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Full Stack Monitoring of JVM Applications, Using Micrometer
Clint Checketts, core committer of Micrometer Project, recently spoke at SpringOne Platform 2019 conference about Micrometer monitoring and alerting framework.
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Google Claims Achievement of Quantum Supremacy, But IBM Issues Rebuttal
In a recent paper, Google researchers claim they programmed a quantum processor to perform a task that would require 10,000 years on a state-of-the-art classical supercomputer. Google's claim did not entirely persuade IBM researchers, who proposed an ideal simulation of the quantum task which, they argue, only requires 2.5 days on a classical computer and provides greater fidelity.
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Amazon Releases the Anomaly Detection Feature for CloudWatch to General Availability
Recently, Amazon announced the general availability of the Anomaly Detection feature in Amazon CloudWatch, a monitoring and management service providing customers data and insights from AWS, hybrid, and on-premises applications and infrastructure resources.
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QCon London 2020 Tracks Announced! Join Us March 2 - 6, 2020
QCon London returns to the city for the 14th annual software conference March 2-6, 2020. The program committee for QCon London 2020 is pleased to announce the list of the 2020 conference tracks! Topics include evolving Java, Kubernetes and cloud, machine learning, next-generation microservices, leading distributed teams, and others.
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Oleg Zhurakousky on Spring Based Event-Driven Microservices
Spring Cloud Stream and Spring Cloud Function technologies support the implementation of event-driven microservices for diverse use cases, ranging from application integration to data streaming. Oleg Zhurakousky, project lead for Spring Cloud Stream and Spring Cloud Function, spoke at SpringOne Platform 2019 Conference about the recent developments and features in both of these projects.
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Dapr Aims to Simplify the Creation of Resilient and Portable Microservices
Microsoft Dapr is an open-source, event-driven framework aimed to build resilient and portable microservices for Cloud and Edge applications. Dapr encapsulates the best practices for building microservices, Microsoft says, and allows developers to focus on the business logic of their application.
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Microsoft Announces Open Application Model for Kubernetes and Other Platforms
InfoQ caught up with Vaclav Turecek, principal program manager at Microsoft and one of the spec leads regarding the announcement. Turecek talks about the proliferation of platforms atop Kubernetes and how OAM is aimed at distinguishing the parts that developers and operators are responsible for, respectively.
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Google Announces Updates to AutoML Vision Edge, AutoML Video, and the Video Intelligence API
In a recent blog post, Google announced enhancements to a part of its Vision AI portfolio: AutoML Vision Edge, AutoML Video, and the Video Intelligence API. Each received updates to enhance their capabilities.
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Amazon Announces Generally Availability of Windows Containers on EKS
Last week Amazon announced that support of Windows containers on Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is now generally available. As such, this allows their users to run Windows and Linux containers side by side in the same EKS environment, thus providing a consistent method of provisioning, monitoring, and logging, no matter what type of container they use to host their applications.
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CircleCI Adds Security Integrations to Streamline Securing CI/CD Pipelines
CircleCI announced the addition of new orbs that address common use cases and needs with securing your CI/CD pipelines. The orbs added to the repository with this release cover vulnerability scanning, secrets management, license scanning, and digital scanning. It includes integrations with AWS and Google Cloud.
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Simplifying ETL in the Cloud, Microsoft Releases Azure Data Factory Mapping Data Flows
In a recent blog post, Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of their serverless, code-free Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) capability inside of Azure Data Factory called Mapping Data Flows. This tool allows organizations to embrace a data-driven culture without the need to manage large infrastructure footprints while having the ability to dynamically scale data processing workloads.
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Android NDK r21 Is the First NDK Release with Long Term Support
The latest NDK for Android, version r21, now available in beta, brings a number of significant changes, including Fortify being enabled by default, and newer versions of GNU Make and GDB. Additionally, starting with r21 Google will manage a new release process with a yearly Long Term Support (LTS) guarantee to provide users more stability.
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Blazor: Client-Side Web UI With .NET Core 3.0
Last month, together with the .NET Core 3.0 release, Microsoft announced the new features of ASP.NET Core 3.0. While there were significant changes in the new release, the official announcement of Blazor took the spotlight. Blazor is a new framework in ASP.NET Core that allows developers to write client-side web UI using .NET and C# instead of JavaScript.
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Smartphone-Based VR at a Dead-End with Google's Demise of Daydream VR
Google's decision to stop supporting its Daydream VR headset seemingly marks the end of phone-based virtual reality, a vision that attempted to combine the use of smartphones with "dumb" VR headsets to bring VR experiences to the masses. Google's decision is accompanied by the BBC disbanding its VR content team after two years of successful experimentation.
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Ray Tsang on Tools and Best Practices for Kubernetes Adoption
Ray Tsang, developer advocate at Google, spoke at SpringOne Platform 2019 Conference last week about the tools and best practices developers can use in Kubernetes adoption in their organizations.