In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many technology conferences have decided to turn their events into virtual events. Here is a list of upcoming software conferences and where they will take place: Game Developer Conference Previously scheduled for March 16 to March 20, 2020 in San Francisco. The Game Developers Conference has been postponed. … continue reading
Industries today are struggling to deal with the issue of increased data fragmentation. No longer is all data sitting in an RDBMS, snuggled in behind a corporate firewall with access and permissions easily defined and managed. Today, data lives in on-premises systems, in cloud storage and in partner systems, creating new complexities for accessing data. A … continue reading
Programmers err as much as any of us — between 15 and 50 errors per 1,000 lines of code to be more exact. QA tests for these bugs, attempting to ensure that releases are as bug-free as possible. Customers who trust their operations to software won’t tolerate poorly written code, and teams go out of … continue reading
The uptake in Agile and DevOps processes has led to changes in how software is written, tested, secured and deployed. Among the key changes organizations are making is to decentralize their test and QA teams. This is being done in response to organizations first looking to modernize testing practices by shifting testing to the left … continue reading
The latest issue of SD Times is now available. The March issue looks at Java as it celebrates its 25th anniversary and releases Java 14, enterprise AI systems and the brave new economy, and a deeper look at how to get DevSecOps right. Read on to learn more… … continue reading
To fully participate in the digital economy and stay ahead of customer expectations, enterprise IT must deliver software faster than ever before. As a result, Agile development and DevOps processes have become critical for IT to meet the challenges of the digital world. Those processes give enterprises flexibility, enabling them to pivot as needed to … continue reading
Open source software is taking the world of software development into new frontiers and changing the way industries create and consume software. However, there is a learning curve with open source use and businesses need to not only be able to trust the open source software being used in their solutions, but they need to … continue reading
In 2011, Marc Andreessen wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal that included the now-famous phrase “software is eating the world.” Eight years on, that statement rings truer than ever. It’s not a stretch to say that software is eating the cybersecurity world as well. The fallout from not integrating security early in the … continue reading
Progressive delivery is the natural extension of continuous delivery but refines what it means to “deliver” because unlike the ‘big bang’ of an all-or-nothing release cutover, progressive delivery enables the business to gradually expose new functionality to limited numbers of users to assess the impact on user behavior and system health before expanding the release … continue reading
The latest issue of SD Times is now available. The February issue marks SD Times 20th anniversary and features how software development has changed over time, web development’s shift to a mobile-first approach, the UI testing Buyers Guide, and the second part of a deeper look at DevOps. Read on to learn more… … continue reading
Happy New Year! The January 2020 issue of SD Times is now available. The latest issue looks at why 2020 will be the year of integration, software predictions for the year, a deep look at CI/CD pipelines, and the value stream management buyers guide. Read on to learn more… … continue reading
Consider how your DevOps organization collaborates today. Do teams struggle with particular challenges or hurdles? What aspects of a modern messaging platform can help them be more productive and efficient? The following considerations can help you identify the features and capabilities of a messaging platform that can empower your DevOps teams to work smarter together. … continue reading
