principles
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jul 22, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How to Build Scalable Private and Hybrid Cloud Architectures

This article explains how to design private and hybrid cloud architectures, outlines essential open‑source technologies, discusses scalability, availability, manageability and feasibility, and provides practical guidance on resource measurement, queue load‑balancing, and error‑data handling for robust cloud systems.

Cloud Computingarchitectureelasticity
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How to Build Scalable Private and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 21, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Is Edge Computing? Key Concepts, Architectures, and Future Trends

Edge computing, the latest computing paradigm beyond distributed, grid, and cloud models, integrates cloud, network, and intelligent edge devices to provide globally coordinated, low‑latency, intelligent services, and its various reference architectures—ETSI MEC, Intel MEC, ECC, and OpenFog—illustrate its resource‑centric, collaborative, and heterogeneous design.

Cloud ComputingFog ComputingMEC
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What Is Edge Computing? Key Concepts, Architectures, and Future Trends
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 20, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Introduction to Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

This article explains the concepts, principles, functions, and service models of Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and details various Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) techniques—including DNS‑based, HTTP‑redirect, and IP‑spoofing methods—along with their advantages, disadvantages, and server‑selection strategies.

CDNCloud ComputingContent Delivery
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Introduction to Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jul 20, 2021 · Operations

How AI-Driven Operations (AIOps) Are Shaping Global Cloud Service Standards

Intelligent Operations (AIOps) applies AI to DevOps, analyzing logs and monitoring data to enable root‑cause analysis, fault prediction, and capacity planning, and its new international standard, approved at the ITU‑T SG13 meeting, defines functional requirements and architecture for AI‑based cloud service management, marking a milestone for global adoption.

AIOpsArtificial IntelligenceCloud Computing
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How AI-Driven Operations (AIOps) Are Shaping Global Cloud Service Standards
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 19, 2021 · Cloud Native

Tencent Cloud EKS: The Elegant Balance Between Serverless and Serverful

Tencent Cloud’s Elastic Container Service (EKS) delivers a nodeless, Kubernetes‑compatible platform that blends serverless convenience with serverful flexibility, letting users migrate existing clusters with a single click, run hybrid and big‑data workloads across virtual nodes, and anticipate future usage‑based billing for truly elastic scaling.

Cloud ComputingContainer ServiceEKS
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Tencent Cloud EKS: The Elegant Balance Between Serverless and Serverful
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jul 15, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Implementing Integrated Architecture in Adaptive Enterprises with the Pace‑Layered Model

The article explains how modern enterprises can manage integration costs and speed by classifying applications into Gartner's Pace‑Layered architecture—System of Record, System of Differentiation, and System of Innovation—and leveraging Microsoft cloud and on‑premise services to support each layer.

API ManagementCloud ComputingIntegration
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Implementing Integrated Architecture in Adaptive Enterprises with the Pace‑Layered Model
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jul 14, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Smart NICs Transform Data Center Performance and Cloud Computing

Smart NICs offload networking, storage, and security workloads from host CPUs, leveraging multi‑core ASICs, FPGA, and hybrid designs to boost throughput, reduce latency, and enable programmable data‑plane functions, making them essential for modern cloud, SDN, NFV, and hyper‑converged data‑center architectures.

ASICCloud ComputingFPGA
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How Smart NICs Transform Data Center Performance and Cloud Computing
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jul 14, 2021 · Industry Insights

Understanding Hybrid Cloud: Types, Architecture, and Its Role in New Infrastructure

This article defines hybrid cloud, distinguishes it from multi‑cloud, examines four mixing patterns (public‑public, private‑private, public‑private, and public‑traditional IT), outlines its key characteristics such as elasticity, scalability and security, and connects hybrid cloud design to the broader new‑infrastructure landscape.

Cloud ComputingMulti-CloudNew Infrastructure
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Understanding Hybrid Cloud: Types, Architecture, and Its Role in New Infrastructure
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 8, 2021 · Backend Development

How a Cloud Shopping Cart Achieves Scalability, Reliability, and Performance

This article explains the architecture of a cloud‑based shopping cart, covering its functional roles, layered and cluster designs, distributed technical architecture goals, three‑tier caching, storage heterogeneity, payment solutions, Nginx+LUA aggregation, anti‑bot measures, and multi‑dimensional user feature identification.

