“We are excited to work with AWS and expand choices for customers who are looking for new ways to identify and buy enterprise software. AWS Marketplace makes it easy for customers to work with SmartBear and AWS sellers to create private offers that can include any product in our portfolio.”

said John Whittaker, Vice President, Cloud Marketplaces at SmartBear.

SwaggerHub is a comprehensive API development lifecycle platform providing design, testing, contract testing, and documentation for development teams everywhere. It also provides the visibility needed for teams to create sustainable processes and practices, shortening the path to great customer experiences.

Customers can now buy SwaggerHub directly in AWS Marketplace or via AWS private offers, a purchasing program that allows sellers and buyers to negotiate custom prices and end user licensing agreement (EULA) terms for software purchases in AWS Marketplace.

Problems can be identified and fixed in the code early in the development cycle. This pre-release focuses on simulating errors for Microsoft Graph and other APIs, as well as providing contextual guidance to improve application performance.

The latest preview version, 0.3, can be downloaded from GitHub. It is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It is recommended to check if the applications are handling the API errors correctly. Microsoft Graph API provides access to data and insights from Microsoft 365 applications.

By extending queries to the Microsoft Graph with the $select query parameter, developers can limit the data that the Microsoft Graph returns to only that which is required for their application, thus speeding up the API response.

The Graph Developer Proxy will alert users to any requests to the Graph API that do not use the $select parameter, and provide a link to a guide with more information on using the $select parameter.

Microsoft also wants to make it easier to support features and provides the ability to support plug-ins for specific scenarios developed by developers.

Other goals the tech giant has regarding additional enhancements is also improving the readability of proxy output and exploring ways to understand which beta endpoints are being used in applications so they can be upgraded to use the version 1.0 endpoints that are supported in production.

The domain, used by the service to provide files and content from repositories to users around the world, appears to have been blocked in India. The blocking is active for some ACT Fibernet broadband users, while some Jio Fiber users are also facing issues with the URL. The problem was spotted by users on Sunday, who tweeted that the website was inaccessible on ACT Fibernet service.

Gadgets 360 was able to confirm that the URL was not accessible on ACT and Jio Fiber broadband. Visiting the URL via a web browser displayed the message, “This URL has been blocked under instructions in compliance with the orders of an Hon’ble Court”. The domain appears to be working normally for Airtel users.

GitHub is home to numerous, valuable open source projects. Blocking the raw.githubusercontent.com domain, which is used to service files stored in GitHub repositories, would restrict access to notable projects including React Native, Linux, and Google’s TensorFlow.

At the same time, Gupta pointed out that previews of Visual Studio Code extensions, Readme files on the GitHub website, and functionality of tools such as Obsidian and Homebrew, which is used to simplify software installation on macOS and Linux, were also affected. Gadgets 360 was able to confirm that “Readme” files used to display descriptions of projects such as the Linux kernel were also unavailable on the affected ISPs.

Although the URL was not accessible via browsers on the affected ISPs, using the Prompt command to send a client URL request (Curl) also returned the same error, informing the user that the host was blocked in accordance with a court order.

The Salesforce DevOps Center service is based on the same object model that Salesforce uses to build its own applications. DevOps Center makes it easy to collaboratively build, test, and deploy custom solutions in Salesforce – including automations, applications, and experiences that connect to real-time customer data.

“Businesses are facing economic headwinds, creating tension between speed-to-value and the security of the application lifecycle across sales, service, marketing, commerce, and IT. CIOs and their teams must help their companies do more with the tools and resources at their disposal,”

 

said Karen Fidelak, Senior Director of Product Management, Salesforce.

“DevOps Center is one of our most-requested and most-anticipated solutions ever because it increases efficiency and productivity – and it makes work easier and more accurate for thousands of development teams. It’s now easier than ever to manage changes, collaborate with team members, and ensure you have a synchronized source. And, it’s designed for fusion teams made up of developers across the low-code and pro-code continuum, so you can work inside or outside the DevOps Center UI-based app and everything remains in sync,”

 

Fidelak continued.

The DevOps Center platform allows development teams to track and deploy changes to custom objects in the Salesforce platform as work items that can be integrated with other Salesforce flows, a set of process management tools the company provides. DevOps Center automatically tracks any changes that development teams make to their sandboxes.

Salesforce also provides optional integrations with version control systems, such as GitHub, to centralize the management and governance of artifacts.

SmartRouting connects legacy messaging channels like fax to interoperable messaging systems like blockchain-audited encrypted file transfer, allowing users to make the transition in their own time, without being in sync with every other organization in the healthcare industry, according to a press release.  Bradley Davis, CEO of Notifyre said:

“Despite the well-known challenges of fax technology, the healthcare industry retains a deep reliance on this traditional data distribution method.”

Notifyre users can register for a Stirdie Digital ID, which functions as a unique identifier to link existing messaging channels like fax to new technologies such as digital file transfer.

Stirdie Digital ID holders must complete a verification process before being connected to the network to ensure their legitimacy.

