news digest: .NET 6 Preview 3, WhiteSource announces new funding for app security, and Canonical adds full enterprise support for Kubernetes 1.21
Summary
The CollectionsMarshal.GetValueRef API was added to make updating struct values in Dictionaries faster and is intended for high-performance scenarios. Preview 3 also contains changes that improve code generation in RyuJIT and Interface casting performance has been boosted by 16% – 38%. “Application security needs have gone beyond just detection to include continuous prioritization and prevention, as demonstrated by recent software supply chain attacks,” said Rami Sass, Co-Founder and CEO of WhiteSource. “This investment brings us closer to creating a future where the cycle of application delivery is always a step ahead of any security risk, and where developers are easily equipped with code they can trust.” WhiteSource provides its remediation-centric solution to more than 800 companies globally and helps organizations better protect their software applications without affecting the speed of software delivery or performance. We bring certified Kubernetes distributions to allow users to bootstrap their Kubernetes journey, as well as a large tooling ecosystem and automation framework combination, for businesses to reap the K8s benefits and focus on innovation in the growing cloud-native landscape.
