Apache Storm Reaches 1.0, Brings Improved Performance, Many New Features

Version 1.0 is “a major milestone in the evolution of Apache Storm”, writes Apache Software Foundation VP for Apache Storm P. Taylor Goetz, and it includes many new features and improvements. In particular, Goetz claims a 3x–16x boost in performance.

GitLab and DigitalOcean Offer Free Hosting for GitLab CI to Open Source Community

GitLab, maker of the homonymous Git-based code management and continuous integration platform, and Y Combinator cloud platform provider DigitalOcean have partnered to provide free hosting to the open source community to move their continuous integration to the cloud.

DigitalOcean Launches Flexible Block Storage

DigitalOcean has announced the availability of a new Block Storage service to make it possible to grow storage independently of computing power and at a more convenient price.

AWS Lambda Now Supports Environment Variables

AWS has recently added to AWS Lambda the possibility to define variables to customize the environment the code runs in. This will enable writing code that is clean and reusable without requiring its redeployment, writes AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr.

Google Introduces Cloud-Based Encryption Key Management Service

Google has announced a new service for its Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that allows to create, use, rotate, and destroy symmetric encryption keys. Although the new Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) is integrated with Google’s Cloud Identity Access Management and Cloud Audit Logging, keys managed using KMS can be also used independently.