Cloud ComputingShopping Cartcaching
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How a Cloud Shopping Cart Achieves Scalability, Reliability, and Performance
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 6, 2021 · Cloud Computing

MicroVMM and Firecracker: Core Technologies Behind Serverless Computing

The talk explains how a purpose‑built microVMM like Firecracker—an ultra‑lightweight, Rust‑based virtual machine monitor running on KVM—delivers the strong isolation, millisecond‑scale startup, and high‑density performance essential for modern serverless platforms, while outlining current benchmarks and future enhancements.

Cloud ComputingFirecrackerMicroVMM
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MicroVMM and Firecracker: Core Technologies Behind Serverless Computing
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jul 1, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Rethinking the Developer Experience: Building Applications in the Serverless Era

In his ServerlessDays China 2021 talk, Austen Collins explains how the Serverless Framework and the new Tencent‑backed Serverless Cloud let developers bypass local‑environment limitations by deploying, logging, and cloning applications directly in the cloud within seconds, dramatically boosting productivity, reducing configuration overhead, and enhancing the overall developer experience.

Cloud ComputingInfrastructure as CodeServerless
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Rethinking the Developer Experience: Building Applications in the Serverless Era
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Jun 29, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Is Cloud Computing? A Visual Journey from ENIAC to Modern Cloud

This article traces the evolution of cloud computing from the first computer ENIAC through the rise of networks, servers, and data centers, explains how Amazon and Google pioneered the term, and highlights its three core features—resource pooling, elastic scalability, and reliable security—showing why it’s reshaping IT today.

Cloud ComputingIT transformationVirtualization
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What Is Cloud Computing? A Visual Journey from ENIAC to Modern Cloud
Yuewen Technology
Yuewen Technology
Jun 25, 2021 · Big Data

Building Yuedu Group’s Overseas Big Data Platform: Architecture, Offline & Real‑Time Processing

This article details how Yuedu Group designed and implemented an overseas big data platform, covering overall system architecture, offline data‑warehouse construction with dimensional modeling, real‑time streaming using Oceanus and ClickHouse, and future plans for cost reduction and data quality assurance.

Big DataCloud ComputingStream Processing
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Building Yuedu Group’s Overseas Big Data Platform: Architecture, Offline & Real‑Time Processing
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jun 22, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Let's Dive Into Serverless World: Tencent Cloud's Serverless Development and Latest Trends

Tencent Cloud’s serverless platform, now serving over a million developers and billions of daily invocations, accelerates business and education workloads, enables massive elastic scaling, integrates video, GPU, and event‑bus services, and simplifies migration, debugging, and SaaS integration, heralding serverless as the next mainstream cloud paradigm.

Cloud ComputingFunction ComputeServerless
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Let's Dive Into Serverless World: Tencent Cloud's Serverless Development and Latest Trends
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jun 21, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Huawei Cloud Achieves Ultra‑Low Latency for E‑Commerce Live Streaming

This article examines the technical challenges of massive e‑commerce live streams, explains why traditional streaming suffers from high latency, and details Huawei Cloud's low‑latency architecture, protocols, intelligent scheduling and ultra‑fast transcoding that enable sub‑second product link delivery to millions of viewers.

CDNCloud ComputingE‑commerce
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How Huawei Cloud Achieves Ultra‑Low Latency for E‑Commerce Live Streaming
Dada Group Technology
Dada Group Technology
Jun 18, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Evolution of Feed System Architecture for To Home Discovery Channel

This document outlines the architectural evolution of the Feed system for To Home Discovery Channel, addressing scalability challenges through database optimization, Elasticsearch integration, and caching strategies to manage billion-scale user data and dynamic content updates.

Cloud Computingdatabasesfeed system
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Evolution of Feed System Architecture for To Home Discovery Channel
Tencent Cloud Developer
Tencent Cloud Developer
Jun 17, 2021 · Industry Insights

Serverless 2024: Key Trends, Best Practices, and Future Challenges Revealed

The second Techo TVP Developer Summit showcased Serverless as a leading cloud‑computing trend, delivering market forecasts, technical deep‑dives on microVMM, observability, AI inference, and real‑world use cases while highlighting governance challenges and future directions for the ecosystem.

