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AWS Lambda Supports .NET 6
AWS Lambda recently added support for .NET 6, as both a managed runtime and a container base image. The new runtime introduces new .NET language features and performance optimizations, improves logging and simplifies function definition using top-level statements.
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Java News Roundup: JEP 424, NetBeans 13, Hazelcast 5.1, JHipster 7.7, Spring Cloud Gateway CVEs
This week's Java roundup for February 28th, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 19, point and milestone releases on various Spring projects, Quarkus 2.7.3.Final, Micronaut 3.3.4, HIbernate Validator versions 6.2.2.Final, 7.0.3.Final and 8.0.0.Alpha1, Hazelcast 5.1, Apache NetBeans 13, Apache Log4j 2.17.2, JHipster 7.7.0, and JReleaser 1.0.0-M3.
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AWS WAF Introduces Fraud Control - Account Takeover Prevention
Amazon recently introduced Fraud Control - Account Takeover Prevention, a new feature of AWS Web Application Firewall to protect login pages at network edge.
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Cloudflare Report Shows Rapid Growth in API Traffic
Cloudflare has recently released its annual Landscape of API Traffic report. The report analyzes the traffic data harnessed by Cloudflare’s global network to provide insights into the current industry trends of web traffic.
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How Security by Design Helped to Manage Risks in a Cloud Migration
When a company migrated to the cloud, security issues arose due to difficulties in getting stakeholders on board and involving security from the start. Embedding security assessments as part of the continuous cloud DevOps process and adopting an agile strategy for security risk management throughout the lifecycle of the project helped to increase the governance of security during the migration.
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Google Announces Second Generation Cloud Functions
Google recently announced the public preview of the second generation of Cloud Functions, the functions as a service platform on Google Cloud. The new version introduces more controls over functions runtime, provides better performances and scalability and supports triggers from more than 90 event sources.
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JDK 18 and JDK 19: What We Know So Far
JDK 18, the first non-LTS release since JDK 17, has reached its initial release candidate phase with a final set of nine new features, in the form of JEPs, that can be separated into three categories: Core Java Library, Java Tools and Java Specification. We examine JDK 18 and predict what features may be targeted for JDK 19.
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Java News Roundup: Spring Projects Updates, Value Objects (Preview) JEP, Quarkus 2.7.2
This week's Java roundup for February 21st, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 18, JDK 19, Quarkus 2.7.2.Final, JReleaser early-access, and multiple Spring project updates: Spring Boot 2.7.0-M1, 2.6.4, 2.5.10; a new ListCrudRepository interface for Spring Data 3.0-M2; Spring Security 5.7.0-M2, 5.6.2, 5.5.5; Spring Session 2021.1.2, 2021.0.5; Spring Shell 2.1.0-M3; and Spring Batch 4.3.5.
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AWS Introduces Managed Prefix List for CloudFront
AWS recently announced the availability of the AWS managed prefix list for CloudFront. Customers can now limit inbound HTTP/HTTPS traffic to a VPC and an application from only IP addresses that belong to CloudFront’s origin-facing servers.
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New CodeGuru Reviewer Features Detector Library and Security Detectors for Log-Injection Flaws
Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer is a developer tool that leverages machine learning to detect security defects in code (Java and Python) and offers suggestions for code quality improvement. Recently, AWS introduced two new features for the tool, with a new Detector Library and security detectors for Log-Injection Flaws.
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AWS Details Its Local Zones’ Expansion Disclosing 32 Cities Worldwide
In December last year, AWS announced the launch of over 30 new AWS Local Zones in significant cities worldwide, however yet not disclosing which cities. The company now announced the completion of its first 16 AWS Local Zones in the U.S. and plans to launch new AWS Local Zones in 32 new metropolitan areas in 26 countries worldwide.
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Service Overload Detection and Remediation at LinkedIn
LinkedIn recently published how it handles overload detection and remediation in its microservices. Its solution, Hodor, provides an adaptive solution that works out of the box with no configuration. It is a platform-agnostic mechanism to run overload detectors and load shedders inside the monitored process that samples load and sheds traffic from within the application's processing chain.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 18-RC1, Project Loom, Spring, Payara, Open Liberty and JReleaser Updates
This week's Java roundup for February 14th, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 18, JDK 19, Project Loom, point releases on Spring projects, Payara Platform, Open Liberty 22.0.0.2 and 22.0.0.3-beta, Micronaut 3.3.3, GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.9.10, JReleaser 1.0.0-M2, Piranha 22.2.0, JobRunr 4.0.9, Micrometer Metrics 2.0.0-M2, Micrometer Tracing 1.0.0-M2, JDKMon 17.0.22 and Failsafe 3.2.2.
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Amazon Introduces S3 Batch Replication to Replicate Existing Objects
Amazon recently introduced Batch Replication for S3, an option to replicate existing objects and synchronize buckets. The new feature is designed for use cases such as disaster recovery setup, reduce latency or transfer ownership of existing data.
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AWS Introduces New Compute-Optimized Amazon EC2 C6a Instances Providing Better Price-Performance
Recently, AWS introduced new compute-optimized Amazon EC2 C6a instances that provide up to 15 percent improvement in price-performance versus C5a instances and 10 percent lower cost than comparable x86-based EC2 instances. These new instances are ideal for running compute-intensive workloads such as high-performance web servers, batch processing, ad serving, HPC, and machine learning.