Kong Enterprise 2.1 provides flexible, multi-cloud, multi-region deployment options with native service mesh support via the newly released Kong Mesh to streamline underlying infrastructure and reduce operational costs. It also features a ‘hybrid mode’ that enables users to create declarative configurations to deploy cloud native Kong Gateway data planes across multiple clouds and data centers, … continue reading
OverOps is launching a new integration with GitLab and GitHub that provides support for git blame, which ties developers to their errors. According to OverOps, this will help reduce resolution time of errors. The integration allows teams to see who was the last author who changed code in the call stack of each error, link … continue reading
The prebuilt development environment provider Gitpod has announced it is now open source, enabling teams to automatically spin up ready-to-code environments for GitLab, GitHub and Bitbucket projects. Gitpod is a browser-based, VS Code-powered Kubernetes application. With Gitpod, developers can maintain their environments as code and turn manual tasks into machine-executable code. “These days, developers are … continue reading
Microsoft has released new data to show how the pandemic is accelerating the digital transformation of cybersecurity. According to the data, 58% of respondents report that they have increased their security budgets due to COVID-19, 82% plan on adding more security staff, and 81% feel pressure to lower security costs. “The role of security in … continue reading
Redis Labs announced a $100 million Series F round of funding, bringing the cmopany’s value to more than $1 billion. According to the company, it will use the funding to further its real-time data platform that allows companies to manage, process, analyze, and make predictions that will improve how customer experiences and drive business forward. … continue reading
I am frequently asked this question: “On what devices and browsers should I be testing my mobile and web applications?” It’s a very valid question, because the volume of permutations is vast, and it gets bigger and more fragmented all the time. In 2020 alone we are seeing several major OS platforms debut. These introduce … continue reading
Istio 1.7’s new features were built to make Istio easier to operate and to expand its capabilities for hybrid cloud environments. This includes multiple control plane upgrades such as the canary upgrade that enables users to verify a new control plane using continuous integration and Istio’s telemetry features. Once a portion of the workloads are … continue reading
Over the last two decades, the swing of the pendulum from monolithic global tooling to highly specific tooling unique to each group and their needs has led to the birth of the tooling suite; the daisy chain of tools never intended to be linked together. One of the main challenges that has emerged is a … continue reading
Checkmarx has announced it will integrate its application security testing solutions directly into the GitLab pipeline. Developers will now have access to automatic SAST and SCA security scans in the event of pull or merge requests, eliminating time-consuming manual scans and allowing developers to find and fix vulnerabilities earlier in the SDLC and make security assessments … continue reading
The latest version of TypeScript is now available. According to Microsoft, TypeScript 4.0 represents the next generation of TypeScript releases and focuses on expressivity, productivity, and scalability. RELATED CONTENT: TypeScript 3.9 New features in this release include: Variadic tuple types Labeled tuple elements Class property inference from constructors Short-circuiting assignment operators Unknown on catch clauses … continue reading
The Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) has released its 2020 “Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weakness” report, which found improper neutralization of input during web page generation, also known as cross-site scripting (XSS), and out-of-bounds write, where the most dangerous weakness. With cross-site scripting, software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is … continue reading
HCL announced a hackathon called “Better Health Hackathon: #CodeforCOVID19” to help crowdsource technology innovation to find solutions for the short and long-term impact of the pandemic. “This hackathon presents an opportunity for technology experts and innovative thinkers to showcase how advanced technology can help identify solutions to challenging problems facing societies,” HCL wrote in a … continue reading
