API management was important a decade ago; it’s now essential. Cloud-native development models use APIs to link microservices into distributed applications, with some services used by more than one application in different ways. By putting in an API management layer, operations teams can decide how applications use those APIs, using controls to ensure fair access….
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has officially released Postgres 17, marking another milestone for the community, developers, and EDB, the leading contributor to PostgreSQL code. As the reigning DB-Engines database of the year and the most desired and admired database according to the 2024 Stack Overflow developer survey, Postgres continues to cement its status as…
Many organizations are building generative AI applications driven by large language models (LLMs), but few are transitioning successfully from prototypes to production. According to an October 2023 Gartner survey, 45% of organizations are currently piloting generative AI, while only 10 % have fully deployed it. The lack of AI success is similar for enterprises, product…
The Eclipse Foundation has launched the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group (ORC WG) to address evolving global regulations aimed at improving software quality and security. The working group’s formation follows Eclipse’s initial partnering with the Apache Software Foundation and other open source organizations in April. Announced September 24, the initiative looks to support participants globally…
Node 22.5.0 now bundles SQLite, a lightweight, in-process relational database that requires no additional infrastructure but packs considerable capability. Let’s get to know this handy new built-in feature in Node.js. What is SQLite? Relational databases are a key component of the software landscape. SQLite is a simple but versatile implementation with a variety of use…
How will data visualization evolve in the era of AI/ML? While AI is rapidly evolving, it is ironic that business users are still using “dumb” dashboards. The challenge is to move beyond these unintelligent dashboards to a genuinely transformative visual analytics solution that harnesses the power of AI/ML. While some vendors offer a ChatGPT-like querying…
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is launching a new global program, named OpenAI Academy, to help train developers working in the field of AI and generative AI, the company said on Monday. “OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Academy, which will invest in developers and organizations leveraging AI to help solve hard problems and catalyze economic growth in their…
As the digital landscape evolves, so does the difficulty of safeguarding it. This is especially true in cloud computing, which is now the mother of all IT complexity, with security challenges that confound forensic investigators. Lately, I’ve noticed an increasing number of people in law enforcement taking my cloud courses. They are not there to…
While the recently released Java 23 features a dozen official features ranging from a second class-file API preview to an eighth incubator of a vector API, it also comes with various security capabilities. Security enhancements include crypto performance updates and additions to Kerberos and PKI. JDK 23 was released on September 17. A same-day Java…
Gleam 1.5, the latest version of a statically typed language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes, has been published, with productivity improvements such as upgraded compile-time error messages. Launched September 19, Gleam 1.5 can be accessed from GitHub. With this release, compile-time error messages for inexhaustive pattern matching have been upgraded to show…
