Today’s developers need to automate more testing to ensure they can deliver software on time. To do it right, they need access to a testing environment that mirrors the operating systems, browsers and mobile devices customers actually use in the real world. Sauce Labs helps accelerate development processes by providing actual devices and virtual … continue reading
Red Hat’s upcoming messaging product release, Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 7, redefines what enterprise developers should look for in a high-performance messaging platform. It has an updated broker that’s built on a modern, asynchronous architecture for improved performance and scalability, and a new router component that can be networked to create a messaging backbone spanning datacenters, … continue reading
Blame the cloud, DevOps, consumer demand or continuous delivery. No matter the reason, a wide variety of applications are now aiming for high availability (HA) — and increasingly, that overlaps with planning for disaster recovery. Too many software organizations not only lack tools that can help, they fail to test their disaster recovery plans until … continue reading
DevOps teams are embracing Linux containers to speed the delivery of new applications. Many of them consider containers for their ease of packaging application dependencies and portability, but DevOps teams can also use containers to bridge between existing and new applications. Running containers in production, however, goes well beyond experimenting with Docker and Kubernetes and … continue reading
What’s the best way to build complex, software-intensive systems? A powerful approach, according to the Australian software vendor Sparx Systems, places visual modeling tools at the hub of a DevOps-style operation. The company’s flagship modeling platform, Enterprise Architect, was commercially released in 2000 and continues to rise to the challenge of faster software delivery. We … continue reading
Today’s enterprises need to automate business processes and decisions just to stay competitive. For years, large organizations have had access to commercial business process management (BPM) software that smaller companies can’t afford. Red Hat’s open-source JBoss BPM Suite and JBoss BRMS lower the cost of ownership while ensuring enterprise-class support. JBoss BRMS is a comprehensive … continue reading
You want to secure your business applications, but the attacks come from all sides. Where to start? Your application data, both at rest and in motion, is the hacker’s prime target. That’s why your infrastructure should use authentication, authorization, auditing and data security to keep content secure at runtime. Before grappling with security measures, however, … continue reading
APIs are the building blocks of today’s digital economy. Businesses are using them to fuel innovation between departments and to share company data and content with customers or partners at scale. They’re also using APIs to drive new revenue streams and to enable cross-enterprise agility. Although more organizations are building APIs with the goal of … continue reading
When pondering their own digital transformation imperatives, most companies aren’t starting from scratch. Instead, they strive to integrate and modernize legacy resources in a productive way that’s also future-proof. Take FDM4, an ISV that leveraged Progress OpenEdge and Kendo UI by Progress to revamp its longstanding ERP application with more than 3,000 screens over a … continue reading
Hybrid data connectivity is increasingly necessary in a cloud-based world where a considerable amount of data stays on legacy systems behind a firewall. But do you trust the cloud? Do your customers trust it? If not, how do you make secure hybrid data connectivity possible? Those are the challenges Progress aims to address with a … continue reading
As mobile, Internet of Things and Big Data applications loom on the horizon, NoSQL databases have increased in popularity for real-time data analytics, data archiving and batch data analytics. While you can use NoSQL to replace relational databases, Progress’s 2016 Data Connectivity Outlook Survey found that relational databases are still going strong. SD Times spoke … continue reading
On the surface, mainframe environments and DevOps appear to be at odds. The style and cadence of mainframe application delivery differs from that of web and mobile app development. Often both dev teams are siloed within the organization, impairing potential opportunities for better collaboration and faster delivery of new capabilities. But new consumer expectations, including … continue reading
Agile software teams can’t afford to clog their code pipelines with antiquated testing practices. While many shops have moved to Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, they also need Continuous Testing capabilities to achieve a continuous ecosystem. “Testing is no longer just about ensuring quality. It’s a gateway that allows you to move from one stage … continue reading
Is your enterprise prepared to surf the wave of enterprise omnichannel software development that’s now on the horizon? The surge in mobile demand comes thanks to a vast and expanding universe of devices, from tablets to smartphones to wearables and sensors, and the saturation of consumer app markets. Gartner forecasts that over the next two … continue reading
