Customize requests and responses with AWS WAF

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedCustomize requests and responses with AWS WAF In March 2021, AWS introduced support for custom responses and request header insertion with AWS WAF. This blog post will demonstrate how you can use these new features to customize your AWS WAF solution to improve the user experience and security posture of your applications. HTTP response…

Building leaderboard functionality with serverless data analytics

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedBuilding leaderboard functionality with serverless data analytics This series is about building serverless solutions in streaming data workloads. The application example used in this series is Alleycat, which allows bike racers to compete with each other virtually on home exercise bikes. Part 1 explains the application’s functionality, how to deploy to your AWS account,…

Modernize large-scale NFS workloads and eliminate data silos with Azure Blob Storage

By Dustin Ward

Azure Blob Storage, our object storage platform for storing large-scale data helps customers run their applications using a wide range of protocols. With multi-protocol support, customers can run their applications on a single storage platform with no application rewrites necessary, therefore eliminating data silos. Today, we are announcing that Network File System (NFS) 3.0 protocol…

Optimize extreme computing performance with Azure FX-series Virtual Machines

By Dustin Ward

Today, we are announcing the general availability of the Azure FX-series Virtual Machines available in three regions. Azure FX-series Virtual Machines—based on the 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processor—feature a high-performing central processing unit (CPU) clock speed per single core of up to 4 GHz (all core turbo), 21 GB memory per vCPU, and local…