Feb 12, 2021
The Problem
We have a large cloud-native application running in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) that uses Microsoft SQL Server (mssql) for transactional persistence. SQL Server .bak files are difficult to access for the terminal-averse. If you have any experience with GKE or Kubernetes, you understand that the GUI doesn’t compare
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May 28, 2019
Early this year, the A-Team challenged us all in regard to application security and what it actually means to be secure on the internet. Going into this topic, we thought it would be rather straightforward and quick to respond with a series of “To-do” topics and “Best
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Nov 20, 2018
TL;DR; IE… it’s IE.
JavaScript, specifically most things >ECMAScript 5 (ES5), has a major anchor in the business application development sector. Here we are, about to complete 2018, and we’re still being denied access to all the great new features.
At the time of writing, Internet Explorer still has nearly
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Aug 07, 2018
The Antares team works with clients from a vast array of industries, from public to private entities, ranging from small businesses to large corporate environments. Regardless of the client or project size, one of our consistent priorities is to integrate their current business processes or workflows into a new solution.
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Jul 12, 2018
This post is a compilation of the (sometimes hard-learned) lessons we experienced while migrating from MSSQL to ElasticSearch in C# using the NEST client. The intent is to help others recognize potential pitfalls and traps during their migration.
Antares maintains a publicly searchable database of about 100 million
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May 31, 2018
New regulations in the Payment Card Industry (PCI) dictate that online and e-commerce companies must migrate to more secure encryption protocols designed to reduce the risk of data breach. Companies must disable SSL/early TLS in favor of the newer, more secure encryption protocols by June 30, 2018. Unfortunately, many organizations
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