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How to Migrate from BIND to AWS Route53 Safely in 3 Commands

Migrating your DNS to a cloud provider like Amazon’s Route53 service can be a daunting task. Thankfully, with dns-tools you can test your DNS records before and after the migration to ensure that everything made it across in one-piece. This is the three steps we follow when migrating to Route 53: Follow along below and in just 10 minutes you’ll know if everything will migrate smoothly for you.

These Marketing Strategies Will Help You Get More Visitors, Leads, And Sales

Marketing is the process of creating awareness for your company and products, and it can be a huge source of revenue if done correctly. If you want to get more visitors, leads, and sales, then you need to have a strong marketing strategy in place. In this blog post, we will discuss some of the most effective marketing strategies that you can use to boost your business.

The Biggest Challenges For HR Management And Their Solutions

It is no secret that HR management can be a difficult and challenging field. There are many moving parts and constantly evolving best practices to keep up with. Not to mention, the people aspect of the job, which can present its own unique set of challenges. With all of this in mind, here are some of the biggest challenges faced by HR management and their solutions.

Data-Driven Enterprise (or Just Talking Like One)?

Who’s faking it? Data-driven decision-making (and ensuring related investment is delivering on its promises) has been elevated in importance. Every enterprise is replacing opinion with data-driven decision-making, correct? A brand new research report from EMA (Enterprise Management Associates) titled, “A Data-Driven Enterprise” looks behind the curtain to separate facts and reality from fiction and aspiration. Here are some of the findings from the latest research on enterprises.

Reporting Up: Recommendations for Log Analysis

What kind of log information should be reported up the chain? At a certain point during log examination analysts start to ask, “What information is important enough to share with my supervisor?” This post covers useful categories of information to monitor and report that indicate potential security issues. And remember: reporting up doesn’t mean going directly to senior management. Most issues can be reported directly to an immediate supervisor.

What's next for the Internet of Things?

IoT devices seem to be ubiquitous, but the truth is we’re not nearly there yet. In fact, IoT Analytics continues to predict steady growth as the future for IoT for years to come, with more than 27 billion devices online by 2025. They’re not alone in their bullish IoT predictions either. MarketsAndMarkets projects the global IoT market will more than double from 2021 to 2026, growing from just over $300 billion to over $650 billion.

What is SecOps?

SecOps is a short form for Security Operations, a methodology that aims to automate crucial security tasks, with the goal of developing more secure applications. The purpose of SecOps is to minimize security risks during the development process and daily activities. Under a joint SecOps strategy, the security and operations teams work together to maintain a safe environment by identifying and resolving vulnerabilities and resolving any security issues.

Debugging JAXB Production Issues

Java Architecture for XML Binding (AKA JAXB API) is a popular API for marshaling XML data. It’s a framework for mapping between XML documents and Java POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects, AKA regular Java classes) almost seamlessly. The API is very easy to use and many frameworks leverage it to provide their XML support. JAXB2.0 has gained popularity both in desktop applications (Java SE) and in application server code (Spring Boot, Java EE/Jakarta EE, Microprofile etc.).

How to Run Java Inside Docker: Best Practices for Building Containerized Web Applications [Tutorial]

Containers are no longer a thing of the future – they are all around us. Companies use them to run everything – from the simplest scripts to large applications. You create a container and run the same thing locally, in the test environment, in QA, and finally in production. A stateless box built with minimal requirements and unlike virtual machines – without the need of virtualizing the whole operating system.