Cloud ComputingIndustry TrendsMicroVMM
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Serverless 2024: Key Trends, Best Practices, and Future Challenges Revealed
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jun 17, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What Datadog’s 2022 Serverless Report Reveals About Lambda Usage and Costs

Datadog’s 2022 Serverless report shows a rapid expansion of Lambda usage worldwide, with call frequencies 3.5 times higher than two years ago, average daily runtimes of 900 hours, shorter execution times, growing adoption of Azure Functions and Google Cloud Functions, and detailed cost analyses that highlight both the economic benefits and optimization challenges of serverless architectures.

AWS LambdaCloud ComputingFunction-as-a-Service
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What Datadog’s 2022 Serverless Report Reveals About Lambda Usage and Costs
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 15, 2021 · Industry Insights

How Cloud Computing, Big Data, and AI Intertwine to Power Modern Services

This article explains the evolution of cloud computing from resource management to elastic virtualization, the emergence of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS service models, how big‑data processing relies on distributed cloud platforms, and why artificial intelligence now depends on massive data and cloud‑scale compute to deliver intelligent services.

Artificial IntelligenceBig DataCloud Computing
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How Cloud Computing, Big Data, and AI Intertwine to Power Modern Services
Baidu Geek Talk
Baidu Geek Talk
Jun 15, 2021 · Industry Insights

What Baidu Unveiled at QCon 2021: Key Takeaways from 7 Cutting‑Edge Sessions

This article compiles Baidu experts' presentations at QCon 2021, covering unified quality‑efficiency delivery for feed recommendation, software engineering capabilities, AIOps fault‑management practices, Apache Doris real‑time analytics, large‑scale Service Mesh deployment, massive service‑governance techniques, and deep‑learning platform innovations, with speaker details and audience benefits.

AIAIOpsBaidu
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What Baidu Unveiled at QCon 2021: Key Takeaways from 7 Cutting‑Edge Sessions
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 14, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Hybrid Cloud: Definitions, Architecture, Management, Security, Market Overview and Vendor Landscape

The article provides a comprehensive overview of hybrid cloud, covering its broad and narrow definitions, architectural components, key technologies such as cloud application architecture, management, load migration, security considerations, user demand analysis, vendor classification, and the current Chinese market trends and future outlook.

Cloud ComputingMarket Analysiscloud architecture
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Hybrid Cloud: Definitions, Architecture, Management, Security, Market Overview and Vendor Landscape
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Jun 10, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Which Serverless Platform Leads the Market? Inside Forrester’s 2021 FaaS Wave

Based on 40 evaluation criteria, Forrester’s 2021 Q1 Wave report ranks nine leading FaaS providers—Amazon, Alibaba, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Nimbella, Oracle, Tencent and Huawei—into Leaders, Strong Performers, Contenders and Challengers, highlighting each platform’s strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for developers.

Cloud ComputingFaaSForrester
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Which Serverless Platform Leads the Market? Inside Forrester’s 2021 FaaS Wave
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Jun 8, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Edge‑Cloud Lifelong Learning Is the Next Frontier for AI

Edge‑cloud collaborative machine learning faces data latency, cost, compression, privacy, and heterogeneity challenges, prompting a shift from closed learning to lifelong learning that leverages cloud‑side knowledge bases and edge‑side incremental updates, as demonstrated by the Sedna platform’s thermal comfort prediction case study.

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Why Edge‑Cloud Lifelong Learning Is the Next Frontier for AI
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Jun 6, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Unlocking Open‑Source Cloud: Platforms, Tools, and Cost‑Saving Strategies

This article explores the landscape of open‑source cloud platforms and tools—such as AppScale, Kubernetes, and OpenStack—detailing their capabilities, cost advantages, and how they compare to proprietary services, while also covering monitoring, cost‑optimization, and infrastructure‑as‑code solutions for modern enterprises.

Cloud ComputingKubernetesOpenStack
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Unlocking Open‑Source Cloud: Platforms, Tools, and Cost‑Saving Strategies
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 3, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Key Design Considerations

This article explains cloud computing reference architecture, illustrating private and hybrid cloud setups, and discusses essential design factors such as scalability, availability, manageability, feasibility, measurable resources, queue-based load balancing, error handling, and decoupling to build robust, cost‑effective cloud systems.

