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VictorOps releases feature-rich Incident Automation Engine for DevOps teams
This week VictorOps Inc., a real-time incident management company producing DevOps solutions, announced the release of the Incident Automation Engine. This new product displays a set of automation features for on-call teams designed to increase mean time to resolution (MTTR) by using intelligent alerts, sophisticated routing and smarter system outputs. It has always been one ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 June 22: Updates on theft from the DAO, Bitfinex temporary shutdown, Gemini goes to the U.K.
This has been an interesting week for blockchain-based cryptocurrencies with an attacker stealing money from the Ethereum DAO (a decentralized company run entirely by smart contracts). The Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex went offline for approximately four hours during one of Bitcoin’s highest volatility periods to date due to a networking issue at its datacenter. And, also ...
Bitfinex Bitcoin exchange already back online after datacenter networking issues downtime
Early this morning, Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex (BFXNA Inc.) went offline for a few hours due to networking issues at its datacenter. This affected all customers when the website would not load and it happened in the midst of a noticeable rise in the market value of bitcoins—BTC market value has shot up from $450 near ...
Docker 1.12 will ship with built in DevOps orchestration | #DockerCon
As containers continue to evolve and become a necessary part of a multitude of deployments, Docker, Inc. has remained on the ball with DevOps expectations and added built-in orchestration to its most recent release. Docker 1.12 will ship with added core features designed to make multi-host and multi-container orchestration easier with new API objects, zero-configuration ...
Ethereum DAO attacked, over $55 million of Ether cryptocurrency stolen
The Ethereum DAO (or Decentralized Autonomous Organization), a unique code-governed business entity designed to work entirely with smart contracts, suffered an attack today that has stolen approximately $55 million USD worth of Ether (ETH). Ether is the underlying cryptocurrency token of the Ethereum blockchain and the primary payment currency of the DAO (which also has its ...
McAfee’s new cybersecurity firm John McAfee Global Technologies seeks to secure cryptocurrency products
Earlier this week cybersecurity mogul John McAfee took the CEO position at MGT Capital Investments, Inc. and announced that the name will be changed to John McAfee Global Technologies, Inc. and the company will focus on a suite of security products. The company also announced that Roger Ver, long time Bitcoin evangelist and owner of Bitcoin.com, and Erik ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 June 15: The Halvening approacheth
Bitcoin news lately has been a little bit relaxed so this Bitcoin Weekly will be dedicated to talking about The Halvening—the second time that the Bitcoin block discovery reward will be cut in half (this time from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC) coming up in July. Keep reading to see the infographic kindly supplied by ...
Apple looks to the future and new generations with developer tools at WWDC 2016 | #WWDC2016
The first big reveal from WWDC involves the upcoming release of the new iOS 10, a huge upgrade for mobile developers, and macOS Sierra for desktops. These pair of previews include information how Apple, Inc.’s flagship AI assistant, Siri, is being opened up to developers on these platforms. Just like how Google I/O revealed a ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 June 9: OpenBazaar expands version 1.1.6, Steam stops Russia BTC payments, Trezor Password Manager, With The Best Blockchain Developer Conference
As Bitcoin and blockchain technology continue to mature the news appears to have shifted heavily towards the cultural and technological influence of the Bitcoin blockchain. Partnerships and developer conferences continue to emerge on the horizon as adoption continues. In this Bitcoin Weekly we will explore updates to OpenBazaar, new stores adding themselves to the distributed, ...
Gearing up for WWDC: Apple mobile development bootcamps for iOS (Part 2)
Welcome to Part 2 of the “Gearing up for WWDC” iOS mobile bootcamp list for developers who want to be on track for everything Apple intends to unveil at this year’s WWDC 2016. If you missed it, go ahead and read through the listings provided in Part 1. Below you will find five more multi-week ...