SD Times news digest: Core ML support in TensorFlow Light, Pivotal Cloud Foundry expansion, and Hazelcast joins Eclipse Foundation

Google has announced a collaboration with Apple to support Core ML in TensorFlow Lite. TensorFlow Lite is Google’s lightweight machine learning solution for mobile and embedded devices. Core ML is Apple’s machine learning framework used across Siri, camera, and quick type.  This new support will allow iOS developers to use Core ML to deploy TensorFlow … continue reading

Report: Citizen developers build apps faster than IT

A newly released report from Kintone found that no-code solutions and citizen developers are becoming more prevalent in the software development industry, with 76 percent of respondents reporting that at least a portion of their apps are developed outside of IT. Twenty percent of executives also reported a majority of their apps are completely developed … continue reading

Differentiating customer experience from traditional software user experience

In recent years, developing a great user experience has become critical for success in software development. With so many different options for products, users have the power and freedom to choose to use those companies with which they have the best experience. “UX is an established discipline,” said Jason Moccia, CEO of OneSpring. “It has … continue reading

IBM and Pivotal team up on Spring development

IBM and Pivotal Software have announced a new collaboration to provide Spring developers with more development tools at Pivotal’s annual developer conference SpringOne Platform. This collaboration will also provide support for containerized versions of IBM software that are on Pivotal Container Services. The collaboration provides new options for using IBM software, such as Open Liberty, … continue reading

OpenStack Foundation announces new open source container project

The OpenStack Foundation has announced a new open source project called Kata Containers. Kata Containers aims to unite the security benefits of virtual machines and the speed and manageability of container technologies. According to the organization, the project “is designed to be hardware agnostic and compatible with the Open Container Initiative (OCI) specification, as well … continue reading

Microsoft announces the public preview of Microsoft IoT Central

Microsoft is releasing a new solution to pave the way for enterprise-grade Internet of Things solutions. The company announced the public preview of Microsoft IoT Central is now available. “IoT is fast becoming a key strategy for companies of all sizes, as they strive to get closer to their customers and offer great product experiences—all … continue reading

Atlassian introduces Bitbucket Deployments in Bitbucket Cloud

Atlassian has announced the release of Bitbucket Deployments in Bitbucket Cloud, a new deployment solution that manages and tracks code through development to code review, build, test and deployment. According to the company, when you push out code at such a rapid pace, it can be complicated and complex to keep up with all the … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Android Oreo 8.1 (Go edition), Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes, and Django 2.0

Google has announced the release of Android Oreo (Go edition) as part of tomorrow’s Android 8.1 release. Devices with 512MB to 1GB of memory will receive the Go optimizations. The Go edition features three key components: improved operating system, a new set of Google apps, and a tuned version of the Google Play Store. On … continue reading

3 areas where traditional APMs leave developers exposed

If you’re responsible for creating or managing a customer-facing application for your organization, you have a long list of things to worry about. A scenario like this may actually be at the top of the list: you’ve recently launched a new version of your application to the world, and customers start finding serious issues in … continue reading

The Xen Project forms a new incubation project to focus on building unikernels

The Xen Project today announced the formation of an incubation project called Unikraft. The project is focusing on making it easier to build unikernels, which are compilers that only include the code required for functionality needed by application logic in an operating system. “Unikernels provide a tremendous opportunity for those who are looking to ship … continue reading

Google will not tolerate Android apps that collect personal data without permission

Google is taking user privacy seriously in its expanded enforcement of its Unwanted Software Policy. The policy is designed to protect against unwanted or harmful Android app behaviors. As part of this policy, Google will start flagging apps and websites that collect user data without consent. “Apps handling personal user data (such as user phone … continue reading

Closing the DevOps and database gap

Security isn’t the only aspect overlooked in a DevOps approach. According to Robert Reeves, co-founder and CTO of Datical, a database automation company, database deployments are often forgotten about. “Pushing out the application is the easy part of DevOps,” he said. “It is managing and automating database changes that is the real challenge.” According to … continue reading

Gartner’s guide to successful DevSecOps

In a recent survey conducted by Gartner, the organization found that the highest-ranked strategy for a successful DevOps approach was collaboration with information security. “In the past 12 months at Gartner, how to securely integrate security into DevOps — delivering DevSecOps — has been one of the fastest-growing areas of interest of clients, with more … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Computer Science Education week, CLion 2017.3, and AWS Serverless Application Repository

Today, eight states, 76 school districts, and 102 organizations around the world have made new pledges to expand access to computer science for millions of students, with a focus on diversity. The news was announced at an event hosted by Code.org. The organization also announced new milestones such as 10 million girls are now using … continue reading

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