Tag: Pricing

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: R on The CuRious Financial Risk ManageR. In this post we will close the trilogy on (old style) swap pricing. In particular, we will look at how downloading the data for the variable rate needed to calculate the variable leg accrual. Part 1gave the general idea behind tidy pricing interest rate swaps using a 7 linespipe Part 2went much more into detail and priced some real world contract comparing the resultsobtained vs Bloomberg and showing significantly good results. The only part missing was calculating the accrual for the floating leg. To do thiswe need the information about ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Brian Murray; Of the dozens of virtual private networks we’ve tested, ExpressVPN has proven itself to be one of the most reliable options. It offers solid features combined with a sleek client and high speeds, which you can read more about in our full ExpressVPN review. Since we started doing our matchup articles it has beaten every opponent it has taken on.  In this face-off, it’s up against TunnelBear, which is one of the better known VPNs. In our TunnelBear review, we found the VPN’s speeds lackluster, but the client was nice and the generous free plan ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Jean-François Gagné; This is a follow-up post in the MySQL Master Replication Crash Safety series.  In the previous posts, we explored the consequences of reducing durability on masters (different data inconsistencies after an OS crash depending on replication type) and the performance boost associated with this configuration (benchmark results done on Google Cloud Platform / GCP).  The consequences are summarised in the introduction of Part #4, and the tests are the subject of this last post.  Also in this last post, I mentioned that my results for high durability are limited by the sync latencies of GCP ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: John Rymer. I am one of the 64% of developers who have yet to adopt a low-code development platform. My friends at other companies have implemented one of these platforms and report great results — much faster software delivery and happy business colleagues. We should also adopt, but my boss will ask a question I can’t answer: “In the long run, how will costs for the platform behave?” Vendor websites aren’t exactly a help; most pricing pages are either incomplete, opaque, or both. Low-Code Pricing Is Confusing In “The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Development Platforms For ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Jacob Roach; In this SiteGround vs Bluehost comparison, we’re going to pit these two powerhouse services against each other to see which comes out on top. Over five rounds, we’ll try to determine if SiteGround’s excellent feature list can beat Bluehost’s unparalleled usability so you can find the best service for you.  SiteGround ranked on our list of the best web hosting providers, and for good reason. Between its no-nonsense pricing, excellent speed and many features, it’s an ideal choice for almost any website. That said, it was nearly knocked out of contention by Bluehost in our ... Read More

Feed: Recent Announcements. As with any AWS Direct Connect location, this locations conforms to the standard resiliency model that includes two customer facing devices per location that allow customers to establish locally resilient and redundant physical connectivity to the Amazon backbone network. Please take a look at our resiliency recommendations when planning your connectivity. Using AWS Direct Connect, you can establish private connectivity between AWS and your datacenter, office, or colocation environment, which in many cases can reduce your network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections. Please see the AWS Direct Connect ... Read More

Feed: Neo4j Graph Database Platform. Author: Jocelyn Hoppa. By Ryan Boyd, Director of Developer Relations @ Neo4j | July 11, 2019Reading time: 1 minute Registration for GraphConnect 2020 is now open!Join us on April 20-22 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square in Manhattan for the largest-ever gathering of graph database developers, architects and CTOs.GraphConnect 2020 will feature speakers from around the world presenting on how Neo4j has had a bottom-line impact on their organizations – from startups to global enterprises – via a rich variety of use cases, industries and exciting innovations.Whether you’re an expert graph technologist or just getting ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: James Konik; There are many tools to help you get organized, but choosing the right one is no easy task. Mac owners will want to use software that fits with the platform, so we’re going to help them find the best project management software for Mac. We’ll recommend some of our favorite picks for the platform, with our top pick being Asana, but if you want to look at other options, read through our project management software reviews. Below you’ll find several providers that do a great job on Apple’s OS, but before we get to that, ... Read More

Feed: Puppet Blog Feed. Author: Melissa Casburn; Everybody knows why conferences are great: network, gain new skills, have fun, blah blah blah. You don’t need to be reminded of that stuff, and I don’t need to pitch the agenda because you can read it for yourself.Instead, let’s talk about some lesser-known but equally important reasons you should come to Puppetize PDX this October: 1: Escape from your own office Get away from the meetings, debugging, patching, and everyday toil of your day job (and hopefully learn how to automate some of it away). It’s the same reason we’re all gonna ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Claus Joergensen. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at pricing for Azure Premium Blob Storage, and its potential to reduce overall storage costs for some applications. Premium Blob Storage is Azure Blob Storage powered by solid-state drives (SSDs) for block blobs and append blobs. For more information see, “Azure Premium Blob Storage is now generally available.” It is ideal for workloads that require very fast storage response times and/or has a high rate of operations. For more details on performance see, “Premium Block Blob Storage - a new level of performance.” ... Read More