If you’re a CIO who is managing hybrid infrastructure, you’re like the peace-keeper in a dysfunctional family. On one side, you’ve got the old-school on-prem team—practical, cost-conscious, maybe a little stubborn. On the other hand, the cloud team is fast-moving, quickly adopting the latest tools, and sometimes a little dismissive of “legacy” infrastructure. And just like a family that doesn’t get along, they barely talk to each other.I see this all the time. A CIO will tell me, “I need to unify my infrastructure strategy,” but when I speak with their teams, it’s like talking to two different companies. The…
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Checkmarx, this week, reported it has discovered malicious software packages that, in addition to injecting malware capable of bypassing endpoint security to exfiltrate data, also provide persistent remote access and control of desktops and servers.Darren Meyer, security research advocate at Checkmarx, said the attack appears to be targeting applications developers using Colorama, a widely-used Python package for colorizing terminal output and a similar JavaScript package on NPM. These malicious packages were uploaded to the PyPI repository.The goal is to use typo-squatting and name-confusion to trick application developers into downloading these packages as part of an effort to compromise software supply…
The cryptocurrency market feeds on volatility. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is famous for dramatic price changes—it could go up or down in double digits within hours. Forecasting those spikes is interesting and potentially game-changing for traders, investors, and data scientists. As machine learning and easy access to coding tools such as Python become more prevalent, many people are pondering whether we can predict Ethereum’s next big price movement.This question is at the interface of data science and decentralized finance. Thanks to open data, strong libraries, and the developing discipline of financial modeling, Python has become the language of…
The DevOps market is forecasted to reach $25.5 billion by 2028, and the salaries for DevOps roles can go as high as $230,000 per year. If you would like to explore the DevOps realm or make a switch, it would be beneficial to understand the average pay, preferred experience level, offered working modes and more to make your decision easier. To analyze all the details for DevOps roles, we will use insights from Kube Careers’ State of the Kubernetes job market report for Q1 2025 — one of the most condensed datasets in the cloud computing domain. Kubernetes Careers only publishes jobs that…
In an era of digital transformation, automation is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. Industrial environments, once resistant to rapid technological change, are now embracing automation to streamline operations, reduce errors and enhance productivity. At the heart of this shift lies DevOps: A methodology that fosters collaboration, accelerates deployment and enables continuous improvement. DevOps methodologies are driving boundless automation in traditionally complex operational technology (OT) settings. From manufacturing to utilities and logistics, DevOps professionals are uniquely positioned to bridge the gap between software and machines, transforming industrial workflows through smarter, more integrated systems. The Role of DevOps in Industrial Automation DevOps…
Redgate has updated its Flyway platform for applying DevOps workflows to database platforms to now provide deeper integration into command line interface (CLI) tools and integrated developer environments (IDEs).In addition, the Flyway platform now enables state-based deployments using scripts that can be generated based on a specific schema.Finally, Redgate is also adding options that enable DevOps teams to choose whether they want to include backups as baselines, automate the backup process altogether or never allow any type of shadow database.Max Drobert, group product manager at Redgate, said these latest additions are intended to make it simpler for software engineering teams…
Welcome to the May edition of PHP Annotated! It’s been a minute since the last edition. Turns out time flies when you’re deep in foundation work, and the occasional existential debugging session. But we are back. Here’s everything you might’ve missed in the PHP world, we dug through the noise so you can just enjoy the highlights. Highlights Join PHPverse to Celebrate 30 Years of PHP! PHP is turning 30 this year! 🎉 PHPverse is a free online event hosted by JetBrains to mark this amazing milestone together. Register📅 June 17, 2025🕚 11:30–16:30 UTC And if you’re feeling nostalgic, check…
I read Brent’s first look at SSMS and Copilot in there. He didn’t have a great opinion of the tool, especially comparing it to Gemini or Claude. I haven’t tested this yet, mostly because I’ve got other stuff going on, but I decided to take his prompt and the code and drop it into the dedicated Copilot App on my Windows 11 laptop. This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems.I have a button that starts Copilot, so I pressed it and put in this prompt:This was copied from Brent’s post, and then his code copied and…
Today, APIs have become the foundation of digital innovations around the world. APIs, being the weakest part of your IT infrastructure, are often susceptible to cyberattacks. As product delivery is hastened by the continuous rise of agile development practices, traditional security models fall short of expectations. This is the reason the shift-left approach to API security testing is now gaining traction. Agile enterprises can achieve a perfect balance between speed and safety by moving security testing earlier in their development lifecycle. Shift-left API security testing is more than a mere development trend; it’s also a strategic business decision. It reduces risk,…
New Relic this week made available a preview of an integration with the artificial intelligence (AI) agents it created for its observability platform with the AI agents that GitHub has developed.Nic Benders, chief technical strategist for New Relic, said AI agents that the company has developed will now be able to create an issue that GitHub Copilot will be able to use to improve an application. GitHub Copilot will analyze the issue, draft a fix, and submit a draft pull request for human review. The New Relic platform will then validate the change once it is merged.In effect, the New…