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Direct database connectors or connections act as a middleperson between an app and a database, allowing the app to read, write, and alter data in the database without an API or other intermediary layer. While these connectors might be simpler to set up than creating and automating an API, making them valuable for database management, they pose several cybersecurity risks that could put your business at risk. Below, learn about these threats and how to mitigate them with an API management platform.

Many organizations are experiencing a digital transformation to keep pace with the rapidly changing technology landscape and the increasing demand for faster time-to-market. By embracing Agile principles, like collaboration, iterative development, and continuous feedback, you can respond more quickly to changing requirements and market conditions. But these transitions don’t happen overnight.

Are you executing data replications and backups? Building ETL data pipelines? Ensuring the data ingestion is running smoothly? Or simply building an ad hoc dataset for your machine learning task? Using a data mapping tool can shave hours off your engineering work in all four use cases. In this article, you will learn.

BigQuery change data capture lets you replicate, insert, update, and/or delete changes from source systems without DML MERGE-based ETL pipelines.

Fivetran, Talend, and Integrate.io are three of the most popular ETL tools on the market. Each platform offers unique features and capabilities, but deciding which ETL tool best suits your business depends on your needs and requirements.

At first glance, that does not make sense, right? The title suggests you should invest your DevOps/Platform team’s time in introducing a new product that most likely will: Through this article, we’ll show you that even though those initial concerns are justified, the overall benefits that can be realized by adopting a service mesh can outweigh any initial effort and investments.

An audit log is a documented record of events and activity within an information technology system. Audit logging is critical for application owners and administrators to track activity within their systems. In this post, we'll first dive into what auditing entails and what to consider when audit logging. We'll then explore some options for implementing audit logs, including PaperTrail, Audited, AuditLog, AppSignal, and a custom implementation. Let's get started!

Data is the biggest value driver for businesses bringing positive change and enabling near term efficiency.

There are various approaches to hosting and managing your IT infrastructure, but it ultimately comes down to control. While on-premise setups involve keeping physical hardware and other infrastructure elements on-site, cloud computing provides computing resources in a virtualized environment, reducing maintenance tasks for your IT team. A third approach to IT hosting and management has increased in popularity in recent years.