As every developer these days knows, automation is a necessary component of today’s software development lifecycle. To continually release quality code, developers need to focus as much time as possible on coding. Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes help developers merge and test code more frequently, even daily. Better software delivered more quickly shortens the feedback loop between…
Edge is the new black. Everywhere you turn, the clouderati—from providers to users, journalists, analysts, and beyond—are buzzing about “edge computing” and the changes it brings for all kinds of businesses. Unfortunately, the buzz is more noise than signal right now. One article talks about edge computing as though it is just another term for…
Protecting the Origin As demand for streaming video continues to rise, service providers are encountering several significant issues that impact their viewers’ experience. Often, just when streaming video providers, especially OTTs, think they have enough capacity for everything and everyone, a new show becomes a hit, a promotion brings in new subscribers, or a global…
Delivering Game Downloads, Updates and Patches Flawless video game delivery — from the latest new game download to a simple update or patch — is often a make-or-break moment. A lot of hard work is at stake and more than a few things can go wrong. To make sure each new release is as reliable,…
There are a lot of options for CDN providers these days, each one (rightfully) touting itself with its best foot forward. There’s also an ecosystem of third-party review sites, that while seemingly impartial can be far from it as they try to monetize their rankings and reviews. The result: CDN comparison shopping consumes valuable time…
The gaming industry, like many of its software development counterparts, is continuously asked to quickly respond to the needs of its global audience. To make this happen, it must employ the best technology and production principles, and game developers have established several ways to take things from concept to creation. However, because DevOps goes beyond agile’s…
Edge compute brings the capabilities of cloud close to the end-user or end-device while also addressing the challenges of bandwidth, latency, and resiliency. Moving computing and storage to the edge speeds up the performance, and thus we see many enterprises adopting edge to complement existing cloud infrastructure. StackPath Edge Computing is a fully managed environment…
Image Management is a powerful tool for customizing and managing StackPath virtual machine images. Users can capture, store, manage, and deploy VM custom images. This makes deploying new virtual machine workloads faster and easier than before while increasing your visibility into using the latest images. Custom images allow you to roll back any unwanted changes…
Even before 2020 showed its true, crazy coronavirus colors, many Media and Entertainment companies were already increasing their focus and financial investments in streaming video. Now, with people staying closer to home and streaming service usage exploding across nearly all age cohorts[1], these services will need to accelerate their plans further, while still ensuring a…
Did you miss our “Serverless at the Edge” webinar on July 9? Here’s your bite-sized recap. Understanding Serverless Serverless is compute service that executes functions on an as-needed basis. However, there are still servers somewhere executing these same functions. Now, you’re probably thinking the term “Serverless” is a misnomer, right? Well, “less” refers to how…