SmartRouting assesses whether the recipient has a fax receive number connected to a Stirdie Digital ID when sending a fax. If connected, the option to send using digital file transfer becomes available.

All messages sent between Stirdie Digital IDs are audited with their transactions stored on the blockchain, providing an immutable history of the message.

BumbleBee can also automatically generate boilerplate user-space code for developing eBPF tools and brings a Docker-like experience to packaging an eBPF program. This allows it to plug into other OCI-image workflows for publishing and distribution.Idit Levine, founder and CEO, Solo.io. Said:

“At Solo.io, we see eBPF as a critical enabling technology that will improve application networking. We’ve been working during the last year to leverage eBPF technology with Gloo Mesh, our Istio-based service mesh offering for the enterprise.”

eBPF comes from extended Berkeley Packet Filter and is a kernel technology that can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel, providing a safe way to enhance the kernel with observability, networking, and security technologies.

BumbleBee also includes a CLI (command line interface) and provides tooling to automate away the rest of the experience.

Freeing up focus for patient care by automating routine tasks with AI

Highly capable professionals spend an undue amount of time on routine tasks that pull their attention away from the patient. For example, in radiology departments, imaging staff say almost 25% of their work is inefficient and could be automated.

We now have the tools to automate such tasks to relieve the burden on imaging technologists and free up focus for patient care. AI-enabled technology can make it easier for technologists to plan and execute routine exams, helping them to get images first-time-right with enhanced confidence and precision.

We will see an increased use of AI-based automation in image-guided therapy, where physicians perform minimally invasive procedures on patients with heart disease or other conditions. Interventional physicians may spend up to two hours reporting on cases after a full day of treating patients. AI could help alleviate this workload by auto-logging different steps of the procedure – enabling physicians to give their full attention to providing patient care.

Improving access to care through virtual collaboration between providers

64% of global healthcare leaders say they’re currently investing heavily in virtual care. But while this healthcare technology trend is generally seen as impacting the patient-provider relationship, the rise of virtual collaboration between providers themselves offers equally promising opportunities.

The adoption of tele-ICUs in acute care is a prime example. A tele-ICU can extend critical care resources to the bedside, no matter where the hospital is.

By using a live collaboration platform, experienced sonographers can remotely assist their local counterparts with exams, while colleagues can use the same platform to discuss patients’ medical status with them.

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Connecting the hospital to the home with virtual care

Health technology innovations are enabling people to better engage with providers, access more care overall, and get the resources they need to stay informed while taking more preventative healthcare measures.

Healthcare providers are turning to remote patient monitoring and virtual visits in order to maximize access to care, strengthen connections with at-risk populations, minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission, provide more convenient experiences and reduce the strain on scarce hospital resources.

According to the World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO), half the world still lacks access to quality care, and without drastic action, the WHO estimates that 5 billion people will be unable to access healthcare by 2030. World-leading healthcare organizations continue to pioneer digital health technologies that bring care closer to patients and partner with local providers to keep improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, no matter where they live.

Offering more services at facilities closer to patients

Another healthcare technology trend enabling more equitable access to care is the move from hospital-centric to locally delivered care. Patients who have traditionally had to travel long distances for state-of-the-art or specialized healthcare can access these technologies via smaller (and sometimes even mobile) healthcare facilities.

Out-of-hospital settings like local diagnostic hubs, Virtual Care Stations, and even technology-equipped container structures can offer closer-to-home healthcare that’s especially vital for people living in rural and underserved communities. Primary care facilities and local clinics, through a combination of virtual specialist support and technologies such as ultrasound and X-ray imaging, can now function as remote hospitals, providing services such as ultrasound exams to pregnant women. If a patient comes in with a broken wrist, a local practitioner can make an X-ray and immediately share it with a remote traumatologist, radiologist or emergency doctor for remote consultation instead of requiring the patient to make a lengthy trip to a big-city hospital.

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Certain types of specialist treatment have also become more routine, giving rise to the growing trend of office-based labs and ambulatory surgery centers that offer patients access to potentially life-saving minimally invasive procedures closer to their communities.

In the near future, one can imagine nurses routinely performing ultrasound exams at retail or community centers, using a portable handheld device with support from a remote expert sonographer and AI algorithms that can extract basic information from the scan.

Integrating data to enable clinical collaboration and patient-centered care

Multidisciplinary care teams are trying their best to connect and keep track of all relevant information pertaining to their patients – from a variety of subspecialty reports to information about patients’ current condition, demographic data, and health history. Deciding on the right therapy is equally complex, especially in areas like oncology where physicians and patients may face a bewildering number of choices.

Integrated diagnostics is a rapidly evolving field where organizations have smart, connected systems in place that give them comprehensive and actionable insights into their patient populations by uniting imaging, monitoring, laboratory, genomics and longitudinal data. Multidisciplinary tumor boards are an example of this healthcare technology trend. With integrated diagnostics solutions, care teams can now deliver comprehensive, patient-centric cancer care, uniting patient data from disparate sources in dashboards, thus facilitating collaborative diagnostics, treatment and follow-up decisions.

