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It's probably known to almost everyone that with the release of Windows Vista back in 2007, followed by all subsequent versions of Windows, the audio API DirectSound3D was removed from Windows. Instead of DirectSound and DirectSound3D, the new APIs XAudio2 and X3DAudio were used. As a result, special audio effects EAX (environmental sound effects) became unavailable in older games. […]
Hello, Habr! Today we will talk about vRealize Automation. This article is primarily aimed at users who haven't encountered this solution before, so below we will introduce you to its features and share usage scenarios. vRealize Automation enables customers to enhance agility, performance, and efficiency by simplifying the IT environment, optimizing IT processes, and providing an automation platform. […]
Hi, my name is Evgeny, I'm the team lead in the B2B division at Citymobil. One of our team's tasks is to support integrations for taxi orders from partners, and to ensure the stability of the service, we always need to understand what's happening in our microservices. To do this, it's essential to continuously monitor the logs. At Citymobil, we use the ELK stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, […]
One of the young players in the Disaster Recovery solutions market is Hystax – a Russian startup founded in 2016. Since the topic of disaster recovery is very popular and the market is extremely competitive, the startup decided to focus on migration between various cloud infrastructures. A product that facilitates simple and swift cloud migration would be very beneficial for the clients of Onlanta. […]
Microsoft awarded $374,300 to researchers in the field of information security as part of the Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge, which lasted for three months. During the research, experts managed to uncover 20 significant security vulnerabilities that were fixed in the updates released in versions 20.07, 20.08, and 20.09. A total of 70 researchers participated in the competition. […]
When developing services for a fully managed container platform like Cloud Run, you're likely to quickly tire of constantly switching between the code editor, terminal, and Google Cloud Console. Moreover, you'll have to repeatedly execute the same commands with every deployment. Cloud Code is a set of tools that includes everything you need for writing, debugging, and deployment […]
Welcome to the third lesson of the FortiAnalyzer Getting Started course. In the last lesson, we deployed the layout necessary for performing lab exercises. In this lesson, we will discuss the key principles of working with logs on FortiAnalyzer, get familiar with event handlers, and explore mechanisms for log protection. The theoretical part and the full recording of the lesson are under the cut. To access […]
High performance is one of the key requirements when working with big data. At Sber, we manage the data loading process of almost all transactions into our Data Cloud based on Hadoop, and thus deal with truly large streams of information. Naturally, we are constantly seeking ways to enhance performance, and now we want to share how we were able to […]
Flying Fortress by Nele-Diel The Mail.ru Cloud Storage team has translated an article about the important criteria for choosing an object storage solution. Next is the text from the author's perspective. When it comes to object storage, people usually think about just one characteristic — price per TB/GB. Of course, this metric is important, but it renders the approach one-sided and equates […]
When implementing ready-made ERP systems, 53% of companies experience significant challenges that require changes to business processes and organizational approaches, and 44% face substantial technical problems. In this series of articles, we will break down what an ERP system is, its benefits, how to determine the necessity of its implementation, what to know when choosing a platform provider, and how to implement it. The concept […]
Hello, Habr! Currently, there are not many communication standards that are both intriguing and interesting, while also not occupying 500 pages in a PDF format. One such standard, which is easy to decode, is the VHF Omni-directional Radio Beacon (VOR) used in aeronautics. VOR Beacon (c) wikimedia.org To start, a question for readers […]
The release of version 13.4 is out, featuring a HashiCorp vault for CI variables, a Kubernetes Agent, and a security center, along with toggleable features in Starter. At GitLab, we constantly think about how to help users reduce risks, enhance efficiency, and speed up delivery on your preferred platform. This month, we have introduced several useful innovations that expand security capabilities and minimize […]