Cloud Computingarchitecturehybrid cloud
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Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Key Design Considerations
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 2, 2021 · Fundamentals

2021 China Xinchang (Information Technology Innovation) Industry Development Report Overview

The 2021 China Xinchang (information technology innovation) industry development report analyzes the ecosystem, covering hardware components like chips and sensors, foundational software including operating systems, cloud OS, databases and middleware, market participants, and strategic challenges for achieving autonomous, secure IT infrastructure.

ChinaCloud ComputingHardware
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2021 China Xinchang (Information Technology Innovation) Industry Development Report Overview
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
May 27, 2021 · Cloud Computing

From Embedded to IoT: Evolution of Tech, Roles, OS, and Business Models

This article examines how the rise of the Internet of Things has transformed the technology stack, developer responsibilities, operating systems, and business models, highlighting the expanding skill set required and the shift from hardware‑centric revenue to cloud‑based services and platforms.

Cloud ComputingIoTembedded systems
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From Embedded to IoT: Evolution of Tech, Roles, OS, and Business Models
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
May 22, 2021 · Operations

How Active‑Active Data Centers Boost Resilience and Resource Efficiency

The article explains hot standby, cold standby, and active‑active (dual‑active) data center architectures, compares their advantages and drawbacks, outlines deployment challenges, and highlights the role of cloud computing and automation in achieving high availability and optimal resource utilization.

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How Active‑Active Data Centers Boost Resilience and Resource Efficiency
New Oriental Technology
New Oriental Technology
May 20, 2021 · Backend Development

Design and Evolution of an Online Education Post‑Class Replay Generation System

The article details the step‑by‑step architectural evolution of a cloud classroom replay generation platform, from a quick third‑party‑based implementation to a self‑developed, CDN‑integrated solution that now reliably produces nearly 90,000 class videos daily while reducing cost and operational complexity.

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Design and Evolution of an Online Education Post‑Class Replay Generation System
Infra Learning Club
Infra Learning Club
May 19, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Why Distributed Cloud Is a Top 2020 Strategic Technology Trend

The article analyzes distributed cloud as a breakthrough cloud model that defines service location, bridges gaps in hybrid cloud, evolves through four phases, and underpins emerging use cases such as edge, blockchain, and AI security, offering enterprise architects strategic guidance for 2024 and beyond.

AI SecurityBlockchainCloud Computing
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Why Distributed Cloud Is a Top 2020 Strategic Technology Trend
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 14, 2021 · Industry Insights

Why Distributed Active/Active Data Centers Are the Future of Enterprise IT

The article examines how enterprises are moving from traditional primary‑backup and two‑site‑three‑center architectures toward distributed active/active data centers, outlining the concepts of distribution and multi‑activity, the technical challenges involved, and the operational benefits of higher availability and resource efficiency.

Active-ActiveCloud ComputingIT Operations
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Why Distributed Active/Active Data Centers Are the Future of Enterprise IT
iQIYI Technical Product Team
iQIYI Technical Product Team
May 14, 2021 · Industry Insights

iQIYI 2021 World Conference: AI, 5G & Cloud Driving the Next Wave of Video Production

At the 2021 iQIYI World Conference in Shanghai, executives and industry experts outlined how 5G, AI, and cloud computing are reshaping video content creation, introducing intelligent production tools, new video models, immersive XR performances, and a call for healthier industry standards to sustain future growth.

5GAICloud Computing
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iQIYI 2021 World Conference: AI, 5G & Cloud Driving the Next Wave of Video Production
Volcano Engine Developer Services
Volcano Engine Developer Services
May 12, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How High‑Performance IaaS Virtualization Powered Douyin’s Spring Festival Red‑Envelope Event

In this interview, ByteDance cloud engineer Wu Chen explains how system‑level IaaS virtualization delivered elasticity, cost‑effectiveness, and strong isolation to support Douyin’s Spring Festival red‑envelope event, compares virtualization with containers, shares reliability lessons from a power‑outage test, and outlines future trends.

