The horrors of the novel coronavirus cannot be understated. As of this writing, there are 31.5 million cases of COVID-19 around the world, and 970,673 have died — closing in on the grim milestone of a million lives lost. One million lives lost. This month, we’ve seen wildfires devastate California and the American Pacific Northwest, … continue reading
Remote working has become the new normal for many, especially those in the development world where work can easily be done in a remote setting. But continuous working from home does come with some downsides, such as burnout. In a webinar sponsored by Devtech Group, innovation consultant Nils Vesk explained 14 of the most common … continue reading
Microsoft released a set of 10 principles to promote fairness and innovation on Windows 10. The release follows the announcement of the Coalition for App Fairness (CAF), which was formed late last month to counter Apple App store practices. “For software developers, app stores have become a critical gateway to some of the world’s most … continue reading
Serverless computing is a next-generation technology that enables agility, elasticity and cost-effectiveness when applied to appropriate use cases. It is redefining the way enterprises build, consume and integrate cloud-native applications. However, the term “serverless computing” is a misnomer: The technology eliminates the need for infrastructure provisioning and management, but certainly does not eliminate the need … continue reading
CData has announced Tableau Connectors, Excel updates and new drivers With the new Tableau Connectors, users can connect Tableau with real-time data from more than 200 popular SaaS applications, ERPs, CRMs, accounting tools and more. CData’s 2020 Excel Add-In update has enhanced performance and speed for bulk data processing and delivers an improved UI with … continue reading
This week’s highlighted open-source project is actually a collection of tools. Compliance company Anchore recently announced it would be launching a suite of open-source tools to help companies automated DevSecOps pipeline security and analysis. The first of those tools to be released are Syft and Grype. Syft analyzes container images and filesystems, then creates a … continue reading
Lighstep announced a new GitHub action called Lightstep Pre-Deploy Check, which is designed to bring observability data directly to GitHub to avoid problematic code deploys. The solution leverages publicly-available APIs from Lighstep to provide a deployment risk summary ahead of a code change going into a production environment. “Automatically confirming production systems and services are … continue reading
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has been fighting for software freedom for 35 years now. It all started on October 4, 1985 when Harold Abelson, Robert J. Chassell, Richard M. Stallman, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Leonard H. Tower, Jr. established the Free Software Foundation Inc. Their vision from the beginning has been to encourage the … continue reading
I started collecting my thoughts on this topic at the start of 2020, a time just a short while and a whole era ago. Matters of heated discussion back then made way for whole other concerns, but as you know firsthand – more and more of our daily lives is getting online, ensuring that the … continue reading
With the release of the DigitalOcean App Platform, the company wants to make writing code a lot easier for developers by automatically deploying and running their code at scale. “Even though Kubernetes has emerged as a middle ground between PaaS’s convenience and the control of IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), it is still somewhat complicated,” … continue reading
For years, EDI (electronic document interchange) has allowed businesses to exchange documents with their partners from computer to computer in a standardized format. And this has worked well. With the explosion of APIs that now are used for data and document exchange, some companies are finding that their EDI solutions are coming up short, lacking … continue reading
Kong has announced a beta for its new platform Kong Konnect, which provides users with access to a suite of tools for service connectivity for APIs and microservices. Users can use Kong Konnect to simplify complex workflows across API gateway, Kubernetes Ingress, and service mesh runtimes. It uses a modular approach and users can access … continue reading
Eggplant’s new cloud solution is designed to enable businesses to quickly and easily deploy its Digital Automation Intelligence (DAI) Platform, automate the entire test life cycle, and understand the quality of the experiences that are delivered. “Organizations can now quickly and easily quantify the impact of software updates, both pre and post release, to ensure … continue reading
Remember when a bookstore was just a bookstore? A bank held your cash in a vault? Or if you wanted to catch a ride, you just hailed a cab? Today, every one of these industries and more have been revolutionized by technology. Whether it’s tech-first players like Amazon, PayPal, and Uber or legacy enterprises seeking … continue reading
