Stuck in the [DevOps] Middle With You

Technology is always changing, and thus the way organizations manage around technology is always changing. There are always new methodologies entering the field, promising various benefits if only you could adopt it correctly.  Many of these fizzle out and remain nothing more than buzzwords, but according to Charles Betz, principal analyst at Forrester, DevOps has … continue reading

How HCL Software helps companies evolve their DevOps practices

We asked Nabeel Jaitapker, director of product marketing at HCL Software, how the company’s solutions help others evolve their DevOps practices. This is what he had to say:  In a modern secure DevOps culture, teams seamlessly collaborate to increase delivery and productivity.   The top organizations continuously seek new areas of efficiency, and they know that … continue reading

A guide to DevOps tools

The following is a listing of DevOps tool providers, along with a brief description of their offerings.  HCL Software is a division of HCL Technologies (HCL) that operates its primary software business. We develop, market, sell, and support over 30 product families in the areas of Customer Experience, Digital Solutions, Secure DevOps, Security and Automation. … continue reading

AI-augmented testing is here to help

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

SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Adoptium

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

Microsoft Build: Windows Terminal Preview 1.14, Microsoft Graph updates, and Dev Box

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

Long-awaited .NET MAUI is now available

Microsoft has announced the general availability of .NET MAUI, which was first introduced in 2020 as a step in unifying .NET development across devices and platforms. MAUI stands for “Multi-platform App UI,” and enables developers to build cross-platform applications from a single C# codebase.  “The thin and decoupled UI and layout architecture of .NET MAUI … continue reading

Continuous improvement throughout the value stream

Value stream is all about finding ways to measure the value you’re providing to your customers, and as with anything that we try to do in business, there are always new practices that can be applied to make improvements.  Known improvement plays can be used as a starting-off point for adopting a continuous improvement strategy … continue reading

Linux Foundation, CNCF, and Ethical Intelligence partner on new ethics in open-source course

The Linux Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), and Ethical Intelligence have all partnered up to create a free online course on ethics in open-source development.  It is designed for developers looking to apply ethics to their coding practice, and for product managers looking to incorporate ethics-by-design technology into their workflows.  According to the Linux … continue reading

Software supply chain hygiene: The big picture

Organizations have been forced to learn the hard way over the past year the importance of software supply chain security.  In late 2021, a vulnerability was detected in Log4j, which is a framework for logging in Java that is used as a dependency in over 7,000 open-source projects. This was just one example of a … continue reading

AWS increases its commitment to OpenSSF by $10 million

To address the ongoing concerns in the industry regarding supply chain security, AWS has announced it is increasing its investment in the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) by $10 million over the next three years.   “Security is our top priority at AWS,” said Mark Ryland, director of the Office of the CISO at AWS. “As … continue reading

SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare recently announced that it would be open-sourcing its Cloudflare Workers runtime, which is a platform for building serverless apps.  The decision came about because when talking to developers not yet using Cloudflare Workers, their two main hesitations tend to be that they worry about vendor lock-in and they want a local development environment. According … continue reading

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