Abstract: A network-based services platform receives a template that at least partially indicates an application to be performed, a service type, and at least one service parameter associated with the service type. The platform identifies one or more available network-accessible services corresponding to the service type, and assigns the identified network-accessible service to be used by the application. Each identified network-accessible service includes at least one service parameter.

Abstract: A network-based services platform is configured to receive an application template that specifies characteristics of desired network-accessible service components for use by a network-based application. The network-based services platform searches from available services to find those having characteristics that are compatible with those specified by the application template, and returns an indication of the matching services to a client or developer.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present teachings relate to systems and methods for generating pronounceable domain names. The method includes proving a list of character strings; filtering the list of character strings through a first filter based on a phonetic model to produce a first filtered list of character strings; filtering the list of character strings through a second filter based on a character order mode to produce a second filtered list of character strings; and generating, by a processor, a list of pronounceable domain names based on the first filtered list of character strings and the second filtered list of character strings.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing domain name system (“DNS”) lookup data perform operations that may include: calculating traffic scores for a network address based on a set of DNS lookup data associated with the network address, where the set of DNS lookup data includes a plurality of query records having one or more queried network addresses; calculating a first variance and a second variance for the network address based on the traffic scores for the network address; and determining a rank of the network address based on the first and second variances.