Runaway ETL jobs may occur due to coding errors or data anomalies, and they can continue to consume resources without making progress. AWS Glue gives you the ability to set a timeout value on any new ETL job that you create, and edit existing jobs to specify a timeout value or use the default value. […]
VMware vSphere 6.7 General Availability – Virtual Insanity
As many of you know, yesterday, vSphere 6.7 was released. There are some awesome updates, and while this isn’t an all-encompassing list of features, I wanted to round up the ones I felt were the most important (especially to my customers). First and foremost, it should be noted that you cannot upgrade from vSphere 5.5 […]
Remote access for home labs and offices with Veeam PN
On January 2018, Veeam publicly announced the release of Veeam PN (powered network) version 1, a lightweight SDN appliance that was released completely FREE to use. And while Veeam PN was released as part of a greater solution focused on extending network Availability for Microsoft Azure, Veeam PN can also be deployed as a standalone tool via […]
Microsoft Azure Service Fabric – announcing Reliable Services on Linux and RHEL support
Many customers are using Azure Service Fabric to build and operate always-on, highly scalable, microservice applications. Recently, we open sourced Service Fabric with the MIT license to increase opportunities for customers to participate in the development and direction of the product. Today, we are excited to announce the release of Service Fabric runtime v6.2 and […]
Microsoft Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17650
Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17650 (RS5) to Windows Insiders who opted in to Skip Ahead. Windows Defender Security Center gets a Fluent Design refresh We’ve heard your feedback and when you install this build you’ll find we’ve updated Windows Defender Security Center (WDSC) to include the Fluent […]
AWS AppSync now Generally Available (GA) with new GraphQL Features
This release introduces several new features that accelerate development. A test and debug flow has been added for running unit tests with “mock” data on a GraphQL resolver. Amazon CloudWatch has been integrated, enabling streaming of GraphQL operation logs for a live debugging experience. And, Amazon CloudFormation is now supported, enabling creation of a complete […]
Gartner names Flexera a 2018 SAM Magic Quadrant Leader!
All of us at Flexera are incredibly proud to announce that Flexera has been named, Leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management Tools! In this first ever SAM Magic Quadrant, Gartner positioned Flexera as a market “Leader” (upper right quadrant) because of our superior ability to execute and completeness of vision. […]
Microsoft Failover Cluster File Share Witness and DFS
This blog discusses a new feature in the upcoming release of Windows Server 2019. Currently, Windows Insiders receive current builds of Server 2019. We urge you to become an Insider and play a part in making Windows Server 2019 the best that it can be. To do so, go to this link and sign up. […]
VMware Using “Shrink Cluster” feature of vRealize Operations 6.7
vRealize Operations 6.7 comes with a new functionality which allows you to reduce the number of nodes in your vRealize Operations cluster. This feature of vRealize Operations is to meet the following use cases: 1. Scale up your vRealize Operations nodes to extra-large nodes – If you wish to scale down the number of nodes […]
Top 10 Java Performance Problems
Java is one of the most popular technologies for application development. Tens of thousands of enterprise applications are powered by Java and millions of people use them daily. Java has been evolving over many decades and there are so many web frameworks, middleware, data access technologies and protocols built on Java. Compared to C, C++, […]