Using predictive analytics to proactively manage transitions of care

Using the power of AI and predictive analytics, we can now extract relevant insights on patient flow and patient care needs from vast amounts of real-time and historical hospital data, to predict capacity needs in the next 24 to 48 hours. After initial validation, the resulting algorithms can be updated on a regular basis to take recent trends and circumstances into account – offering clinical and operational teams the real-time, actionable insights they need to make timely and effective decisions.

By embedding these data-driven practices into everyday management of patient flow, healthcare systems will be able to get the most out of precious resources and manage transitions of care more effectively across the patient journey, from hospital admission to discharge and back into the home – ensuring that the patient gets the right care in the right place at the right time.

Increasing flexibility and circularity through service business models

Healthcare organizations are increasingly implementing ‘as a service’ business models. For example, many are turning to SaaS (Software as a Service), whereby cloud-based systems give physicians, staff and even patients the opportunity to access data remotely, share critical insights in real time and collaborate more effectively, for better care coordination. SaaS models generally require a lower initial investment, and give organizations the financial flexibility to ’pay as they go,’ leading to more predictable costs.

Another benefit of SaaS models is their overall energy efficiency. When companies move to the cloud, their average server utilization can approach 65% compared with just ~15% on-premise. And while the PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of the average data center is 1.7, the cloud industry average is just 1.2. In short, this means fewer servers are required, and that any servers that are in use are consuming less energy.

Decarbonizing healthcare through renewable energy and efficiency

The healthcare sector is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for over 4% of global CO₂ emissions. Health leaders across the world recognize the health implications of climate change – and the industry’s responsibility to take action.

The greatest scope for improvement lies in the transition to renewable energy, as well as in improving the lifetime energy efficiency of the devices and systems used in healthcare. Electricity consumption while in use accounts for the vast majority of these products’ total environmental impact. On a global level, it is primarily the combined effect of renewable energy and energy efficiency that will drive decarbonization.

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Helping health consumers make sustainable choices through eco-labeling

In the rapidly expanding world of e-commerce, it is not unusual for consumers – including those buying personal health devices – to buy the same product in two or three formats to try them out at home. According to Pitney Bowes, 51% of shoppers consciously overbuy online, knowing they’ll return the items they don’t want. But when it comes to returns, too often, somewhere in the chain, it ‘pays’ to destroy the product and avoid the costs of transport, storage, relabeling, etc., rather than going back to the source.

Highlight the environmental benefits of ‘rethinking returns’ through better-informed ordering. In Europe, we see more and more brands signing up to the EU’s Green Consumption Pledge to raise awareness of products’ environmental footprint. One way they can do this is through the adoption of eco-labeling.

Turning innovations and commitments into measurable outcomes

Being able to measure and report outcomes in granular detail is central to proving the value of healthcare services, helps providers compare treatment options, and reveals opportunities for improving or even redefining care. Providing granular outcome data is increasingly becoming a requirement for unlocking reimbursement pathways, as the healthcare industry transitions away from fee-for-service models and towards value-based care.

As pressure mounts for healthcare companies to step up their actions to safeguard the health of people and the planet, there is an increased demand for proven results. This is why healthcare organizations are putting more resources into measuring not just clinical outcomes, but outcomes relating to social impact and environmental sustainability, too – such as proof of carbon-neutrality, or use of renewable energy sources.

The companies aim to transition all of their services into fully electric programmes by 2030. Mark Potter, Head of Building Services at Ocado Group said:

“Ocado is committed to being the UK’s most sustainable grocer. This starts at our head office where we encourage employees to swap their car for a sustainable alternative. The introduction of the electric bus service with Zeelo allows our employees to benefit from a net zero commuting option

The service, launched on 29th November, transports employees to and from Ocado Group and Ocado Retail’s head office locations in Hatfield, UK, from nearby towns including St Albans and Welwyn Garden City.

By providing an all-electric bus programme, Zeelo and Ocado hope to save 16 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. Meanwhile they are offering another valuable transportation link to the office for staff who are living in areas that may be underserved by public transport

 “Regulatory pressure is increasing. Investors, employees, and consumers are placing ever-growing importance on companies reporting their ESG impact and developing sustainable business models in line with their values. Our goal is to support them in this transformation process with innovative, digital tools.”

Its integrated module “automates measurement, analysis, and reporting of ESG performance, providing a central data management and reporting platform.”

Plan A plans to expand the decarbonization tooling and Scope 3 calculations for various industries.

The Berlin-based Greentech will also continue its international expansion. The goal is the current locations in Berlin, Paris, and Munich will be followed by others in the coming year, including London.

Apple’s service is similar to offerings from the company’s rivals who are more established in providing tools to businesses and schools, such as Google and Microsoft.

However, the service is slated for a full release in spring 2022 after its beta testing. The costs per user range between $2.99 and $12.99 a month.

The service is formally known as Apple Business Essentials. It includes 24/7 Apple support and iCloud storage. The Apple Business Essentials can assist businesses with everything from device setup to employee onboarding and accompanies an app that allows employees to install work applications.