--- title: "General" url: https://www.stackscale.com/blog/category/general/ type: term taxonomy: category taxonomy_label: "Category" count: 19 lang: en --- # General ## Latest entries - [ASML, the European company making AI chips possible](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/asml-the-european-company-making-ai-chips-possible/) — The race for Artificial Intelligence is usually explained through names such as NVIDIA, TSMC, Microsoft, Google and Amazon. Some design accelerators, others manufacture them, while the major cloud pro... - [Let’s Encrypt Opens the Door to HTTPS by IP: IPv4 and IPv6 Certificates With a 160-Hour Lifetime](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/lets-encrypt-opens-the-door-to-https-by-ip/) — For years, web encryption has relied on a basic assumption: if a service wants HTTPS, it needs a domain name. That’s practical—people browse names, not numbers—but also historical: certificate validat... - [VMware vs Proxmox VE: how to choose (for real) for your virtualization platform](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/vmware-vs-proxmox-how-to-choose/) — At Stackscale we work with VMware vSphere and Proxmox VE every day. Our approach isn’t to “force” a tool, but to fit the platform to the project’s requirements (technical, operational, and business).... - [How to Migrate from VMware to Proxmox VE with Stackscale: An Efficient and Secure Alternative](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/how-to-migrate-from-vmware-to-proxmox-ve/) — The recent acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has led to significant changes in the virtualization market. The shift to a subscription-based licensing model, the restructuring of the partner ecosystem,... - [Improving energy efficiency in data centers](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/energy-efficiency-measures-data-centers/) — Energy efficiency is essential for building sustainable solutions and ensuring long-term sustainable growth . Maximizing the benefits of technology while reducing its impact on the planet is one of th... - [eCommerce statistics and growth (2024)](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/ecommerce-statistics-growth/) — eCommerce has experienced continued growth during the last decade. In this article we have collected some eCommerce statistics in 2024 and over the last decade showing how its adoption has increased o... - [CAPEX vs OPEX in IT projects](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/capex-vs-opex-it-projects/) — CAPEX or OPEX? There is no one-size-fits-all solution for all businesses. So making a well-informed decision is clearly the way to go. Cost-efficiency and agility are key for competitiveness in an alw... - [25 Pioneers of computer science](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/pioneers-computer-science/) — Many pioneers of computer science did not probably imagine how far computer programming would arrive. However, it is to a large extent thanks to their contributions that computer programming and autom... - [Most popular programming languages in 2023](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/most-popular-programming-languages/) — Which are the most popular programming languages in 2023? There are different lists of the most commonly used programming languages: the PYPL ranking (monthly updated) and the list of Stack Overflow’s... - [Submarine cables in the Iberian Peninsula](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/submarine-cables-iberian-peninsula/) — There are numerous submarine cables in the Iberian Peninsula that connect it with all regions around the world — Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Oceania and the rest of Europe. In fact, th... - [World Wide Web: free and open](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/world-wide-web-anniversary/) — On April 30th, 1993, the World Wide Web (WWW) became of public domain . CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, published a statement that made it available to everyone with an open lice... - [European data center hubs: FLAP and emerging markets](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/european-data-center-hubs/) — The European data center hubs continue to grow and expand . Although the FLAP market continues to be one of the biggest data center markets in Western Europe, other markets have also been growing cons... - [Cloud computing at the core of the digital transformation](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/cloud-core-digital-transformation/) — Cloud computing adoption is an essential step in digital transformation processes, as it enables the modernization of IT infrastructures to leverage further agility, scalability and productivity, amon... - [World submarine cables & international bandwidth](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/submarine-cables/) — Submarine cables are part of the Internet’s “backbone”. Most of the world’s Internet traffic travels over these cables connecting continents and countries under the ocean. Therefore, they play an impo... - [Security best practices to keep passwords safe in 2022](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/password-security-best-practices/) — Keeping passwords safe is really important. It is indeed especially critical considering the increasing number of cyberattacks worldwide. We have passwords for many of our daily activities — social me... - [Stackscale participates in the first cybersecurity documentary made in Spain](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/first-cybersecurity-documentary-spain/) — Stackscale is one of the sponsors of the first cybersecurity documentary made in Spain: “ El enemigo anónimo ” (“The anonymous enemy”, in English). Diverse experts in fields related to cybersecurity h... - [Security measures and contingency plans during the COVID-19 pandemic](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/security-contingency-measures-covid-19/) — At Stackscale we are following the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic daily and taking the necessary measures to minimize its impact as much as possible. In light of this crisis, we want to share the... - [Join the APD Manifesto for Innovation in Spain](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/apd-manifesto-innovation/) — The “APD Manifesto for Innovation in Spain” establishes an agreement among all the companies, executives and organizations willing to encourage innovation, as a driving force for competitiveness in Sp... - [Python passed Java on the programming languages ranking on GitHub in 2019](https://www.stackscale.com/blog/python-java-programming-languagres-ranking-github/) — Among the trends taking place on GitHub over the last year, Python’s outranking on the programming languages ranking is worth highlighting. In 2019, Python outranked Java on GitHub (by repository cont...