Data streams are all the rage. Once a niche element of data engineering, streaming data is the new normal—more than 80% of Fortune 100 companies have adopted Apache Kafka, the most common streaming platform, and every major cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure) has launched its own streaming service. This shift is […]
How Log4j Becomes a Serious DevOps Problem
The recent discovery of the Apache Log4j vulnerability has wide-ranging implications for anyone who develops software, especially for those in the DevOps realm. What’s most troubling about the vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) is how prevalent the use of Log4j is. The vulnerability is reported in a vast array of applications and directly impacts numerous Apache projects, including […]
Log4j Puts Effective IT Operations at Center Stage
News of the Apache Log4j vulnerability exploit is striking fear into the hearts of both software makers and users. Log4j is the most popular Java logging service used today, with over 400,000 GitHub downloads and has been embedded in most internet services and products from companies all over the world, including Apple, Amazon, Cloudflare, Steam, […]
To Log or Not To Log
DevSecOps: Old Security Bugs Still Performing New Tricks
New Security Flaws Creep into Reliable Old Systems In cybersecurity, we are often like hunters. Our eyes are firmly glued to the horizon, scanning for the next breakout vulnerability (along with the right designing tools, techniques and tactics to stop it). However, this forward-looking focus can have the surprising effect of dampening our overall security […]
DataStax Announces DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra
Continues Commitment and Engagement with Open Source Community with Industry-Leading Code Contributions, Coaching and Conference SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DataStax, the leading provider of the always-on, Active Everywhere distributed hybrid cloud database built on Apache Cassandra™, today announced DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra (DDAC). DDAC is a new subscription offering designed for running a certified version of open […]
Google Looks to Simplify Building of Workflows
Google this week launched the beta of Cloud Composer, a managed Apache Airflow service for building workflows that promises to simplify management of integrated DevOps processes. Apache Airflow is an incubation project being developed under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation that enables IT teams to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows using directed […]
The Top 10 Reasons to Use Cassandra
The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice of database if you are looking for scalability and high availability without compromising performance for your mission-critical applications. Additionally, Cassandra’s support for replicating across multiple data centers is best-in-class, providing lower latency for users and the peace of mind of knowing that you can survive regional outages. […]
Databricks Offers APIs to Enable Agile Application Development With Apache Spark for the Enterprise
Fusion of API and Visualization Meets Application Deployment and Data Science Needs SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – Mar 30, 2016) – Databricks, the company behind Apache Spark, today launched a new set of APIs that will enable enterprises to automate their Spark infrastructure to accelerate the deployment of production data-driven applications. Today’s enterprise data platform must […]
Bigdata – Understanding Hadoop and Its Ecosystem
It is quite interesting to envision how we could adopt the Hadoop eco system within the realms of DevOps. I will try to cover it in upcoming series. Hadoop managed by the Apache Foundation is a powerful open-source platform written in java that is capable of processing large amounts of heterogeneous data-sets at scale in […]