Enterprise integration platform-as-a-service solution provider Jitterbit announced the newest version of its Jitterbit Harmony iPaaS utility with the Summer ‘18 update today, focused on interconnecting the multitude of modern cloud services. Jitterbit Harmony aims to lower the barrier of entry for users looking to interconnect and manage APIs with a click-based, low-code environment. This latest … continue reading
Curtail Security has announced the release of ReGrade, a new solution designed to detect version differences in the development lifecycle, and prevent high costs associated with late-state discovery of software flaws and configuration errors. According to the company, users will now be able to run their current software against proposed updates and compare the network … continue reading
Slack announced new tools developers can add into their existing workflow at its first developer conference Spec in San Francisco today. The company revealed actions, a new way to provide deeper integrations with development tools and the Slack collaboration solution. With Actions, developers can turn messages into tasks, comments, or follow-ups as well as attach … continue reading
Tricentis and Perfecto have announced a new partnership designed to accelerate the development process. Tricentis users will be able to perform automated tests using Perfecto’s Continuous Quality Lab. Other benefits include easy transition automation from local devices to cloud-based devices, complete digital platform coverage and same-day support for new platforms and operating systems, easy integration … continue reading
In development since the beginning of the year, three projects in the most innovative areas of technology were announced today by Progress Labs, the internal incubator at Progress. The work focuses on blockchain, augmented and virtual reality, and microapps. In the area of blockchain, Progress “has taken a stand. We want people building blockchain-based networks,” … continue reading
In the modern economy, every business is a software business. Why? Because companies have figured out that the easiest way to introduce innovation into a marketplace is with software, whose defining characteristic is that, well, it’s soft. Instead of waiting months to make a change to some physical piece of equipment, software can be distributed … continue reading
The open source CI/CD platform Zuul has reached version 3, and has become an independent project that is hosted by the OpenStack Foundation. The Openstack Foundation announced the news at the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver this week. According to the company, the project was originally developed for OpenStack CI testing. It has since been contributed … continue reading
Microsoft is bolstering its digital assistant, Cortana, efforts and other social chatbot solutions with the acquisition of Semantic Machines. Semantic Machines is a conversational AI company that focuses on natural language processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, deep learning, semantic understanding, machine learning and linguistics. According to Microsoft, conversational AI is the ability to have a … continue reading
A group of Apple developers are banding together to form the Developers Union. The union is designed to advocate for sustainability in the App Store, according to the developers. This is a community-driven “non-union union” designed to help improve the App Store by focusing on the issues that matter the most to developers. “Today, we … continue reading
Developer Express has announced the availability of its newest release for Windows and web development, DevExpress Universal v18.1. This is the first major release for the year. The latest version of DevExpress Universal is built and optimized for desktop, web, and mobile developers, and features more than 500 individual components and UI libraries. The latest … continue reading
On Global Accessibility Awareness Day yesterday, Apple announced it will be teaming up with educators from blind and deaf communities across the US to provide accessible coding to their schools. Starting in the fall, schools that support students with vision, hearing, or other assistive needs will teach the Everyone Can Code program for Swift, which … continue reading
This week’s featured SD Times open-source project is taking a look at the multi-language and extensible build system the Angular team and Google is looking to bring to the developer ecosystem. Bazel is designed to speed up builds and tests; provide developers with one tool to work with multiple languages such as Java, C++, Android, … continue reading
Eggplant has announced new enhancements to its Digital Automation Intelligence Suite, supporting Eggplant’s mission of using AI to optimize digital experiences. The new capabilities are designed to enable teams to keep up with the pace of DevOps, and improve time to market. The enhancements include updates to Eggplant AI, Eggplant Functional, Eggplant Performance, and Eggplant … continue reading
JFrog has announced the release of Enterprise+, which is a universal software binary platform. The announcement was made at the company’s swampUP user conference in Napa Valley this week. “Users today have zero tolerance for broken, cumbersome, and slow software updates. We all strive to achieve life without outages,” said Shlomi Ben Haim, CEO and … continue reading
