Shippable is revamping itself to help developers ship high-quality code faster. The company announced a new Continuous Delivery platform designed to eliminate the need for custom automation and integrations, and to give developers the ability to adopt new technologies at their own pace with minimal disruption and rework costs. “Every company wants to ship code … continue reading
We in the software development community like to think we’re special: that building software is uniquely difficult. As special snowflakes, we cannot be held to the business standards required of projects based on assembling boring old atoms; we cannot say what we will build, what effort it will take, or when it will be completed. … continue reading
Integrations across the development tool chain have been Tasktop’s domain since the Eclipse Mylyn project kicked off way back in 2005. Since then, Tasktop has carved out a niche in offering robust, scalable integrations on the developer side of the ALM equation. Today, the company introduced further integrations on the operations end of the spectrum. … continue reading
Microsoft has announced the Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition is now open for pre-orders, and will start shipping March 30. “Today represents a monumental step forward. This is the first step in our journey to consumers,” wrote Alex Kipman, technical fellow at Microsoft, in a blog post. “A step focused on our commercial partnerships and on … continue reading
Automation is just like every other technology in that it takes effort to be successful. It’s another strategy that can be incorporated into the software testing life cycle, but issues come from testers figuring out how they can build it into a process and determining what solutions or tools are right for their company. Over … continue reading
Check Point Software Technologies and IBM Security are announcing a new collaborative initiative designed to defend against cybercrime. The companies are forming the Threat Prevention Alliance. “Today’s business environment is more connected and more innovative than ever before, requiring equally innovative ways to help customers keep a step ahead of possible threats,” said Avi Rembaum, … continue reading
For the food industry, a rude awakening has been taking place. Chipotle, the burrito-heavy fast food chain, has experienced repeated E Coli outbreaks from tainted products in its supply chain. In an industry often still tied to pen and paper, tracing the sources for tainted products can be a nightmare. That’s where software comes in. … continue reading
There was an interesting note put out by Gene Munster, the financial analyst most famous for being very prophetic with regard to Apple. He argues that Apple’s moves toward virtual reality, mixed reality and a 3D interface show that it is planning to make the iPhone obsolete. Your iPhone isn’t at risk now, but we … continue reading
Google is revamping its ratings and reviews on Google Play to help developers engage and understand their users. “In the last few months, we’ve made a number of improvements in the Google Play Developer Console to help you better analyze and manage ratings and reviews so that you can improve your app experience and boost … continue reading
As government and private sector applications move to “the cloud,” system analysts have few ways of measuring their exposure to known and unknown security risks. ATCorp has announced the availability of CSAS, a software tool that helps software developers and analysts discover actual vulnerabilities and configuration problems in their systems. It allows analysts to evaluate … continue reading
Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for embedded software quality, announced today the expansion of its Vector Software Global Services (VSGS) offerings to include software Health Check and Baseline Testing services. A Health Check engagement reviews the current state of an organization’s testing infrastructure and gathers key metrics such as gaps … continue reading
Some developers are talking about a new GitHub project that they claim is the easiest way to build isomorphic JavaScript apps using React and Redux. After giving it a look, we decided to feature it for our SD Times GitHub project of the week. Can you feel the MERN yet? MERN is a scaffolding tool … continue reading
