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Configuring a PingFederate SAML Connection in DreamFactory

All DreamFactory APIs are private by default, requiring at a minimum an API key for authentication purposes. The API key is associated with role-based access control (RBAC) which determines what actions the client responsible for supplying the API key can undertake with regards to the API. OAuth 2.0 makes adding an authentication system to your app or web page considerably easy. Many different service providers support the OAuth 2.0 spec and, in turn, so does DreamFactory.

Apache Ozone and Dense Data Nodes

Today’s enterprise data analytics teams are constantly looking to get the best out of their platforms. Storage plays one of the most important roles in the data platforms strategy, it provides the basis for all compute engines and applications to be built on top of it. Businesses are also looking to move to a scale-out storage model that provides dense storages along with reliability, scalability, and performance.

Zephyr for Jira is now Zephyr Squad

We are thrilled to announce the final piece of our test management portfolio, Zephyr for Jira, the No. 1 installed Agile test management app in the Atlassian Marketplace, has been renamed Zephyr Squad. This rename follows the rename of TM4J to Zephyr Scale in November. This completes our Zephyr product portfolio, which now includes Zephyr Squad, Zephyr Scale, and Zephyr Enterprise.

Monitor The Speed of Your Website

An easy way to monitor the speed and rendering of your website, also how fast your website or any of the web pages on your website is to use the Website Performance Monitoring Service from LoadFocus. Why does this matter? Well, first of all you want your website to appear in search engines like Google in the first results. The speed of your websites and other metrics matter a lot on how search engines position your web pages in the search results.

Node.js's Underrated Combo: Passport and CASL

It’s easy to get lost with dozens of plugins and frameworks when starting a new project that requires basic authentication and authorization capabilities. It doesn’t have to be that way. In this article, we’re going to explore two valuable Node.js packages — Passport and CASL — that can help you boost the security of your application by providing both authentication and authorization functionality.

Change Data Capture and Kafka to break up your monolith

Getting data from a database into Kafka is one of the most frequent use cases we see. For data integration between enterprise data sources when migrating from monolith to microservices, what better than CDC? We talked about breaking up a monolith and the importance of data observability previously. Now we’re showing you how to do it with a typical microservices architecture pattern including PostgreSQL, Debezium and Apache Kafka.

Between KYC and Stimulus Lending, Banks Are Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

But low-code automation can help. Amid the pandemic, banks are under enormous pressure to comply with stricter regulations and keep up with growing demand for new lines of credit. Here’s Appian Financial Services Industry Lead in Europe, Herbert Schild, on how low-code automation can help at a critical time. What are the challenges with issuing rapid stimulus loans?