How Geo-Distributed Apps Use Global Cloud Infrastructure for Speed and Compliance

Explore how geo-distributed applications leverage global cloud infrastructure to achieve speed and compliance in this 39-minute conference talk by Denis Magda from Yugabyte. Learn about designing applications that utilize major cloud providers' extensive geographical regions and availability zones to serve user requests with low latency worldwide. Discover strategies for complying with data residency requirements when expanding to new territories. Gain insights into spreading data across multiple availability zones, regions, and cloud providers, serving user requests with microservices closest to user locations, and using a combination of synchronous and asynchronous communication channels for data replication and event exchange between cloud regions of varying proximity. Understand how these techniques can help achieve low latency and comply with regulations like GDPR.