Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

Introduction to SPIFFE/SPIRE

For a long time, people have been logging into the apps they use via passwords or password managers. And many open standards and identity providers on the market continue to evolve how users authenticate and authorize with websites and applications. The issue is that the same problem exists for software services—when applications talk to applications, […]

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The Secret to Success

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Cloud Disaster Recovery Best Practices

It’s increasingly common for companies in all sectors to use the cloud to store their data. The cloud provides scalability, security and flexibility that was often inaccessible to businesses only a few years ago. But just like any other technology, it has its limits. What happens if a severe thunderstorm knocks out power to a […]

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How DevOps Helps With Secure Deployments

DevOps is an approach to software development that emphasizes communication and collaboration between teams. It’s best known for bringing together people who previously worked in separate areas like engineering or testing; this allows them all to learn from each other as they work on projects together. DevSecOps helps organizations monitor and discover security risks throughout […]

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OpenSSL Fiasco: What can DevOps Learn? | Elon Fires ‘50%’ of Twitter

In this week’s The Long View: The OpenSSL project has egg on its face, and half of Twitter’s staff are for the chop tomorrow. The post OpenSSL Fiasco: What can DevOps Learn? | Elon Fires ‘50%’ of Twitter appeared first on DevOps.com. Source: DevOps.com

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Momento Launches Elastic Cloud Caching Service

Momento this week emerged from stealth to launch an elastic Serverless Cache platform that promises to improve the performance of applications running on databases deployed in the cloud while simultaneously reducing costs. Fresh from raising $15 million in seed funding, Momento CEO and co-founder Khawaja Shams said Serverless Cache gives IT teams access to a […]

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Gitpod Looks to Drive Application Development Into the Cloud

Gitpod today revealed it will add an application programming interface (API) to make cloud development environments (CDEs) more extensible. Gitpod also said Johannes Landgraf assumed the role of single CEO for Gitpod, as the previous co-CEO, Sven Efftinge, becomes the company’s first technical fellow. Fresh from raising an additional $25 million in funding, Gitpod’s Landgraf […]

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Solving the Culture Conundrum in Software Engineering

The one crucial ingredient underpinning our transition to a digital-first economy, more than any other, is software. That’s why software engineering has become one of the world’s most in-demand professions. In the UK alone, the median salary for the role has increased 13% year-over-year as businesses look to stay ahead of the competition and attract […]

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For Engineers, Meetings Waste Time and Money

Meetings can be the lifeblood of any organization, allowing coworkers to check in with one another, exchange ideas and solve problems. But, for engineers moving up the career ladder, the mounting number of meetings expected of engineering managers can end up being a distraction that does more harm than good. Research from Clockwise recently examined […]

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Pulumi Adds Deployment Capability to IaC Platform

At the Pulumi Cloud Engineering Days event, Pulumi announced today it has added a code deployment capability to its Pulumi Cloud platform for managing infrastructure-as-code (IaC). Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy said Pulumi Deployments will make it possible for DevOps teams to provision infrastructure and deploy applications via a single Git commit that can be invoked […]

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