Are Lambda-to-Lambda calls really so bad?

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAre Lambda-to-Lambda calls really so bad? If you utter the words “I call a Lambda function from another Lambda function” you might receive a bunch of raised eyebrows. It’s generally frowned up for some good reasons, but as with most things, there are nuances to this discussion. In most cases, a Lambda function…

Azure Maps Power BI visual now in preview

By Dustin Ward

The Azure Maps visual for Power BI will be releasing as a preview this week. Power BI is a powerful analysis and visualization tool. Azure Maps is an important tool for gaining geospatial context and insights that can be used in decision making. This initial release includes the following visualization layers: Bubble layer 3D bar…

How to Proactively Monitor Amazon RDS Performance with Datadog

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedHow to Proactively Monitor Amazon RDS Performance with Datadog By Emily Chang, Technical Content Editor at DatadogBy Yaniv Bossem, Partner Solutions Architect at AWS Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) automates time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups. It lets you scale your database with only a…