Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

Survey Uncovers Depth of Open Source Software Insecurity

A survey from Snyk and the Linux Foundation published today found that less than half of respondents (49%) work for organizations that have security policies in place for the use or development of open source software. The survey, which polled 550 software development professionals, was conducted by Snyk, a provider of tools for securing software, […]

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TechStrong Con: Downturn Brings Additional Sense of DevOps Urgency

Regardless of whether the overall economy is experiencing a correction or is on the cusp of a recession, organizations are going to prioritize some projects over others as resources become more constrained. During the “DevOps: Has the Bubble Burst?” panel made up of DevOps executives and investors from venture capital firms that kicked off the […]

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How FinOps Can Optimize Cloud Costs and Drive Innovation

Two mainstays drive most application migration and modernization initiatives. First, organizations are moving workloads to the cloud as an innovation catalyst. Achieving their strategic goals requires the speed, agility, reliability and advanced technical capabilities available to them in a hyperscale cloud. Second, they’re intent on ensuring the return on investment (ROI) through cost optimization, which […]

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Supergraph: One GraphQL Schema to Rule Them All

GraphQL has been garnering much interest as a way to seamlessly interact with backend services. The query language is a boon for frontend developers, too, as it conveniently allows you to fetch the specific fields you require, thus eliminating the potential overfetching or underfetching concerns of REST APIs. And as GraphQL adoption matures within organizations, […]

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New – High Volume Outbound Communication with Amazon Connect Outbound Campaigns

The new high volume outbound communication capability in Amazon Connect which was announced at Enterprise Connect last year, is now generally available to all. It is named Amazon Connect outbound campaigns. If you haven’t heard about Amazon Connect, it is an easy-to-use cloud contact center service that helps companies of any size deliver superior customer […]

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AWS Week in Review – June 20, 2022

This post is part of our Week in Review series. Check back each week for a quick roundup of interesting news and announcements from AWS! Last Week’s Launches It’s been a quiet week on the AWS News Blog, however a glance at What’s New page shows the various service teams have been busy as usual. […]

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Open Source Coder Tool Helps Devs Build Cloud Spaces

Coder today launched an open source project that gives developers and data scientists a way to create cloud workspaces in a matter of minutes to make it easier to build applications and models faster. Currently, Coder provides a cloud application development platform that enables developers to build applications using any editor or integrated development environment […]

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Not Everything That is Necessary Adds Value

Since the Lean production method for manufacturing arose in the 1930s, organizations everywhere have been seeking ways to apply it to reduce waste and increase productivity. This model has served thousands of companies well, from manufacturing and product design to software development. Yet, one difficulty that comes up when discussing or applying Lean in software […]

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One Year Out: What Biden’s EO Means for Software Devs

It has been just over a year since president Biden issued executive order 14028 (EO) to improve the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Despite the Log4j vulnerability and a worldwide increase in ransomware attacks, this EO signaled a major step in improving software security at federal agencies and establishing cybersecurity as a priority for the U.S. government. […]

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Codenotary Adds SLSA Framework Support to Advance App Security

Codenotary this week announced it has integrated support for the Supply-Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) framework in its free notarization and verification service for ensuring the integrity of code. Moshe Bar, Code Notary CEO, said as the first application security platform to attain SLSA compliance, the company is making it easier for organizations to […]

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