Cloud ComputingDouyinIaaS
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How High‑Performance IaaS Virtualization Powered Douyin’s Spring Festival Red‑Envelope Event
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 9, 2021 · Industry Insights

What Are the Key Standards and Challenges Shaping China’s Desktop Cloud Landscape?

This white‑paper‑style analysis examines the rapid growth of desktop cloud in China, outlines its definitions, deployment models, core technologies, protocol choices, GPU virtualization options, security architecture, and proposes standardization needs and policy recommendations to guide the industry forward.

Cloud ComputingDesktop CloudGPU virtualization
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What Are the Key Standards and Challenges Shaping China’s Desktop Cloud Landscape?
Top Architect
Top Architect
May 7, 2021 · Backend Development

Evolution of Taobao Backend Architecture: From Single‑Server Deployment to Cloud‑Native Microservices

This article uses Taobao's backend as a case study to illustrate how a system evolves from a single‑server setup to a highly available, horizontally scalable architecture through stages such as separating Tomcat and database, adding caching, introducing load balancers, read/write splitting, sharding, microservices, ESB, containerization, and finally cloud‑native deployment, while summarizing key design principles.

Cloud Computingdistributed systemsscalability
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Evolution of Taobao Backend Architecture: From Single‑Server Deployment to Cloud‑Native Microservices
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
May 4, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Taobao Scaled from LAMP to Cloud: Architecture Evolution & Migration Lessons

From its 2003 LAMP beginnings to a modern cloud-native stack, Taobao’s architecture journey illustrates how the platform tackled rapid growth, adopted Oracle, Java, distributed caching, CDN, and ultimately migrated to Alibaba Cloud services, offering practical best‑practice insights for large‑scale e‑commerce systems.

Cloud ComputingE‑commercearchitecture
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How Taobao Scaled from LAMP to Cloud: Architecture Evolution & Migration Lessons
Byte Quality Assurance Team
Byte Quality Assurance Team
Apr 28, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Ensuring Release Quality and Security for Cloud Server-Side SDKs: Practices and Pipeline Construction

This article details the engineering practices and pipeline construction strategies employed by Volcengine to ensure the release quality, security compliance, and version control of its multi-language server-side SDKs, addressing common challenges in code review, automated testing, and continuous delivery workflows.

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Ensuring Release Quality and Security for Cloud Server-Side SDKs: Practices and Pipeline Construction
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 26, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

GPU Market Overview and Industry Applications

The article provides a comprehensive overview of GPU technology, its architecture, rapid market growth, segmentation by type, device and industry, cloud deployment trends, competitive landscape, and diverse applications ranging from high‑performance computing and AI to automotive, AR/VR, and IoT.

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingGPU
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GPU Market Overview and Industry Applications
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 24, 2021 · Databases

Global Database Industry Trends and Opportunities for Chinese Vendors

The article outlines four global database trends, three opportunities for domestic vendors, explains the evolution and classification of databases, compares relational and NoSQL systems, reviews market share, and profiles leading Chinese database companies while highlighting the impact of cloud, big data, and AI on the sector.

Chinese vendorsCloud ComputingIndustry Trends
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Global Database Industry Trends and Opportunities for Chinese Vendors
21CTO
21CTO
Apr 24, 2021 · Fundamentals

Samsung Upcycles Phones, Ubuntu 21.04 Arrives, and Microsoft Brings Linux GUI to WSL

Samsung announced its Home of Galaxy Upcycling program to transform old Galaxy phones into IoT sensors, while Chengdu released a new talent shortage list highlighting emerging tech roles; meanwhile Ubuntu 21.04 debuted with Wayland and AD integration, and Microsoft unveiled preview support for Linux GUI apps in WSL.

Cloud ComputingIoTLinux
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Samsung Upcycles Phones, Ubuntu 21.04 Arrives, and Microsoft Brings Linux GUI to WSL
UCloud Tech
UCloud Tech
Apr 22, 2021 · Cloud Computing

How Hybrid Cloud Architecture Extends Compute, Storage, and Security

This article explains why many enterprises still rely on on‑premise data centers, introduces three hybrid‑cloud deployment models, and provides detailed solutions for extending computing power, storage backup, security protection, new product capabilities, and smooth business migration using a hybrid cloud approach.

