Many organizations have adopted DevOps, but their results vary because some teams have been unable to optimize production-related processes and collaboration. For example, in some companies, developers build applications and deploy them into production. At other business- es, operations professionals have had to learn how to code. Even when teams have a healthy balance of … continue reading
The latest issue of SD Times is now available. The November issue features an in-depth look digital experience monitoring, software release management, and our DevOps Showcase. … continue reading
Return Policy Guide is a website that aggregates the policies of many major retailers, so if a customer is unhappy with his purchase, he can learn how to most effectively return the product and get his money back. The site handles a ton of data, from the individual policies themselves, to ads on the site, … continue reading
There are three steps when it comes to setting up test automation in your development organization: Creation, maintenance and continuous. While these three steps may seem straightforward, Mark Lambert, vice president of strategic initiatives at Parasoft, explained there are specific challenges that arise with each step. Creation: Here, organizations not only have to figure out … continue reading
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced a call for feedback from the community. This feedback will be used to create an update to the FSF’s High Priority Free Software Projects (HPP). According to the Foundation, the HPP initiative draws attention to specific area of development and projects of strategic importance, with the ultimate goal … continue reading
Halloween is upon us, and while much of the world is focused on scary creatures like ghosts, ghouls, or werewolves, DevSecOps teams have a few scary creatures of their own to deal with. From the Dracula-like developer stuck in a world from centuries ago who is thwarting the creation of secure apps, to the DevOps … continue reading
MemSQL will now be known as SingleStore. The database provider for operational analytics and cloud-native applications believes the new name will better help describe its value proposition. “We couldn’t be happier to call ourselves SingleStore, a name that aptly defines us and our ability to change how our customers use data. Companies around the world … continue reading
This week’s featured open-source project is Bullet Train, which enables developers to manage feature flags across web, mobile, and server side applications. The application consists of three components: the Server-Side REST API, the Front End Administration Web Interface, and Client Libraries. The Server Side API is written in Python and is based on Django and … continue reading
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is a great tool for establishing agile and Lean best practices across an enterprise. It provides an overarching architecture for aligning development, quality assurance and other functions to produce a faster workflow and to boost performance across the board. There is an important missing link, though. To date the SAFe … continue reading
Microsoft has invested heavily in developer solutions, adding enhancements to Visual Studio like GitHub Codespaces, Git Integrations, and IntelliCode Team Completions. Now, the company is planning on creating a new extensibility model for Visual Studio extensions. According to Microsoft, this new model will make extensions more reliable, easier to write, and supported locally and in … continue reading
Tidelift has announced a new integration with Sonatype’s OSS index data. The integration aims to provide open-source vulnerability identification and remediation capabilities for Tidelift customers. According to the company, the Sonatype OSS Index aggregates data from CVE entries, a growing list of public vulnerability sources, and community contributions. “In a recent Tidelift survey, 58% of … continue reading
Catchpoint today released a new solution that brings its end-user monitoring solution inside to organizations so they can spot and remediate problems with employee devices, applications and their network. The new Employee Experience Monitoring solution brings together RUM and endpoint analytics with global user sentiment data and synthetic monitoring to help organizations with growing numbers … continue reading
The latest version of the open-source machine learning library PyTorch is now available. PyTorch 1.7 introduces new APIs, support for CUDA 11, updates to profiling and performance for RPC, TorchScript, and Stack tracers. New front end APIs include torch.fft, which is a module for implementing FFT-related functions; C++ support for nn.transformer module abstraction from the … continue reading
Google is updating its mobile platform Firebase with new building blocks to accelerate app development. The company made a number of announcements at its Firebase Summit 2020 this week. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen that apps not only improve the way we live, they also enhance our ability to adapt to change. In 2020, … continue reading
