Folks often get confused about the difference between centralized (a.k.a., asymmetrical or single ended) and distributed (a.k.a., symmetrical or dual-ended) application performance solutions.

Distributed applications enable heterogeneous environments with different systems and architectures. The advantages are platform independence, availability and scalability. The article shows the ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Dapr (distributed application runtime) is a self-hosted, open-source project that offers extra functionality to ...

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The world of distributed computing took on a new profile this year when Folding@home, a 20-year-old distributed computing project, found itself picking up thousands of new volunteers to help COVID-19 ...

Microsoft-incubated open source runtime Dapr is now enterprise-ready. It allows developers to build microservice applications without worrying about the challenges posed by distributed systems. Back ...

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Actors make it easier to build and manage scalable, distributed cloud applications. Each actor can send and receive messages and taking certain actions based on message contents Building for the cloud ...