Microsoft introduces stress test service Azure Load Testing
Microsoft recently released the preview of its Azure Load Testing service. This managed service allows developers and testers to stress test their applications to improve performance and scalability.
With load testing software, developers can expose their applications, websites, database or netw... Read more
‘Mobile data traffic sees nearly 300-fold increase in ten years’
Worldwide mobile data traffic saw extreme growth over the past decade. Traffic has increased almost 300-fold since 2011.
This is what Ericsson states in a study. In the third quarter of 2021, the total volume of mobile data traffic worldwide reached 78 Exabytes. In the last quarter alone, mobile... Read more
AWS Private 5G competes with telecom providers
During AWS Re:Invent, Amazon Web Services opened the competition with telecom providers. AWS introduced a new service called AWS Private 5G. This allows companies to set up their own private 5G network on their industrial complex or campus.
More and more companies need connectivity in places whe... Read more
‘Investor buys Quest Software in multi-billion dollar deal’
IT software specialist Quest Software is coming into the hands of investment company Clearlake Capital Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition should give Quest more room for growth.
Clearlake Capital Group is acquiring Quest Software from investment company Francisco Partners. This invest... Read more
AWS offers solution to migrate mainframes to the cloud
AWS introduces a new solution called AWS Mainframe Modernization. With this new solution, organisations can migrate their mainframe to the AWS cloud. The AWS Mainframe Modernization solution provides the tools needed to make mainframe workloads suitable for the cloud.
Mainframe workloads can't j... Read more
AWS CodeGuru now discovers ‘secret information’ in code
AWS CodeGuru receives new functionality to improve code security. Among other things, the tool now leverages a Secrets Detector functionality to discover 'secret information' in source code.
Developers use AWS CodeGuru to detect defects and bugs in source code through machine learning and recomm... Read more
AWS introduces Graviton 3 chip and Tranium instances for ML
Amazon Web Services has kicked off its annual AWS Re:Invent conference with the opening keynote. In it, the necessary announcements have already been made. One of the most important announcements this year is undoubtedly the introduction of Graviton 3. Graviton 3 is a new ARM-based chipset that can... Read more
Hackers gained undiscovered access to a Panasonic server
Hackers gained undiscovered access to a server of the Japanese tech group Panasonic for a significant amount of time. This was discovered by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Specifically, the event involved an attack by hackers on a server in which a lot of confidential information was stored.
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AWS integrates Greengrass and Systems Manager for IoT device management
Amazon integrates AWS IoT Greengrass with AWS Systems Manager. Organizations using Greengrass to provide edge devices with cloud functionality are now able to quickly manage software updates and device configurations with Systems Manager.
Amazon shares the news at conference AWS re:Invent. AWS I... Read more
Google Play apps with 300,000 downloads stole user credentials
Researchers say they've found a batch of apps on the Google Play Store downloaded more than 300,000 times before they were shown to have trojans that siphoned passwords, 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes, took screenshots, and logged keystrokes.
The apps pose as PDF scanners, cryptocurrency ... Read more