Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

Why App Dependency Mapping Is Critical for Cloud Migration

Software dependencies are a crucial part of efficient, component-based programming. At the same time, they can be a hurdle for fast-paced agile development teams, because they can make it more difficult to deploy, update and migrate software applications. Many applications have dozens or hundreds of dependencies, each with its own transitive dependencies, making the problem […]

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ShiftLeft Appoints Prevention-First, Cybersecurity Visionary and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Pioneer Stuart McClure as Chief Executive Officer

 Serial Entrepreneur, Cybersecurity Leader and Industry Veteran joins ShiftLeft to Drive Growth and AI/ML Innovation Globally Santa Clara, CA, August 2, 2022 —  ShiftLeft, a disruptor and innovator in the world of DevSecOps and NextGen SAST and SCA, today named Stuart McClure as CEO. With more than 30 years in security, vulnerabilities and prevention technology, […]

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Three Key Steps To Going Multi-Cloud

Are you considering a multi-cloud strategy for your organization? Getting this sequence of foundational steps right can make a huge difference, both economically and performance-wise. FinOps or a cloud resource optimization solution like Archera, for example, is often brought into the picture after a company has already embarked on a multi-cloud approach and is knee-deep […]

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What Are the Seven Layers of the OSI Model?

Working in the software field, it’s not uncommon for engineers to refer to different “layers.” Perhaps you’re working with protocols at the “networking layer” or evaluating a solution that sits at “Layer 4” or “Layer 7.” Although these concepts are obvious to some, not everyone knows what these layers refer to. To get you up […]

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A Guide to Cloud Migration Trends and Strategies

For several years, we have witnessed widescale cloud adoption as a software infrastructure growth and maintenance strategy. Spending on cloud application services (SaaS) continues to grow as monolithic applications are replaced by microservices-based apps and monoliths become relics of the past. In 2021 alone, companies spent $410.9 billion on public cloud services, and Gartner expects […]

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API Gateway Vs. Service Mesh: What’s the Difference?

In the average microservices architecture, app programs trade the stability and rigidity a call stack offers for the network’s flexibility. Consequently, latency, security and traceability issues that were previously absent become a service call concern.  Service mesh is the resulting solution to eliminate these issues and allow developers to focus on more important business solutions. […]

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Continuous Delivery Advances Come at Cost of Testing

A survey of 820 application development professionals conducted by Applitools, a provider of an application testing platform, found well over a third of respondents (38%) working for organizations that now deploy daily changes to production environments. The challenge is that application testing is not able to keep pace with that rate of continuous deployment (CD). […]

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JFrog Aligns With AWS to Improve Cloud Application Security

At the AWS re:Inforce event this week, JFrog announced it integrated its JFrog Xray software composition analysis tool with AWS Security Hub, a cloud security posture management (CSPM) service that alerts IT teams whenever a security issue is detected. In addition, JFrog also announced it is participating in a preview of an AWS Marketplace Vendor […]

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Majority of Open Source Devs Open to Change Jobs in 2022

Open source is the foundation of most modern software applications. Now more than ever, retaining developers with experience working on and with open source projects is critical to maintaining software development agility. Yet amid the Great Resignation, it can be challenging to keep talent happy—organizations must demonstrate a commitment to employee benefits, mentorship and cutting-edge […]

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Iterative Adds Registry to GitOps Portfolio for ML Models

Iterative added a registry for machine learning models to its portfolio of Git-based tools for infusing artificial intelligence into applications. Iterative CEO Dmitry Petrov said the Iterative Studio Model Registry is intended to make it easier for application development teams to track which models are being used as the number of applications infused with AI […]

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