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Where is AWS going? 3 Trends From AWS re:Invent 2021

Curious about what topics were talked about at AWS re:Invent 2021? Read about the three trends here.

AWS re:Invent 2021 Day 1 Recap

Wondering how the first day of AWS re:Invent 2021 went? Find out in this blog article from our Front-End Thermer Laura Boemo.

What is AWS Lambda?

Discover the potential of AWS Lambda, a serverless platform ideal for cost-effective, scalable computing, and learn how to utilize it with various...

Brazil’s Best: Metal Toad Wins Clutch Award for Top IT Outsourcing Company

Metal Toad wins Clutch's 2021 award as Brazil's top IT outsourcing company, celebrated for exceptional client reviews and comprehensive cloud...

Planning for Uncertainty: 7 Key Principles for Creating an Excellent Roadmap

Roadmaps are important. My summer plans often involve traveling with my f

AWS reInvent: what to expect 2021

As an award-winning AWS Advanced Consulting Partner and AWS managed services provider, we are pumped about the

Metal Toad Recognized as Key Partner For New AWS Media & Entertainment Initiative

Metal Toad is proud to be recognized as a key partner for the recently launched AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative. Metal Toad received special...

Workplace Dress Code

As I was deciding what to write about in a blog for a software company, I didn’t recall anyone writing one here about fashion or dress code at the...

THE NEW HOME OFFICE MODEL

Technology has brougth great benefits to society and organizations such as:

5 Time Management Tips That Work

Time management is a decision-making process with the intention of planning and organizing how you divide the time to be spent on specific activities...

AGILE METHODOLOGY

WHAT WOULD IT BE?

5 Reasons Why You Should Write Every Day

When you hear the word “writing,” what image comes to mind?

The Power of a Personal Retrospective

Metal Toad first introduced the concept of a retrospective to me in 2014. As an agile software company, our teams undertake retrospectives (retros)...

Thoughts on 2021 StackOverflow Developer Survey

The StackOverflow Annual Developer Survey measures the developer community

Fostering Genuine Connections in a Virtual World

In a pandemic year, everyone is scrambling to keep afloat.

Artificial Intelligence and the Cyberpunk dream

I was always amazed at the way the media convinced me that Artificial Intelligences would think, behave and act like human beings. That made me look...

Understanding the Cloud Media Workload: Content Distribution

Explore how industry leaders are transforming content distribution in the cloud with AI, micro-services, and real-time analytics at the HPA Tech...

Understanding Cloud Media Workloads: Content Creation, Media Supply Chain & Content Distribution

The impact of the Cloud on Media & Entertainment is profound. Gain a holistic executive viewpoint of key insights into the M&E industry, end-to-end...

Understanding the Cloud Media Workload: Media Supply Chain

The HPA Tech Retreat is the pre-eminent gathering of industry-leading thinkers and innovation-focused companies engaged in the creation, management,...

Digital Rights Management and the Cloud

Explore insights from Christopher Levy, CEO of BuyDRM, on the evolution of DRM in the M&E industry and the impact of cloud technology and the...

TestNG versus JUnit: Making the Right Choice

Kubeless: Role your own FaaS

Learn how to deploy serverless functions using Kubeless on Kubernetes as an open-source alternative to cloud-based FaaS solutions.

Running FaaS on Linux Mint 19.3 with Kubeless

Learn how to deploy serverless functions on Linux Mint 19.3 using Kubeless, an open-source alternative to AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions.

Ecommerce trends 2021

I recently bought a t-shirt online. Printed on the shirt is a hilarious mash-up of a cartoon from the 80s (He-Man) and a modern-day meme ("do you...

Media Orchestration + Cloud

Discover insights from Art Raymond on media orchestration, cloud technologies, and the future of the media and entertainment industry.