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Diagrid Improves Dapr Microservice Application Development, Launches Free Conductor Tool for Developers

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Now, developers building and testing applications using Dapr can use the Diagrid Conductor Free service to quickly and securely connect to Kubernetes clusters running Dapr and immediately gain deep insights to understand how the applications are running and their infrastructure.

Key Points: 
  • Now, developers building and testing applications using Dapr can use the Diagrid Conductor Free service to quickly and securely connect to Kubernetes clusters running Dapr and immediately gain deep insights to understand how the applications are running and their infrastructure.
  • Developers can use the Conductor Free service to substantially improve their local Dapr development experience on Kubernetes, at no cost.
  • With this initial release, key benefits with Conductor Free include the following:
    Application visualization and metrics.
  • The enterprise version of Conductor also comes with enterprise support from Diagrid for Dapr open source.

Bitwarden Secrets Manager Integrates with Ansible Playbook to Streamline Secure Server Deployment

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Bitwarden , the credential management leader, today further enhanced Bitwarden Secrets Manager by integrating with Ansible Playbook.

Key Points: 
  • Bitwarden , the credential management leader, today further enhanced Bitwarden Secrets Manager by integrating with Ansible Playbook.
  • This integration enables development teams to securely manage sensitive secrets and automate them into the server deployment process quickly.
  • The Bitwarden Secrets Manager integration for Ansible, powered by the Ansible lookup plugin, ensures secrets are stored in one secure location, protected by end-to-end encryption.
  • Introducing Secrets Manager into Ansible workflows further increases developer productivity, allowing for faster configuration of servers and applications with immediate access to necessary secrets.

Testing “Shifts Left” with Docker’s Acquisition of AtomicJar

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Monday, December 11, 2023

This acquisition, the seventh by Docker since 2019, continues the company’s focus on improving the end-to-end developer experience by acquiring startups to accelerate delivery of its vision.

Key Points: 
  • This acquisition, the seventh by Docker since 2019, continues the company’s focus on improving the end-to-end developer experience by acquiring startups to accelerate delivery of its vision.
  • The acquisition is a mix of equity and cash.
  • Testcontainers has transformed test-enabled development at leading engineering organizations like DoorDash , Spotify , Uber , and Netflix , becoming the de facto standard for dev-first testing.
  • “Docker shares our goal of continuously improving the developer experience so that they can be more focused on innovating,” said Sergei Egorov, Testcontainers co-creator and CEO, AtomicJar.

Octopus Deploy Strengthens Enterprise Kubernetes Deployment Capabilities

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Monday, December 18, 2023

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus Deploy, the industry standard for deployment automation, has strengthened its Kubernetes deployment capabilities to simplify deployments at scale, ensuring that enterprises are set up for success in managing complex deployment scenarios. Octopus Deploy uses its best-in-class deployment blueprints to create an even better Enterprise Kubernetes experience with ready-to-use features at scale. 

Key Points: 
  • Octopus Deploy simplifies deployments for platform and application teams, with over 173,000 monthly Kubernetes deployments
    BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Octopus Deploy, the industry standard for deployment automation, has strengthened its Kubernetes deployment capabilities to simplify deployments at scale, ensuring that enterprises are set up for success in managing complex deployment scenarios.
  • Octopus Deploy uses its best-in-class deployment blueprints to create an even better Enterprise Kubernetes experience with ready-to-use features at scale.
  • Learn more about Octopus' Kubernetes deployments: https://octopus.com/use-case/kubernetes
    More than 350,000 DevOps engineers and software teams automate their software delivery with Octopus Deploy for multi-cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments.
  • "Octopus Deploy provides enterprises with a deployment platform designed to simplify and accelerate the delivery of applications at scale, whether you deploy to Kubernetes or not," said Paul Stovell, CEO of Octopus.

Cloud Foundry Launches Latest Korifi, Further Simplifying Kubernetes Developer Experience

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Monday, November 6, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation today announced the latest release of Korifi, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that takes a major step forward in reducing the complexity of Kubernetes while greatly improving the application deployment experience. The Korifi update includes support for Docker images and deploying those to Kubernetes, making it simple for developers working with container-based workflows.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud Foundry Foundation today announced the latest release of Korifi , a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that takes a major step forward in reducing the complexity of Kubernetes while greatly improving the application deployment experience.
  • "Korifi now offers users the power to transform container-based workflows and take advantage of Kubernetes scalability and resilience," said Chris Clark, program manager at Cloud Foundry.
  • "Within the Cloud Foundry community, we have been relentlessly focused on bringing the PaaS experience to Kubernetes infrastructure and now with Docker support, Korifi does that," said Ram Iyengar, developer advocate at Cloud Foundry.
  • Cloud Foundry's container-based architecture runs apps written in any language on a choice of cloud platforms — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and more.

