As a backbone of software ecosystems, security is a massive driver for acquiring new customers and ensuring they’re able to use software securely. However, maleficent forces have, and will, find their way into applications regardless of how vast or tall security gates are set up. Recently, a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j, a popular Java … continue reading
AI-augmented coding is here, and rather than taking over the role of a developer, it helps make developers lives’ easier and less tedious. GitHub Copilot, which first launched as a technical preview last summer, is a popular example of AI-augmented coding. There’s also DeepMind’s Alphacode and Diffblue Cover, which is a unit testing solution for … continue reading
Adoptium is an open-source project from the Eclipse Foundation that aims to provide Java developers with pre-built OpenJDK binaries. “Our goal is to meet the needs of both the Eclipse community and broader runtime users by providing a comprehensive set of technologies around runtimes for Java applications that operate alongside existing standards, infrastructures, and cloud … continue reading
Broadcom, a semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions company, and VMware, a virtualization company, today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Broadcom will take ownership of all of the outstanding shares of VMware. This will take place as a cash-and-stock transaction that values VMware at around $61 billion. With this, Broadcom will … continue reading
WSO2, the leader in digital transformation technology, today announced that the company has completed its Series E funding round with the addition of RedStart Labs (India), a subsidiary of Info Edge Limited (NSE: NAUKRI). The move brings the total growth capital raised to $93 million. Info Edge joins lead investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private Credit (“Goldman Sachs”), which … continue reading
When multiple teams are operating within the same value stream, controlling dependencies can feel like a daunting task. These teams often become silos and negatively impact the ability to collaborate across the entire value stream, increasing dependencies and decreasing overall productivity. At this month’s {virtual} VSMcon 2022, Jim Benson, CEO of Modus Cooperandi and author of … continue reading
Sonatype found that nearly 70% of dependency management decisions are suboptimal in a study that evaluated 100,000 production applications and 4,000,000 open-source component migrations. A large part of this is due to lack of security automation, explained Ax Sharma, senior security researcher, and advocate at Sonatype, in a webinar called “The Impact of Zero-Day Attacks … continue reading
A few major announcements were made at Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference, which runs through May 26. “Today, developers solve problems, big and small, across every industry and organization on the planet. That’s why this year’s Microsoft Build, the company’s flagship event for developers, so clearly reflects our roots. Of course, the future is exciting … continue reading
The relatively new practice of digital product management is helping organizations better achieve their objectives by shifting to a product-focused business model, according to a new report from Dimensional Research, sponsored by Broadcom Software. Digital product management (DPM) encompasses traditional product management, but adds continuous improvement through experimentation and validation, as well as relying on … continue reading
Exadel (www.exadel.com), a global software engineering, business consultancy and solutions company, today announced the release of CompreFace 1.0, the newest version of its free, open-source facial recognition service. CompreFace is easily integrated into an existing system and requires no prior machine learning experience. The latest CompreFace release improves the user experience through UI, no-code options, … continue reading
The enterprise cloud data integration platform, Matillion, has announced the release of Matillion Data Loader 2.0. This update is intended to empower enterprises to simplify data integration as well as accelerate insights with a cloud-native, no-code experience. Matillion Data Loader works to bring users a single unified experience across batch loading and real-time, log-based change … continue reading
WhiteSource, a leader in application security, today announced the change of its name to Mend. The company is also launching the industry’s first automated remediation for custom code security issues as well as integration of Mend Supply Chain Defender (formerly WhiteSource Diffend) in its JFrog Artifactory plugin, all within the Mend Application Security Platform. Mend … continue reading
