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AWS Batch simplifies batch computing in the cloud

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img_20161201_101449 Amazon’s new AWS Batch allows engineers to execute a series of jobs automatically, in the cloud. The tool lets you run apps and container images on whatever EC2 instances are required to accomplish a given task.
Amazon recognized that many of its customers were bootstrapping their own batch computing systems. Users were stringing together EC2 instances, containers, notifications, and… Read More Continue reading AWS Batch simplifies batch computing in the cloud→

AWS Personal Health Dashboard helps developers monitor the state of their cloud apps

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img_20161201_091825 DevOps teams will be happy to hear that Amazon is launching its own dashboard for Amazon Web Services. Personal Health Dashboard, as the company calls it, is its latest release from the stage of re:Invent 2016 to support more advanced cloud apps monitoring. The tool puts critical infrastructure data in one place. The dashboard will automatically notify teams of failures and allow them… Read More Continue reading AWS Personal Health Dashboard helps developers monitor the state of their cloud apps→

Dutch Hacker Who Almost Broke The Internet Escapes Jail

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The Dutch hacker, who in 2013 was accused of launching the biggest cyberattack to date against the anti-spam group Spamhaus, escaped prison Monday even after he was sentenced to nearly 8 months in jail because most of his term was suspended.

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World’s largest 1 Tbps DDoS Attack launched from 152,000 hacked Smart Devices

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Do you know — Your Smart Devices may have inadvertently participated in a record-breaking largest cyber attack that Internet has just witnessed.

If you own a smart device like Internet-connected televisions, cars, refrigerators or thermostats, you might already be part of a botnet of millions of infected devices that was used to launch the biggest DDoS attack known to date, with peaks of over 1

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Rackspace to go private after $4.3B acquisition by private equity firm Apollo

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rackspace-earnings Rackspace, which is still best known as a hosting company even as it has expanded aggressively into offering services for businesses that use other platforms, went public in 2008. Now, however, it’s going private again after accepting a $4.3 billion offer (or $32 per share) in cash from private equity firm Apollo Global Management. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval and… Read More Continue reading Rackspace to go private after $4.3B acquisition by private equity firm Apollo→

Security scan with, or without, IP whitelisting in the firewall and isn’t that introducing a weak point?

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In case of an automated security scan is it more desirable to get the scanner IP addresses whitelisted in order to possibly find vulnerabilities behind the firewall, or to scan in front of/against the firewall?

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