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Java 16 Goes GA on March 16 Includes 17 Enhancements

The general availability release of Java 16, set for March 16, comes with a long list of new features.

NWS JFrog Enables Native Deployment of DevOps on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government Clouds

JFrog Artifactory and Xray are now available with native deployment templates for customers using AWS GovCloud and Azure Government clouds.

Microsoft Empowers "Citizen Developers" with Low-Code Power Platform Enhancements

Microsoft is upping its low-code development game with new capabilities across its Power Platform bundle.

Checkmarx Unveils New Open Source IaC Scanning Engine

Software security solutions provider Checkmarx today launched a new open-source static analysis tool designed to allow developers to write more secure infrastructure-as-code.

Desktop Version of Mabl's Low-Code Automated Testing Tool Released in Beta

Mabl, a Boston based provider of low-code testing tools, today announced the beta release of a desktop version of its test automation application for APIs and mobile web browsers.

Microsoft Updates Java for Azure Spring Cloud

Microsoft continued to beef up its support for Java developers in both the cloud and its popular, open source, cross-platform code editor, Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with new updates to Azure Spring Cloud.

Databricks Partnership Enables 'Lakehouse' on Google Cloud

Databricks is partnering with Google Cloud to enable the deployment of its namesake data engineering solution with yet another leading cloud provider.

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Netflix Open Sources GraphQL for Spring Boot

Netflix has open sourced its Domain Graph Service (DGS) framework for standalone and federated GraphQL services.

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Microsoft Releases Public Preview of its Graph Java SDK v3

Microsoft releases a public preview of its Graph Java/Android SDK.

JDK 16 Now in Second Release Candidate Phase

JDK 16 is now in the Second Release Candidate Phase (RC2) and on track for an early March release.

Rust Foundation Founded to Steward Popular Mozilla-born Language

The up-and-coming programming language, Rust, gained a kind of official status this week with the formation of the Rust Foundation, an independent non-profit steward of the open-source language and ecosystem.

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New Relic Advances its 'Full Stack Observability' Mission

New Relic introduced a new tool in its evolving observability product portfolio, part of the company's "reimagined full-stack observability experience."

JetBrains Opens Early Access program for IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains opens an Early Access Program for the upcoming release of IntelliJ IDEA 2021.1, giving fans of the tool and chance to take this version for a pre-release build test drive.

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Oracle Adds Free GraalVM to Java SE Subscription

The Enterprise Edition of the GraalVM, Oracle's "universal virtual machine," is now available, free of charge, with a Java SE subscription, Oracle announced.

Bonita 2021.1 Adds 'Unprecedented Number' of Open-Source of Features

Business process automation and optimization tools provider Bonitasoft announces milestone release of the Bonita Platform with new open-source features.

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Real Time Digital Twin Streaming Services Gets a Rules Engine

ScaleOut Software makes life easier for Java, C#, and JavaScript devs with a new rules engine in its Digital Twin Streaming Service.

Java Apps More Vulnerable than .NET Apps, Report Finds

Java apps earn higher security vulnerability score than .NET apps, a Contrast Lab report finds.

Devs in Retail and Hospitality Fix Flaws Faster, Veracode Report Concludes

A new report from Application Security Testing (AST) solutions provider Veracode shows that software developers working in the retail and hospitality sector are fixing flaws in their companies' software at a faster rate than five other sectors--despite having to work with applications that tend to be older and larger than other sectors. 

Mendix Brings Low Code to China

Enterprise low-code platform maker Mendix announced the introduction of its platform to the Chinese market this week.

Red Hat to Acquire StackRox

Red Hat announced that it is acquiring Kubernetes-native security provider StackRox sometime in the first quarter of 2021. It's first acquisition by Red Hat since it was acquired by IBM.