Apache TVM reaches ASF top-level status
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced Apache TVM is now a Top-Level Project. Apache TVM is an end-to-end open deep learning compiler stack for CPUs, GPUs and specialized accelerators. Reaching top-level status means the project has graduated from Apache’s incubation program and meets specific ASF requirements. Apache TVM started as a research project at …
GitHub launches literate programming environment nbdev
GitHub has announced it is teaming up with fastai to develop a literate programming environment for Python, nbdev. Computer scientist Donald Knuth defined literate programming as a way of programming that allows developers to work in the order demanded by the logic and flow of their thoughts rather than an order dictated by the computer. …
SD Times news digest: Software Tree’s microservices framework, the Chaos compiler, and a Kotlin Android extensions update
Data integration company Software Tree introduced Gilhari, a microservices framework designed to simplify JSON persistence in relational databases. According to the company, developers can quickly develop high-performance, database-agnostic, and Docker-compatible RESTful solutions that need to interact with JSON data. “Developers shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to adapt to modern computing trends,” said Damodar Periwal, …
SD Times news digest: GitLab 13.6 released, JetBrains DataGrip 2020.3 released, Amazon Managed Workflows available on Apache Airflow
GitLab 13.6 includes Auto-Deploy to Amazon EC2 using Auto DevOps without using Kubernetes, and a usage trends dashboard. With the code quality severity included within the merge request and the Full Code Quality Report, users can now quickly determine which code quality violations are critical to resolve before merging. Updates to the Project Security Dashboard …
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SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: etcd
This week’s highlighted open-source project is etcd, which is a key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data needing to be accessed by a distributed system. Key features of the project include its simple interface, key-value storage, the ability to watch specific keys or directories for changes, optional SSL client certificate authentication, optional …
Microsoft announces new steps to protect data
The new protections Defending Your Data include a contractual commitment to challenge government requests for data as well as a monetary commitment. These protections come after a ruling earlier this year from the Court of Justice for the European examining transfers of data from the EU as well as union and draft recommendations issued …
GitHub accounts now integrated into Visual Studio 2019
Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio 2019 now comes with a fully integrated GitHub account experience. Starting with Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8, developers can add GitHub and GitHub Enterprise accounts directly from Visual Studio. According to Microsoft, this new functionality makes accessing GitHub accounts as easy as accessing Microsoft accounts, which will make it …
SD Times news digest: Electron JS 11.0 released, CodeBot UX is available to early access users, and Build.security emerges from stealth
The new version of Electron JS includes upgrades to Chromium 87, V8, 8.7, and Node.js 12.18.3 as well as support for Apple silicon and general improvements. Other improvements include an added V8 crash message and location information to crashReport parameters and improved performance for sending wide objects over the context bridge. Additional details on all …
Why value stream management is a must-do, not a “nice to do”
Rome wasn’t built in a day and apps aren’t developed overnight. Or at least they shouldn’t be. Speed to market isn’t going to help drive business if the product you are delivering doesn’t meet your customers’ expectations. The digital transformation challenge Online sales increased 43% year-over-year for the month of September, as commerce and customer …
SD Times news digest: Kotlin 1.4.20 released, Android releases its target API level requirements for 2021, Accusoft announces beta testing program
The update brings support for new JVM features like string concatenation via invokedynamic, improved performance and exception handling for KMM projects, and extensions for JDK Path: Path(“dir”) / “file.txt”. Kotlin 1.4.20 also introduces a new configuration block for the browser target called commonWebpackConfig. Inside it, users can adjust common settings from a single point, instead …
Environment-free computing company Gravitational rebrands as Teleport
Gravitational changed its name to Teleport and released the Teleport Unified Access Plane. “The decision to formally change our name to Teleport supports the natural evolution that our company has followed from the point it was founded – to create software for engineers that allows them to quickly access any resource anywhere,” said Ev Kontsevoy, …
premium App testing: how companies are getting it right — and wrong
As we enter the fourth quarter of an explosively eventful year, important trends are emerging within the app testing industry – trends that will surely extend into 2021. The most important is the accelerated pace at which companies are moving to the cloud. The speed-up is being driven by the need to support remote teams …
Amazon, Codefresh, GitHub, Microsoft, and Weaveworks launch the GitOps Working Group
As the GitOps trend continues to take hold of the software development community, a group of technology companies are banding together to provide developers with the necessary skills. Amazon, Codefresh, GitHub, Microsoft, and Weaveworks announced the GitOps Working Group. This is an open Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project inside the fluxcd GitHub organization. The …
TypeScript 4.1 comes packed with new features
The latest version of Microsoft’s programming language TypeScript is now available. TypeScript 4.1 introduced a number of new features, such as template literal types, key remapping in mapped types, and recursive conditional types. String literal types allow developers to model functions which expect a specific set of strings. Template literal strings can be used to …
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The 2020 Managed Open Source Survey Results
In this year’s survey, we collected data about how the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing recession are changing the way respondents’ organizations think about and use open source. We explore how organizations manage their open source dependencies today, why and when their leaders encourage the use of open source, and the key benefits they get from …
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Getting the bugs out of your debugging process
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Centers of Excellence Playbook
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Overcoming Disruption: Creating an Adaptable Supply Chain with Low-Code
Low-code platforms can help companies across industries improve visibility into complex processes and increase efficiency to address many supply chain challenges while also helping keep employees safe and better prepared for future disruption. In this whitepaper, you will learn how to: • Eliminate manual processes for true end-to-end transparency • Gain real-time, actionable insights to …
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Perfect Your Unique Manufacturing Processes to Drive Digital Transformation
Low-code platforms can help manufacturing companies eliminate waste and increase efficiency to address many of these challenges while also giving them a competitive advantage. • Streamline manual processes • Improve visibility and transparency • Build custom solutions to fit the processes that make their businesses unique • Gain real-time insights to solve problems immediately Transformation …
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Legacy Modernization: Finding Your Way With Low-Code
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- Exadel announced the release of CompreFace, an open-source facial recognition application
- Introducing the Neo4j Connector for Apache Spark
- Precisely delivers first end-to-end data integrity suite for confident business decisions
- CD Foundation Opens First Annual CDCon with New Members and Community Growth
- Melissa delivers global address verification to the Allscripts practice financial platform
- Codefresh reports unprecedented team growth with addition of three new executives
- Optimizely Announces Enhanced Experimentation Platform at Opticon20
- Sonatype and NeuVector partner to centralize container and open source security
- Melissa extends global sponsorship of SQLSaturdays
- New Aerospike Connect product line makes Aerospike Database 5 plug-compatible with enterprise-wide data stores
- ThreatModeler announces automated threat modeling for legacy applications
- DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas Virtual releases agenda
