How many times have you had to work through local environment issues when running code only to have it fail as soon as it tests start to run? With Bamboo’s Docker Runner, those problems are a thing of the past. Now, create and isolate your end-to-end build processes inside Docker containers with full control to install build dependencies or manage resource usage.

When it comes to network security, the best case scenario is that an IT team identifies a threat, and immediately acts to mitigate damage caused by the threat, eliminate the threat from the network, and then close the point of attack to prevent future incidents.

Today we are announcing Kamon 1.1.0 with a couple bugfixes and a small but important improvement on context propagation, plus several minor updates on other modules that sort of went under the table for Akka, Akka Remote, Akka HTTP, Play Framework, Http4s and our sbt-aspectj-runner plugin.

At Status.io, we always treat personal data with care and respect. We’re embracing the spirit of the GDPR and have been looking at how we can improve the security and protections of personal data. Below we’re sharing some resources to help you better understand the GDPR and how it can affect your organization.

Want to periodically monitor DNS records for your website? Here are step by step instructions how to accomplish this with AppBeat.

We've just completed our first month of public beta at Oh Dear!, a new website monitoring tool I've been working on for the last couple of months with my buddy Freek. I'm excited to show it to you!

As its name suggests, a single instance of ThreadLocal can store different values for each thread independently. Therefore, the value stored in a ThreadLocal instance is specific (local) to the current running thread. Any other code logic running on the same thread will see the same value, but not the values set on the same instance by other threads. There are exceptions, though, like InhertiableThreadLocal, which inherits parent threads’ values by default.

An outage with one, several or all of your servers is hectic enough, but add in a stream of emails and phone calls from concerned customers and you’ve got a full-on situation. When you start receiving these emails, phone calls or texts from clients who need access to their applications on these servers, you may have to individually answer each request in an emergency or during scheduled maintenance.

The latest addition to the ever growing Security Monitoring tools from RapidSpike is the ability to perform Vulnerability Scans of your external facing servers and web applications. Cyber Security is a massive area of concern for every website or web application owner and ensuring that your applications and servers are free from vulnerabilities is critical in ensuring the ongoing availability of your service.