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The availability of flash in server boxes is a disruption since, for the first time, fast and persistent storage is in the same tier as applications, Sinha says.
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This upper tier of critical applications is the type that require the faster SSD storage, and DRAM is the highest performing SSD storage.
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Among tech companies, different strategies are emerging as some companies decide to be specialized niche players while a very small number of other tech vendors choose to play at one or more levels of the 3-tier cloud stack: applications (SaaS), platforms (PaaS), and infrastructure (IaaS).
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Apigee Insights is a recognition in essence, that a fourth tier must be introduced into applications in addition to UI, Server, and Database.
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To help customers understand how this service can be used with their applications, AWS is providing a free tier of service, in which up to the first 20 minutes of content transcoded each month is provided free of charge.
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