Cloud ComputingUCloudhybrid cloud
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How Hybrid Cloud Architecture Extends Compute, Storage, and Security
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Apr 22, 2021 · Big Data

Inside Toutiao’s Massive Big Data & Recommendation Architecture

This article examines Toutiao’s rapid growth from a small startup to a platform serving over 500 million users, detailing its data collection, user modeling, cold‑start handling, recommendation engines, storage solutions, messaging push system, micro‑service design, and virtualized PaaS infrastructure that enable high‑throughput, personalized news delivery.

Cloud ComputingData PipelineUser Modeling
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Inside Toutiao’s Massive Big Data & Recommendation Architecture
Programmer DD
Programmer DD
Apr 16, 2021 · Fundamentals

Mastering Layered Architecture: From Cloud Stacks to SOA Models

This article explores the concept of layered thinking in architecture design, covering decomposition and integration, cloud three‑tier models, SOA layering, application and technical architecture patterns, and how to combine these approaches for clear, maintainable system diagrams.

Cloud ComputingSOAarchitecture
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Mastering Layered Architecture: From Cloud Stacks to SOA Models
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Apr 12, 2021 · Fundamentals

Understanding Docker Containers: Architecture, Types, and Comparison with Virtual Machines

This article introduces Docker as an open‑source container platform, explains how containers run on Linux and Windows hosts, describes Windows Server and Hyper‑V container runtimes, and compares Docker containers with traditional virtual machines, highlighting resource efficiency, isolation, and deployment advantages.

Cloud ComputingContainersHyper‑V
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Understanding Docker Containers: Architecture, Types, and Comparison with Virtual Machines
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Apr 1, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Overview of the China Cloud Computing Industry Development White Paper

The China Cloud Computing Industry Development White Paper analyzes the rapid growth of cloud services, detailing the industry chain, domestic chip initiatives, major cloud providers, database and cloud‑native advancements, and outlines strategic recommendations for autonomous, secure, and high‑quality cloud development in China.

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Overview of the China Cloud Computing Industry Development White Paper
JD Cloud Developers
JD Cloud Developers
Mar 29, 2021 · Cloud Computing

What’s Hot in Cloud, AI, and Blockchain? Weekly Tech Highlights

This weekly roundup covers the upcoming Cloud Connect China conference, new national standards for big data, cloud and blockchain, China’s first blockchain forensic institute, the Dual‑Gigabit network plan, Edge PWA visual parity, record cloud infrastructure spending, the involution neural operator, and a reinforcement‑learning approach to conversational search risk control.

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What’s Hot in Cloud, AI, and Blockchain? Weekly Tech Highlights
Open Source Linux
Open Source Linux
Mar 28, 2021 · Fundamentals

30 Years of Linux: From Tux’s Birthday to Cloud Dominance

This article chronicles Linux’s 30‑year journey—from the early hobby of Linus Torvalds and the birth of the Tux mascot, through pivotal milestones such as the rise of distributions, corporate adoption, cloud supremacy, and the ongoing impact on modern computing.

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30 Years of Linux: From Tux’s Birthday to Cloud Dominance
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure
Mar 24, 2021 · Cloud Computing

LIBRA and CARE: Memory Bandwidth Management and Fault‑Tolerance Innovations Presented at HPCA 2021

The article reviews two HPCA 2021 papers from Alibaba Cloud—LIBRA, a dynamic memory‑bandwidth management framework that boosts data‑center utilization, and CARE, a cache‑based fault‑tolerance architecture that delivers near‑Chipkill reliability with minimal overhead—while also highlighting future research directions in ML systems, quantum computing, and cache computing.

Cloud ComputingHPCA2021data center reliability
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LIBRA and CARE: Memory Bandwidth Management and Fault‑Tolerance Innovations Presented at HPCA 2021
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Mar 21, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Design Considerations

The article presents a comprehensive cloud computing reference architecture, illustrating private and hybrid cloud designs, discussing platform choices, storage solutions, scalability, elasticity, and key considerations such as availability, manageability, and feasibility for building robust, cost‑effective systems.

Cloud Computingarchitectureelasticity
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Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Design Considerations