Software Development PostgreSQL 15: Improved Performance & Workload Management A new version of the popular open-source database PostgreSQL is now available, offering performance improvements over PostgreSQL 14 and new functions and capabilities for managing workloads in local and distributed deployments. Released on October 13 by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group, which oversees development of the database, PostgreSQL 15 can
Members only Software Development What are Microservices? Nearly every computer system performs multiple tasks using shared resources, and one of the questions of computer programming is how closely the bits of code that perform those tasks should be tied to one another. An increasingly popular answer is the concept of a microservice—a small, discrete chunk of
Software Development This is how Sofware as a Service (SaaS) Transformed Software Development Back in the early days of the internet, there weren’t many internet applications. Instead, applications were overwhelmingly written for the Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. “Software delivery” often meant copying a binary to a server or building a blue-screen Windows installer and making that available on a CD-ROM
Members only Software Development What is Kubernetes Kubernetes is a popular open source platform for container orchestration — that is, for the management of applications built out of multiple, largely self-contained runtimes called containers. Containers have become increasingly popular since the Docker containerization project launched in 2013, but large, distributed containerized applications can become increasingly difficult to coordinate.
Members only Cloud Computing What is Platform as a Service (Paas)? PaaS (platform-as-a-service) is a form of cloud computing that enables software developers to build, run, and manage software applications easily, without worrying about underlying infrastructure. The advent of cloud computing opened the door for vendors to bundle together the key building blocks required to create an application, with the aim
Members only Cloud Computing What is Software as a Service (SaaS)? One of the most popular forms of cloud computing is software as a service (SaaS). It is one of the three major categories of cloud computing, along with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). SaaS has become the dominant software delivery model since the concept
Members only Cloud Computing What is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)? IaaS (infrastructure as a service) is a type of cloud computing that offers virtualized compute, storage, and networking wrapped together as a self-service platform upon which customers can deploy and run applications with minimal fuss. The household names of cloud computing—AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud—
Members only Cloud Computing What is Cloud Computing? Cloud computing is an abstraction of compute, storage, and network infrastructure assembled as a platform on which applications and systems can be deployed quickly and scaled on the fly. Crucial to cloud computing is self-service: Users can simply fill in a web form and get up and running. The vast
Cybersecurity Largest DDoS Attack Blocked by Google Cloud Google Cloud has claimed to have blocked the largest Layer 7 (HTTPS) DDoS attack to date after a Cloud Armor customer was targeted by a series of attacks that peaked at 46 million requests per second (rps). Google stated the attack, which occurred on June 1, was at least 76%
Cybersecurity Big Tech Plans to Work with the Public Sector for Cybersecurity Both Microsoft, Inc. and Alphabet, Inc. will put a combined $30 billion dollars into cybersecurity over the next five years and work with the public sector on several initiatives to help improve cybersecurity.
