DevOps Round-Up

A Collection of Top DevOps News, Articles, Presentations & Podcasts February 2024 [InfoQ] DevOps Round-Up Sponsored by [Cockroach Labs] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles](#top-articles), [Top Presentations & Podcasts](#top-presentations-and-podcasts) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to DevOps on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [AWS Console-to-Code: Generating Code for Console Actions]( (news, Jan 27, 2024) [Cloud Monitoring Metrics in BigQuery Provides Improved GKE Cost Analysis]( (news, Jan 28, 2024) [Real-Time Data Streaming Capabilities with AppSync Integration in Amazon EventBridge Event Bus]( (news, Jan 18, 2024) [Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Can Now Directly Trigger Lambda Functions]( (news, Jan 13, 2024) [OpenTofu 1.6.0 Now Generally Available: New Module Testing, Enhanced S3 Backend, and Many More]( (news, Jan 13, 2024) [Architecting Distributed Transactional Applications (By O'Reilly)]( Learn how to build efficient, elastically scaling, multi-region applications using this blueprint that walks through options, approaches, and best practices for both the application and persistence layers. [Download now](. Sponsored content [Architecting Distributed Transactional Applications - Download Now (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by Cockroach Labs]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Slack Migrates to Cell-Based Architecture on AWS to Mitigate Gray Failures]( (news, Jan 17, 2024) [HashiCorp Adds Automated Generation of Terraform Provider Code]( (news, Jan 15, 2024) [DoorDash Uses Service Mesh and Cell-Based Architecture to Significantly Reduce Data Transfer Costs]( (news, Jan 23, 2024) [Canonical Takes a Chisel to Ubuntu with Ultra-Small Container Images]( (news, Dec 04, 2023) [AWS Improves Kubernetes Monitoring with New Enhanced Observability for Amazon EKS]( (news, Dec 17, 2023) [] Top News [Microsoft Announces Copilot for Azure, an AI Assistant for IT Professionals]( Microsoft has introduced Copilot for Azure, an AI-based tool designed to enhance the management and operation of cloud infrastructure and services. It leverages the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) with Azure's Resource Model to provide a comprehensive understanding and handling of Azure's functionalities, spanning from cloud services to edge technology. [GitLab Launches Browser-Based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Scan]( GitLab has recently introduced a browser-based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) feature in version 16.4 (or DAST 4.0.9). This development is part of GitLab's ongoing efforts to enhance browser-based DAST by integrating passive checks. The release includes active check-in capabilities. [AWS Announces Finch 1.0, an Open Source Client for Container Development]( Recently, AWS announced the general availability of Finch, an open-source tool that aims to simplify container development on macOS. Finch allows users to build, run, and publish Linux containers on their macOS, and interact with container registries such as Amazon ECR. [The Engineer's Survival Guide (New Book)]( The Engineer's Survival Guide is a helpful handbook for shipping apps at scale and living to tell the tale — with sanity and sense of humor both intact. Learn what to do when your CEO wants to “hire” a bot, how to survive a “blameless post-mortem” when it’s actually your fault, and more. [Download now](. Sponsored content [The Engineer's Survival Guide (New Book) - Sponsored by Cockroach Labs]( [Microsoft Announces Git Partial Clone Support in Azure DevOps]( Azure DevOps has recently extended support for Git Partial Clone to all its users. Partial clones represent a streamlined version of git clones initiated through specific command line arguments. Repositories that employ partial clones have demonstrated an average reduction of 88.6% in cloning time. [AWS Adds Automated Detection of Unused IAM Roles, Users, and Permissions]( AWS recently added support for detecting unused access granted to IAM roles and users within their AWS IAM Access Analyzer tool. The new analyzer can identify unused roles, unused IAM user access keys and passwords, and unused permissions within a defined usage window. This analysis can be done across accounts within the organization and be controlled from a delegated administrator account. [] Top Articles [Cloud-Computing in the Post-Serverless Era: Current Trends and beyond]( Discover the evolution of cloud-computing in the post-serverless era, with a shift towards hyper-specialized vertical services and a trend from Infrastructure as Code to Composition as Code. [article]( [Orchestrating Resilience Building Modern Asynchronous Systems]( In this article, we will discuss what problems we had to solve at Twilio to efficiently build a resilient and scalable asynchronous system and the advantages we got adopting Workflow Orchestration. [article]( [From Compliance-First to Risk-First: Why Companies Need a Culture Shift]( Transitioning from a "Compliancе-First" approach to a "Risk-First" mindset rеcognizеs that compliancе should not be viеwеd in isolation, but as a componеnt of a broadеr risk managеmеnt strategy. [article]( [The State of Multi-Cloud 2024 (New Report)]( 300 architects in the US and Europe share their motivations, scars, and strategies for multi-cloud deployments. [Download this report]( to gain actionable insights from on-the-ground experts while determining who should consider multi-cloud, what multi-cloud adoption looks like today, and more. Sponsored content [The State of Multi-Cloud 2024 (New Report) - Sponsored by Cockroach Labs]( [] Top Presentations & Podcasts [Why Cloud Zombies Are Destroying the Planet and How You Can Stop Them]( Holly Cummins explains how utilization and elasticity relate to sustainability. She also introduces a range of practical techniques, including absurdly-simple-automation, LightSwitchOps, and FinOps. [Holly Cummins]( [The Rise of the Serverless Data Architectures]( Gwen Shapira explores the implications of serverless workloads on the design of data stores, and the evolution of data architectures toward more flexible scalability. [Gwen Shapira]( [Living on the Edge: Boosting Your Site's Performance with Edge Computing]( Erica Pisani discusses what the edge is, how running code and serving data on the edge can improve site performance, and how to leverage these options to maximize site performance. [Erica Pisani]( [Developing above the Cloud]( Paul Biggar talks about Darklang, a language designed to run on the cloud. By combining many things below the programming language abstraction layer, it resulted in less complexity for the developer. [Paul Biggar]( [InfoQ Cloud and DevOps Trends 2023]( In this episode of the podcast, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ will be discussing the current trends in the domain of cloud and DevOps. [podcast]( [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the “Special Reports Newsletter”. To stop receiving this email, please click the following link: [Unsubscribe]( C4Media Inc. (InfoQ.com), 2275 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Suite #325, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M8V 3Y3