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Google Announces Anthos Support for Multi-Cloud is Generally Available
In a recent blog post, Google announced that Athos support for multi-cloud is generally available. With Anthos, customers can now consolidate all their operations across on-premises, Google Cloud, and other clouds starting with AWS and Microsoft Azure as it is currently in preview.
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Kong for Kubernetes 0.8 Ingress Controller Released
Kong Inc. released Kong for Kubernetes version 0.8 - a Kubernetes Ingress controller that works with the Kong API Gateway. The release adds Knative integration, a new cluster level Custom Resource Definition, and annotations to minimize configuration.
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Vulnerability Scanner Trivy Now Available as Integrated Option within Harbor
Aqua Security has announced that Trivy, their open source vulnerability scanner, is now available as an integrated option within a number of platforms. Trivy is able to scan for vulnerabilities within operating systems and a number of common application dependencies.
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Rewriting Dropbox Sync with Confidence Thanks to a Robust Test Strategy
Over the last few years, Dropbox engineers have rewritten their client-side sync engine from scratch. This would not have been possible had they not defined a clear testing strategy to allow them to build and ship the new engine through a quick release cycle, writes Dropbox engineer Isaac Goldberg.
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KSQL Now Available on Confluent Cloud
KSQL is the streaming SQL engine for Apache Kafka, and it is currently available as a fully-managed service on the Confluent Cloud Platform for all its customers on usage-based billing plans. In a recent blog post, Confluent announced the availability of Confluent Cloud KSQL.
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Go as a Scripting Language
Go's growing adoption as a programming language that can be used to create high-performance networked and concurrent systems has been fueling developer interest in its use as a scripting language. While Go is not currently ready out of the box to be used as a replacement for bash or python, this can be done with a little effort.
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Amazon Updates AWS Snowball Edge with Faster Hardware, OpsHub GUI, IAM, and AWS Systems Manager
AWS Snowball is a part of the AWS Snow Family of edge computing and data transfer devices. Recently Amazon announced a few updates for Snowball Edge device option. It now has a graphical user interface with AWS OpsHub, 25% faster data transfer performance, and support for local Identity and Access Management (IAM), and AWS System Manager.
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Maven 3.7 to Include Default Wrapper
Apache 3.7.0 will ship with a new wrapper utility, making it easier to build projects without having a pre-existing Maven installation.
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Significant New Features Planned for Helidon 2.0
Oracle is well on their way to a Helidon 2.0 GA release scheduled for late Spring 2020. Helidon 2.0.0-M1, released in early February, and Helidon 2.0.0-M2, released in late March, have provided a host of new features including: support for reactive messaging; a new command-line tool, a new web client API for Helidon SE, GraalVM support for Helidon MP, and a new reactive database client.
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Alcide's New sKan Command Line Tool Scans Kubernetes Deployment Files
Alcide, a Kubernetes security platform, has announced the release of sKan, a command line tool that allows developers, DevOps and Kubernetes application builders access to the Alcide Security Platform. sKan enables developers to scan Kubernetes configuration and deployment files as part of their application development lifecycle including CI pipelines.
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Report Validates Impact of Visual AI on Test Automation
Empirical data from 288 quality engineers across 101 countries provide insight and credibility behind a report demonstrating the benefits of Visual AI in the field of test automation. The report comes from Applitools, a company that sells functional and visual testing tools using visual AI.
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Google Introduces Service Directory to Manage All Your Services in One Place at Scale
In a recent blog post, Google introduced a new managed service on its Cloud Platform (GCP) called Service Directory. With this service, Google allows customers to publish, discover, and connect services consistently and reliably, regardless of the environment and platform where they reside.
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Java 15: the Story So Far
Java 14 has just been released, but attention is already turning to the next release, with some features already confirmed for the September 2020 release.
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oneinfra : Platform to Manage Multiple Kubernetes Clusters as a Service
oneinfra is an open source project to manage and run multiple Kubernetes clusters across different public clouds, private clouds, and bare metal.
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Q&A with Amazon's Deepak Singh Regarding Bottlerocket, Containers and EC2
InfoQ caught up with Deepak Singh, VP of compute services at AWS, regarding technical details about Bottlerocket and its roadmap.