Palo Alto targets zero-day threats with new firewall software
PAN 11.0 Nova, the latest version of Palo Alto's firewall operating system, enables upgraded malware sandboxing and ties into the vendor’s new CASB.
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Why software supply chain is a new CIO security priority
With so much unknown about what developers and systems rely on to be productive, it’s time to get serious about securing the software supply chain.
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Why developers are the architects of the future
Steven Grandchamp is a longtime software executive, with leadership experience at Microsoft, OpenLogic, and MariaDB, among others.
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Oracle aligns GraalVM development with Java development
Oracle plans to contribute some code from GraalVM, a high-performance, polyglot version of the Java Development Kit, to OpenJDK.
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Next.js 13 hones routing, layouts, rendering
Latest upgrade to Vercel’s React framework for building web apps also debuts an ‘extremely fast’ Rust-based bundler called Turbopack.
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Is performance tracking about to go mobile?
Productivity tracking has exploded in the last few years as companies sought to keep track of employee performance. That monitoring could soon go mobile.
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Ubuntu 22.10 shines on MicroPython, microcontrollers
Latest update to Canonical’s Linux distro revs Ruby, Go, GCC, and Rust toolchains and supports MicroPython on microcontrollers such as the Raspberry Pi Pico W.
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Over 90% of companies overpay for project collaboration software
SaaS purchasing platform Vertice reports that enterprises are overpaying between an average of 20-30 per cent for collaboration tools.
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7 reasons to love the Rust language (and 7 reasons not to)
Love it or hate it, Rust is taking the world by storm. Here's a look at what's great, and not-so-great, about the so-called modern successor to C and C++.
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Deno 1.26 improves Node.js compatibility, npm support
Deno 1.26, the latest version of the TypeScript / JavaScript runtime that strives to improve on Node.js, emphasises Node.js compatibility.
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11 old software bugs that took way too long to squash
As these examples show, vulnerabilities can lurk within production code for years or decades — and attacks can come at any time.
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Should C/C++ be deprecated in favour of Rust?
Microsoft executive says it’s time to retire the C and C++ programming languages and use Rust instead.
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NetSuite ERP bolsters automation for HR, supply chain, sales and banking
Appealing to companies that are navigating a global labour shortage and supply-chain problems, NetSuite has announced a wide variety of ERP tools.
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Why the C programming language still rules
The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block — Carbon.
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JDK 20: What’s next for Java?
The next version of standard Java could pack features ranging from universal generics and primitive types to virtual threads and structured concurrency.