Red Hat Launches Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant for AI-Driven Enterprise IT Automation

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant, a generative AI service to help enterprises accelerate IT automation across an organization.

Key Points: 
  • Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed with IBM watsonx Code Assistant, a generative AI service to help enterprises accelerate IT automation across an organization.
  • Ansible Lightspeed with watsonx Code Assistant helps translate existing subject matter expertise into more compliant Ansible automation content and best practices that scale across teams and the enterprise.
  • Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed is now generally available with your Ansible Automation Platform subscription, with IBM watsonx Code Assistant available for purchase separately.
  • During the technical preview for watsonx Code Assistant for Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed, we observed initial build productivity improvements in the range of 20-45%.

Cosmonic Componentizes wasmCloud Ecosystem

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- (WasmCon) -- As WASI-Preview 2 reaches MVP, and the WebAssembly Component Model nears completion, Cosmonic has componentized the wasmCloud ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- (WasmCon) -- As WASI-Preview 2 reaches MVP, and the WebAssembly Component Model nears completion, Cosmonic has componentized the wasmCloud ecosystem.
  • This also makes wasmCloud and the Cosmonic PaaS amongst the first platforms where developers can build on the WebAssembly Component Model (which underpins WASI-Preview 2).
  • Built on wasmCloud – the popular CNCF sandbox project – the Cosmonic PaaS will unveil a host of new features at WasmCon .
  • Liam Randall, CEO of Cosmonic and WasmCon co-chair says: "Leveraging WebAssembly Components, Cosmonic offers developers an unparalleled edge in building, maintaining, and operating software.

Census Announces GitLink to Bring Software Engineering Best Practices to Data Activation Workflows

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

With GitLink, Census empowers businesses to apply software engineering best practices to their customer data pipelines, ensuring governance, version control, testing, and peer review capabilities.

Key Points: 
  • With GitLink, Census empowers businesses to apply software engineering best practices to their customer data pipelines, ensuring governance, version control, testing, and peer review capabilities.
  • “Traditionally, data integration solutions like Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) compromise governance and observability for user-friendliness,” said Jeff Sloan, Product Manager at Census.
  • Our core belief is that your data activation workflows deserve the same care and attention as production-grade software.”
    The Census Data Activation platform uses Reverse ETL (extract, transform, load) to sync cloud data warehouses with business applications in real time, empowering businesses to unlock the full potential of their customer data.
  • Census GitLink syncs configuration bi-directionally between the user’s Census workspace and Git repository, empowering businesses to harness the full potential of data activation as code.

Red Hat Introduces Ansible Lightspeed for AI-Driven IT Automation

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant, a new generative AI service for Ansible automation.

Key Points: 
  • Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant, a new generative AI service for Ansible automation.
  • Red Hat and IBM intend to deliver an Ansible Lightspeed experience built on transparency, collaboration, and choice.
  • The technology preview of Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant is slated for availability later this year.
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Penta Security Applauded by Frost & Sullivan for Safeguarding Applications and APIs from Sophisticated Threats and for Its Market-leading Position

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Friday, May 26, 2023

SAN ANTONIO, May 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the web application firewall (WAF) industry and, based on its findings, recognizes Penta Security Systems with the 2023 South Korean Company of the Year Award. The company deploys WAPPLES, its International Computer Security Association (ICSA) Labs-certified WAF, in public cloud environments, such as AWS and Microsoft Azure, and uses its Security-as-a-Service (SECaaS) Cloudbric to support expedited cloud migration processes. Penta Security's diverse portfolio of supported cloud environments addresses the increasing demand for cloud-based WAF solutions over the last two years. With WAPPLES supporting local cloud environments across Asia-Pacific, the company offers scalability and accessibility to its customers, differentiating it in South Korea.

Key Points: 
  • Penta Security's diverse portfolio of supported cloud environments addresses the increasing demand for cloud-based WAF solutions over the last two years.
  • With WAPPLES supporting local cloud environments across Asia-Pacific, the company offers scalability and accessibility to its customers, differentiating it in South Korea.
  • "Penta Security has positioned itself as an industry leader in South Korea due to its steady business performance in 2022.
  • With its strong overall performance, Penta Security earns Frost & Sullivan's 2023 South Korean Company of the Year Award in the WAF industry.