Google’s Kubernetes Engine (GKE) now supports node pools that are wrapped in gVisor to allow running untrusted workloads. The idea behind gVisors is to emulate all system calls in user space and provide a sandbox to processes that cannot be trusted. GKE allows to enable this with a configuration option now. GKE on GCP New […]
Category Archives: Internet & Cloud
Security Updates
Meanwhile, on Patch Tuesday. Solid Advise. http://twitter.com/swagitda_/status/1128379281606946816
Going all-in on AWS is a recipe for success
Gousto believes going all-in on AWS is a recipe for success, diginomica writes, and it’s undeniable there is no way around public cloud for digital services & offerings. It’s a pretty steep thesis to build a strategy relying on one particular hyper-scaler to make a business a success. In the end, customers purchase experience and […]
Serving Fiori Applications with Python Flask
Serving Fiori Applications with Python Flask, part 1 | SAP Blogs — Weiterlesen blogs.sap.com/2019/03/06/serving-fiori-applications-with-python-flask-part-1/comment-page-1/
SAP and Microsoft bring IoT data together
The previously announced cooperation shows first results. Particularly in form of Microsofts announcement of having integrated SAP Leonardo into their Azure IoT Hub. Source: SAP and Microsoft bring IoT data to the core of the business applications | Blog | Microsoft Azure
IntelliCode for AI-assisted now available
Microsoft trained an AI with Github projects that have more than 100 stars on them. The AI is supposed to help coding. And it is available now. AI is not yet there to take a programmers job, but Facebook took similar approaches to speed up development. Be afraid, coding people. Symbolbild (Techcrunch) IntelliCode, Microsoft’s tool […]
AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody | TechCrunch
So, there is a Blockchain service on the cloud. As such this is no news, the news is it’s AWS that gives you this offering. If you are planning to leverage this option because you need Blockchain in your organization, you definitely need help understanding the technology. It’s not AWS to blame to take your […]
Infocom text adventure classics
Not actually brand new, but given all of these are 30+ years old, it’s still worth mentioning that all Infocom Text Adventures are on Github now! Yes, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Zork are both included. Source: You can now download the source code for all Infocom text adventure classics | Ars Technica
Fastly files for IPO
Crunchbase has a First Look At The Fastly IPO Filing — news.crunchbase.com/news/first-look-at-the-fastly-ipo-filing/
Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa
Facebook had a rough 2018 and 2019 didn’t really start too well either, when Instagram leaked passwords. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Alexa had it’s own scandal when it turned out that not machines but humans listened to their customers commands. With all of this combined, it doesn’t sound like a great idea to offer more surface for […]