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Microsoft Entra Suite Now Generally Available: Identity and Security Based Upon Zero-Trust Models
Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Entra Suite. According to the company, the suite provides a solution that integrates identity and security, facilitating a more unified approach to security operations.
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Ngrok Traffic Inspector Provides Observability for Network Traffic
The ngrok Traffic Inspector provides observability for traffic towards APIs or services to better understand what is happening and help identify any issues. Since it was previewed earlier this year, the Traffic Inspector has acquired new capabilities based on user feedback and is now officially available through the ngrok dashboard.
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Amazon WorkSpaces Pools: Flexible and Tailored Virtual Desktop Environments
Amazon has announced a new feature for Amazon WorkSpaces called WorkSpaces Pools. This feature provides non-persistent virtual desktops across a group of users. Administrators can manage a portfolio of persistent and non-persistent desktops through a Graphic User Interface, command line, or API-powered tools.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 24 Update, Spring Framework, Piranha Cloud, Gradle 8.9, Arquillian 1.9
This week's Java roundup for July 8th, 2024, features news highlighting: JEP 472, Prepare to Restrict the Use of JNI, proposed to be targeted for JDK 24; milestone and point releases for Spring Framework; the monthly Piranha Cloud release; and the releases of Gradle 8.9 and Arquillian 1.9.
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AWS Introduces Malware Detection for Object Uploads to Amazon S3
At the latest re:Inforce cloud security conference, AWS announced GuardDuty Malware Protection for Amazon S3. This new malware scanning feature for Amazon S3 enables teams to detect malware in new object uploads using Amazon GuardDuty.
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Microsoft Announces Public Preview of Geo-Replication Feature for Azure Service Bus Premium Tier
Microsoft recently announced the public preview of its new Geo-Replication feature in the Azure Service Bus premium tier. This feature allows continuous replication of a namespace's metadata and data from a primary region to a secondary region, which users can promote at any time.
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Java News Roundup: Project Leyden Early-Access Builds, LangChain4j, JReleaser, Groovy
This week's Java roundup for July 1st, 2024, features news highlighting: the debut of the Project Leyden early-access builds, LangChain4j 0.32.0, JReleaser 1.13.0, Apache Groovy point and milestone releases and updates on Jakarta EE 11 and initial discussions on Jakarta EE 12.
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Terraform Fork OpenTofu 1.7.0 Brings State Encryption and More
OpenTofu 1.7.0 has been released. OpenTofu is an open-source infrastructure-as-code tool for declarative cloud infrastructure creation using various APIs. It was forked last year from HashiCorp's Terraform after changes to the latter's license. The new version introduces several significant features and improvements.
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta EE 11-M4, MicroProfile, InfoQ Dev Summit, KCDC, Commonhaus Foundation
This week's Java roundup for June 24th, 2024, features news highlighting: the Milestone 4 release of Jakarta EE 11; release candidates for updated MicroProfile specifications targeted for MicroProfile 7.0; the first-ever InfoQ Dev Summit Boston conference; the 2024 Kansas City Developer Conference (KCDC); and new projects that have joined the Commonhaus Foundation.
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InfoQ Dev Summit Boston: Optimizing Java Applications on Kubernetes - Beyond the Basics
At the InfoQ Dev Summit in Boston, Bruno Borges, who has been principal PM manager at Microsoft for over six years, shared insights on optimizing Java applications on Kubernetes. His session focused primarily on leveraging JVM ergonomics, understanding the impact of CPU throttling, and effectively managing garbage collection processes.
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AWS Adds Passkey Support for Enhanced Security, Enforces MFA for Root Users
AWS has recently announced two new security features. First, passkeys can now be used for multi-factor authentication (MFA) for root and IAM users, providing additional security beyond just a username and password. Second, AWS now requires MFA for root users, starting with the root user account in an AWS Organization. This requirement will be expanded to other accounts throughout the year.
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Uber’s Journey to Modernizing Big Data Infrastructure with Google Cloud Platform
In a recent post on its official engineering blog, Uber, disclosed its strategy to migrate the batch data analytics and machine learning (ML) training stack to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Uber, runs one of the largest Hadoop installations in the world, managing over an exabyte of data across tens of thousands of servers in each of its two regions
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Non-Production Endpoints as an Attack Surface in AWS
The security team at Datadog recently disclosed a security issue on AWS where non-production endpoints were used as an attack surface to silently perform permission enumeration. AWS has since remediated these specific bypasses.
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Introducing Redis Cloud Packages
Redis has released its new product named Redis Cloud Packages, a combination of pre-configured Redis Cloud instances designed to meet specific workloads and use cases, allowing users to skip from manual configurations and removing the hassle of managing Redis instances, making it more accessible and efficient for developers. Users can use a package for caching, NoSQL or vector databases.
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How GitHub Improved Code Push Processing Reliability
GitHub has rolled out several technical upgrades to enhance the reliability and efficiency of code pushes, one of the frequent actions performed by developers on the platform. This move addresses potential issues and aims to provide a smoother experience for users who regularly push code to GitHub.