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Hashicorp Boundary Adds Aliases, MinIO Storage and Better Search
HashiCorp has released Boundary 0.16, an update enhancing user experience and governance in privileged access management (PAM).
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Java News Roundup: OpenJDK Updates, Piranha Cloud, Spring Data 2024.0.0, GlassFish, Micrometer
This week's Java roundup for May 13th, 2024 features news highlighting: JEP 477, Implicitly Declared Classes and Instance Main Methods (Third Preview), proposed to target for JDK 23; the May 2024 edition of Piranha Cloud; Spring Data 2024.0.0; and point and milestone releases of Spring Framework, GlassFish and Micrometer.
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Uber Migrates 1 Trillion Records from DynamoDB to LedgerStore to Save $6 Million Annually
Uber migrated all its payment transaction data from DynamoDB and blob storage into a new long-term solution, a purpose-built data store named LedgerStore. The company was looking for cost savings and had previously reduced the use of DynamoDB to store hot data (12 weeks old). The move resulted in significant savings and simplified the storage architecture.
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Ahrefs Joins Others in Suggesting That On-Premises Hosting Can Be More Cost Effective than Cloud
A recent article claims that Ahrefs, an SEO software suite company, was able to prevent $400 million in expenditures over three years by not leveraging cloud resources. Similarly, 37Signals, the makers of Basecamp, has begun a cloud exodus with the stated goal of saving seven million dollars in infrastructure costs over five years.
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Enhanced Security for Enterprises: Google Launches Google Threat Intelligence
At the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco, Google Cloud introduced Google Threat Intelligence, a new security offering for large organizations. The new solution provides users with actionable insights, external threat monitoring, attack surface management, digital risk protection, and in-depth analysis of Indicators of Compromise (IOC).
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Rider 2024.1: New Monitoring Tool Window, Collection Vizualizer, .NET Aspire, AI Assistant Plugin
JetBrains has released Rider 2024.1. This release contains a new monitoring tool window and a collection visualizer. There also appeared the plugins: .Net Aspire, AI Assistant and features regarding debugging.
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Cloudflare Adapts to Let's Encrypt's Certificate Chain Expiration, Minimizing Disruption for Users
In response to the upcoming expiration of Let's Encrypt's cross-signed certificate chain with IdenTrust on September 30, 2024, Cloudflare recently discussed a change in its certificate issuance strategy. For those managing client connections to their applications, Cloudflare has recommended updating the trust store to include the ISRG Root X1 certificate.
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Slack Optimizes Internal Development and Cost Efficiency with EKS and Karpenter
Slack has recently disclosed the architecture of its internal compute orchestration platform, epitomized by "Bedrock”, based on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Karpenter.
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Azure API Center Now Generally Available
Microsoft has announced Azure API Center's general availability (GA), which offers centralized API inventory for easy API discovery, reuse, and governance regardless of API type, lifecycle stage, or deployment location.
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Microsoft Launches Trusted Signing in Public Preview: an End-to-End Signing Solution for Developers
Microsoft recently launched Trusted Signing in Public Preview, a fully-managed end-to-end signing solution for developers backed by a Microsoft-managed certification authority.
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Grafana Frees up Engineers to Fix Problems with Improved Incident Management
Grafana Labs, a leading provider of observability solutions, has unveiled significant enhancements to its Incident Response and Management (IRM) platform. These changes help teams manage and respond to incidents more effectively by streamlining incident management processes and reducing response times.
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Beyond Passwords: Elastic's Proactive Move to Phishing-Resistant MFA
Recently, Elastic, a platform for search-powered solutions, discussed the advantages of phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA). This secure authentication method goes beyond traditional MFA, which uses passwords, SMS codes, or biometrics, by employing multiple layers of protection and a cryptographic registration process.
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Technical Preview of Github Copilot Workspace: Copilot-Native Developer Environment
Recently, GitHub released a technical preview of GitHub Copilot Workspace, a developer environment built on GPT-4 Turbo explicitly designed for Copilot. This workspace lets developers quickly brainstorm, plan, build, test, and run code using natural language.
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Spotify Supercharges Backstage IDPs with New Products
Audio streaming and media service provider Spotify has unveiled a suite of new products and services tailored to enhance IDPs with Backstage. In a release announcement about Supercharged Developer Portals, Spotify's Senior Director of Engineering for Platform Developer Experience Pia Nilsson introduces three new products to enhance developer portals through the Backstage framework.
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GitLab and Google Cloud Join Forces to Streamline Development and Enhance Security
At Google Cloud Next ‘24, GitLab announced a series of integrations aimed at enhancing the developer experience and streamlining cloud-based development workflows. These integrations, now in public beta, combine GitLab's DevOps platform with Google Cloud's infrastructure and services.