If you think of DevOps as a train, infrastructure is the track that the train runs on. According to David Williams, vice president of product strategy at Quali, when you think of infrastructure, you typically only think of common aspects such as the storage, compute, and network — but it is so much more. “It … continue reading
Linux 5.10 has been released. In the new version, most of the patches are small, Linus Torvalds explained in a post.The biggest change is fixed pin mapping definitions for a pincontrol driver. The fixes span networking, architecture, filesystems, and tooling. Torvalds also noted that the merge window for 5.11 will start tomorrow and that for … continue reading
Organizations are moving AI and ML up their strategic priority lists and investing more in the technology without yet fully knowing how to turn those investments into increased efficiency and scale, according to the “2021 enterprise trends in machine learning report” from Algorithmia. Approximately 83% of all surveyed organizations said they increased their budgets and … continue reading
The practice of DevOps — bringing Agile development together with changes in infrastructure for running cloud-native applications — has changed the development industry over the last decade. And it has done its job well. A Fortune Business Insights report released in January of this year projected the size of the DevOps tools market will reach … continue reading
A number of companies, including Google, Slack, and Zoom, are coming together to launch the Modern Computing Alliance. The goal of the alliance is to address IT challenges that companies are facing across the entire technology stack, from silicon to cloud. Their mission is to “drive ‘silicon-to-cloud’ innovation for the benefit of enterprise customers—fueling a … continue reading
A recent report found that while open-source software is top of mind for organizations, they fail to apply security patches in a timely manner. The DevSecOps Practices and Open Source Management in 2020 report by the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center found 51% of respondents take up to two to three weeks on average to apply … continue reading
Flash Player 32 and AIR 32 were released as the final scheduled updates of Flash Player. Adobe will no longer support Flash Player after December 31st this year and will block Flash content from running on it on January 12th, 2021. “We want to take a moment to thank all of our customers and developers … continue reading
The year 2020 saw a tremendous shift towards doing business online due to COVID-19, and cybercriminals have taken this opportunity to up their attacks, both in frequency and scope. The FBI reported that the number of complaints about cyberattacks to their Cyber Division is up to as many as 4,000 a day. That represents a … continue reading
Fuchsia is an open-source capability-based operating system that was initially released in 2016, and is currently under development by Google. Google announced this week that it would be expanding on the project and making it easier for the public to contribute. The company released a new public mailing list for project discussions, added a governance … continue reading
Google has announced it has redesigned its Apps Script IDE. Apps Script is a decade-old platform for automating Google Workspace apps. It lets users do things such as create menus in Google Sheets, manage responses in Google Forms, or create a Hangouts Chat bot. Apps Script has gone through several evolutions over its lifetime, but … continue reading
AI and machine learning saw several steps forward in 2020, from the first beta of GPT-3, stricter regulation of AI technologies and conversations around algorithmic bias, and strides in AI-assisted development and testing. GPT-3 is a neutral-network-developed language model created by OpenAI. It entered its first private beta in June this year, and OpenAI reported … continue reading
Red Hat has announced it would be expanding its partnership with GitHub and adding Red Hat GitHub Actions to the GitHub Marketplace. According to the company, this will bring GitHub’s DevOps, CI/CD and developer workflow automation tools to Red Hat OpenShift and enhance developers’ user experience. “GitHub Actions puts automation directly in the developer path, … continue reading
JetBrains integrated team environment Space is finally available to the public. The company first introduced the solution last year at its KoltinConf. Since then, it has taken feedback from its users to ensure the product goes beyond just JetBrains’ needs. “We think that the biggest challenge is ensuring effective and transparent collaboration, working together as … continue reading
Tasktop is updating its Tasktop Viz solution to give organizations more ways to connect their software delivery processes to their business outcomes. The latest release focuses on real-time, data-driven metrics and on-demand expert advice. A key feature of the release is the addition of leading indicator analytics, which will alert business leaders to any problems … continue reading
