| TechBrief | | | Building an API often means adding user authentication, rate limiting, logging, caching, or other such functions. In a world of microservices, that can mean a lot of unneeded reinvention. That's the philosophy taken by Mashape, providers of a new MIT-licensed open source API management system called Kong, previously used to power Mashape's own API marketplace.
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And: How to succeed with microservices architecture | | | Issue highlights 1. Internet of things and Azure headline Microsoft Build 2. Windows 10 patch KB 3055415 released with no details 3. Microsoft posts second straight double-digit downturn in Windows OEM revenue 4. The ultimate guide to how and where to use Apple Pay | | White Paper: Citrix Systems Customers, employees and partners are more frequently accessing web-delivered services from their mobile devices. At the same time, attackers are constantly discovering new ways to compromise security, including advanced malware and application layer attacks. Without the right tools, you are vulnerable. Learn more | | The Internet of things will get considerable airing at Microsoft's Build developer conference this week, with the company planning to detail both its vision and architecture for the large-scale connected-devices concept. And Microsoft's Azure cloud platform is key to the company's plans.
Also read: Microsoft customizes Azure for the Internet of things READ MORE | | Microsoft just released a new patch for Windows 10. Like all Windows 10 patches, you get to install it whether you want to or not, and it'll be automatically installed for you, likely overnight.
Check out the slideshow: 20 epic Microsoft Windows Automatic Update meltdowns READ MORE | | White Paper: Citrix Systems Organizations need a better way to combat and prevent DoS attacks, and the right ADC can provide the solution. Learn how Citrix NetScaler can help protect against DoS attacks in this report. View now | | Microsoft last week acknowledged that Windows revenue took a beating in the first quarter, with sales of licenses to computer and device makers falling $698 million, or 22 percent, compared to the same stretch in 2014.
Also read: Satya Nadella at one year: Grading Microsoft's CEO READ MORE | | It's official: Tim Cook named 2015 as "the year of Apple Pay." Apple's flagship mobile payment platform is off to a running start in the U.S., with support for an impressive number of banking partners and retail stores that's practically growing by the day.
Also read: Survey: A majority of Apple Pay users encounter problems READ MORE | | White Paper: Citrix Systems Beginning in January of 2015, all entities that store, process, or transmit cardholder data will be subject to version 3.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). This white paper examines the prevailing conditions driving evolution of the PCI DSS and the resulting challenges facing today's IT departments. View now | | | | |
