Monthly Archives: December 2017

Service Level Agreements (SLA)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by halberenson

I wanted to make some comments on Service Level Agreements (SLAs), so we interrupt our scheduled Part 2 on 16GB Cloud Databases.  A Service Level Agreement establishes both an expectation between a service provider and a customer of the level … Continue reading →

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16TB Cloud Databases (Part 1)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by halberenson

I could claim the purpose of this blog post is to talk about Amazon RDS increasing the storage per database to 16TB, and to some extent it is.  It’s also an opportunity to talk about the challenges of a hyperscale … Continue reading →

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Amazon Seattle Hiring Slowing?

Posted on December 11, 2017 by halberenson

An article in today’s Seattle Times discusses how Amazon’s open positions in Seattle is down by half from last summer and at a recent low. I don’t know what is going on, but I will speculate on what could be … Continue reading →

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