Uno Platform 4.6 adds support for .NET 7
With the release of Uno Platform 4.6, Uno will add support for .NET 7 when it launches on November 8th. The support consists of two parts: one is for WebAssembly and Skia (Gtk+WPF), the software library for graphics processing, and the other is for Mobile targets such as iOS, Android, Catalyst and macOS. Adding the … continue reading
Payara Cloud will enable serverless deployment of Jakarta EE apps
Payara, publishers of an open-source application server for Jakarta EE and MicroProfile project, have announced the launch of Payara Cloud. The new serverless offering will enable developers to easily run Jakarta EE apps in the cloud. Payara Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure and the Azure Kubernetes Service, and how it works is it accepts a … continue reading
The importance of data profiling and optimization
Data profiling is the process of looking closely at data in order to collect statistics and informative summaries about said data. Ultimately, It can work to discover underlying issues to monitor and improve overall data quality. Investing in data profiling helps to ensure that data governance processes are working properly and that bad data is … continue reading
JetBrains introduces discounted pricing to Datalore 2022.3
JetBrains has announced the latest release of its collaborative data science platform Datalore. With Datalore 2022.3, JetBrains is offering discounted pricing. The platform will now be free for teams of up to four, as well as for the first four users of a larger team. Teams of 10 people will now be charged $75/user/month instead … continue reading
AI needs automated testing, monitoring
In the 1990’s, when software started to become ubiquitous in the business world, quality was still a big issue. It was common for new software and upgrades to be buggy and unreliable, and rollouts were difficult. Software testing was mostly a manual process, and the people developing the software typically also tested it. Seeing a need in … continue reading
Codifying software: An ideological perspective
Developers write code, thereby codifying software’s internal rules and outward appearances. Programming is not a belief system – it’s part of computer science for a reason. There is a systematic approach for improving development expertise, gathering and analyzing data, and proving or disproving that the software works. Logic and data are codified in software and … continue reading
SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Ballerine
Ballerine is an open-source infrastructure for user identity and risk management that helps companies verify customer identity by composing verification processes through modular building blocks, components, and third-party integrations. “The goal is to allow any company to manage user identity and risk in a way that suits them and their unique changing needs,” the project’s … continue reading
Service Virtualization Use Cases for Cloud-Native Applications
This is the second article in a two-part series. The first part is here. Service virtualization is uniquely suited to support the needs of cloud-native applications. The solution’s principles support all the key attributes of cloud-native architectures. I would contend that service virtualization and cloud-native architectures are built for one another. Just as service virtualization … continue reading
IBM announces new analytics platform to break down data silos
IBM today announced new software designed to assist enterprises in breaking down data and analytics silos, allowing them to make data-driven decisions quickly and navigate disruptions. IBM Business Analytics Enterprise is a suite of business intelligence planning, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and dashboard capabilities intended to provide users with a full view of data sources across … continue reading
InfluxData updates focus on supporting developers working with time series data
InfluxData, creator of the time series platform InfluxDB, recently announced several product enhancements at its annual developer and community event, InfluxDays 2022. Among these features are InfluxDB Script Editor, Telegraph Custom Builder, and Flux 1.0. These are intended to support developers working with time series data, offering them the ability to do more with less … continue reading
Moving off ECC environments to SAP/S4HANA
With only about one quarter of SAP customers having moved from their existing ECC environments to S/4HANA, it’s clear businesses are looking for guidance on the best way to manage such a transformative migration. This hesitancy is understandable – SAP S/4HANA represents more than a technical upgrade, it’s a major functional change. That means IT … continue reading
Using Data to Sustain a Quality Engineering Transformation
DevOps and quality engineering enable better development practices and improve business resiliency, but many teams struggle to sustain this transformation outside of an initial proof of concept. One of the key challenges with scaling DevOps and quality engineering is determining how software testing fits into an overall business strategy. By leveraging automated testing tools that … continue reading
Cloud-native success requires API security
The complexity of modern cloud-native applications, which often leverage microservices, containers, APIs, infrastructure-as-code and more to enable speed in app development and deployment, can create security headaches for organizations that fail to put practices in place to mitigate vulnerabilities. With dependencies on databases and third-party APIs, and sensitive information and secrets such as certificates and … continue reading
ASTQ Summit focuses on delivering continuous quality
The Automated Software Testing and Quality Summit, now in its third year, will focus on helping attendees gain insights on ways to automate and accelerate testing to deliver robust applications that users will love. The event is produced by leading testing solutions provider Parasoft. The half-day virtual summit, which kicks off Nov. 3 at 11 … continue reading
