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Enable FIPS on Google Cloud

Cyber attacks present an imminent threat to our digital assets. And they come in a variety of ways, including computer viruses, Denial-of-service (DoS), hacking, ransomware, memcached. In February 2022, White House deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology Anne Neuberger claimed that the Russian hackers conducted a DDoS attack on the Ukrainian banks and Ministry of Defense before their military attacks.

CircleCI acquires test intelligence platform Ponicode

Today we are pleased to announce that CircleCI has acquired Ponicode, a Paris-based AI engine for analyzing source code, with the goal to help developers produce better code in their local development environment. Ponicode caught our attention with their dedicated focus to helping developers handle their least favorite tasks — the toil surrounding writing code — such as authoring tests, commenting code, analyzing code quality, and more.

AWS Cost Categories Vs. Tags: How To Get True Cloud Cost Visibility

Although Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced cost categories a few years ago, many people still struggle to understand the difference between them and AWS tags. If this sounds familiar to you, you are not alone. This quick guide will walk you through AWS Cost Categories, how they work, and how they differ from tags in AWS.

11 DevOps Best Practices You Should Know to be More Productive

Software engineering teams are continually seeking methods to improve and speed up the software development process. DevOps, an engineering methodology that brings development and operations together, is one popular strategy. Development and operations teams are frequently isolated in traditional engineering companies, which can lead to conflict between these two vital arms.

CentOS 8 is end-of-life: Now what?

There were many reasons people came to use CentOS as an alternative Linux platform to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). CentOS was originally built as a downstream release of RHEL, which was free to use without support. CentOS became the de facto standard for many organizations that did not want to use RHEL for production workload, since it’s basically the same thing, just rebranded.