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Alex Ulyanov

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A distinguished system architect and hands-on engineering executive, Alex has built and run data solutions for systems as diverse as IoT, AdTech, SaaS and many others. Driven by both his passion for new technologies and by his experience proving how (and if) they work, he leads by example. He has designed and implemented many solutions and platforms, ranging from start-up MVPs to large scale corporations including GE, AWS & Sinclair BroadCast Group. As company CTO, he ensures that all our projects and clients benefit from robust engineering processes and scalable architecture.
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Overcoming Common Hurdles in Cloud-Native Development with Kubernetes

Kubernetes (K8s) and containers have become just about every developer’s bread and butter for building, deploying, and scaling applications. But let’s be real—using K8s in the cloud-native race isn’t always a walk in the park. In fact, even though K8s automates a lot of the heavy lifting, there are still plenty of ways to stumble.

When Kubernetes met Spark: what native Kubernetes support means for “big data” and data science

The recent news from Wall Street about the merger of two of the original “big data” companies, Cloudera and Hortonworks (now called “Cloudera”) made a lot of noise across the Big Tech Finance marketplace, certainly here in Silicon Valley. But…

Ten things to know about Kubernetes on Amazon (EKS): First of 2 posts

Note: This is part one of a two-part series on Amazon EKS; to see a more in-depth review and recommendations, see Part II: “Figuring out if Kubernetes on AWS (EKS) is right for you”

Figuring out if Kubernetes on AWS (EKS) is right for you: Second of 2 posts

Note: This is part two of a two-part series on Amazon EKS. ICYMI, here's a comprehensive intro overview get you up top speed on EKS: “Ten things to know about Kubernetes on AWS”.) By this…

The Data Engineering Checklist for Data Science

What comes after Big Data? Bigger data. Demands on data scientists are growing even faster. They need to the resources and tools to make ever more effective use of their time. Expanding Data Engineering holds…

GDPR Compliance by design

GDPR - it’s a new buzzword we keep hearing nowadays. While it was initially addressed towards big players like Facebook, Google and LinkedIn - it also affects small businesses. If you’ve had the chance to…

iPaaS – the way to integrate modern cloud based solutions

Modern businesses are rapidly adapting cloud based services like Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow. There are many companies that completely operate from the cloud, or more precise clouds. The benefits of cloud based platforms are clear. But...

Using Scrum in the development process

At CloudGeometry, we apply the Scrum framework across all our projects. A Scrum process is distinguished from other agile processes by specific concepts and practices, divided into the three categories of Roles, Artifacts, and Time…

The “Lambda” Architecture for near real-time data processing

The Lambda Architecture is an approach to building stream processing applications on top of MapReduce and near real-time data processing systems.

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