Brilliant Black Minds movement works to double the number of black software engineers

In the summer of 2018, Darius Faison was an incoming sophomore Computer Science major at Morehouse College. Unfortunately, due to a lack of experience with the technical interviewing process, Faison found himself stuck without an internship.  In order to ensure this would be the last time that he faced this problem, Faison dedicated his time … continue reading

Year in review 2022: The New Normal

Office closures and people starting to work from home became the new normal in 2022, creating both logistical problems and big opportunities for many software development organizations. In the fall of 2021, a Google study found that more than 75% of respondents said they expect hybrid work – splitting time between an office and working … continue reading

AWS re:Invent: Amazon CodeCatalyst, AWS Step Functions distributed map, and more

AWS re:Invent is coming to a close today, but the company hasn’t stopped making announcements.  Check here for recaps from the previous days:  Day 1  Day 2 Here are the latest updates from the event:  Amazon previews CodeCatalyst CodeCatalyst is a platform for software developers to plan, develop, collaborate on, build, and deliver applications on … continue reading

Meta introduces PyTorch 2.0 as it builds toward next generation of the framework

Meta today announced the newest update of its open-source machine learning framework, PyTorch. According to the company, PyTorch 2.0 is the initial step towards the next-gen 2-series release of PyTorch. This release is intended to improve performance speed as well as add support for Dynamic Shapes and Distributed while still maintaining the same eager-mode development … continue reading

5 new data privacy laws coming into effect in the US next year

Privacy will be top of mind next year for many organizations, as five U.S. states will have new data protection laws going into effect. These include Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah, as well as a new California law that is expected to be more rigorous than the already existing CCPA law.   Companies who handle customer … continue reading

The importance of automating data management

In the midst of the growing digital demands of customers, organizations are feeling more pressure than ever to modernize their practices. With this, there has been a rising need for companies to automate everyday business processes in order to keep up in today’s increasingly competitive landscape.    According to Noel Yuhanna, VP principal analyst at Forrester, … continue reading

SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Rocket.Chat

Rocket.Chat is an open-source, customizable, MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node) based communications platform developed in JavaScript built with data protection in mind.  Rocket.Chat is intended to enable real-time conversations among colleagues, with other companies, or with customers, no matter how they connect to the company. The goal of this is to increase productivity and customer … continue reading

A guide to automated testing tools

The following is a listing of automated testing tool providers, along with a brief description of their offerings. FEATURED PROVIDERS mabl is the enterprise SaaS leader of intelligent, low-code test automation that empowers high-velocity software teams to embed automated end-to-end tests into the entire development lifecycle. Customer-centric brands rely on mabl’s unified platform for creating, managing, and … continue reading

How these companies can help with your automated testing initiatives

We asked these tool providers to share more information on how their solutions help companies with automated testing. Their responses are below Darrel Farris, manager of solutions engineering at mabl Software development teams are realizing that automated testing is key to accelerating product velocity and reaching the full potential of DevOps. When fully integrated into … continue reading

While automated testing has rebounded this year, it still has a long way to go

Despite all the changes automated software testing has undergone in recent years, data shows that it still has some way to go to accelerate delivery of value and quality to the business, according to Forrester.  However, while test automation coverage saw a notable dip during the pandemic, it has since rebounded last year, according to … continue reading

GitLab Dedicated serves as single-tenant SaaS solution

GitLab announced limited availability of GitLab Dedicated, a platform for securely and privately hosting and managing GitLab instances, which makes the company’s DevSecOps platform available as a single-tenant SaaS solution.  It provides advanced features such as automated backups, high availability, and automation of operations. It also offers a managed environment for hosting and managing Kubernetes … continue reading

premium SD Times December 2022

The latest issue of SD Times is here. The December edition features a look into the Brilliant Black Minds program, new privacy laws coming to the U.S. in 2023, and our 2022 year in review.             … continue reading

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