Android Studio Hedgehog is stable and includes new features for developer productivity

The Android development team has announced the latest stable release of its IDE for building Android apps, Android Studio. This update aims to enhance app performance and battery life, facilitate easier application upgrades to the latest Android version, and speed up development using Jetpack Compose. The release, known as Android Studio Hedgehog, is designed to …

OMG announces new communities to provide technologists with resources, knowledge

The Object Management Group (OMG) is trying to provide support and direction to its members by launching a new community where they can receive insights and best practices for the latest technologies.  The Managed Communities Program will include a number of communities around specific interests, the first of which is the OMG Systems Modeling Community …

Analyst View: 5 Actions for Software Engineering Teams to Leverage AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how software engineering teams design, build and test applications. AI can automate much of today’s mundane software development tasks. It can also help software engineers produce code more quickly.  AI coding assistants can reduce the amount of time and effort software engineers spend on programming tasks, such as typing boilerplate …

SD Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Dify.ai

Dify.AI is an open-source platform for developing generative AI applications. According to the GitHub page, one core aspect of Dify.AI is it supports model neutrality and developers can use any LLM with it.   “Users can effortlessly connect Dify with their existing workflows or other open-source systems through its API, which facilitates quick data sharing and …

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Despite layoffs, software engineering and quality assurance skills remain in-demand

According to data from Layoffs.fyi, over 250,000 tech employees were laid off across over 1,100 companies in the past year. Despite this, over 23,000 development vacancies still exist on company websites, according to a report from Qt Group.  The company explained that there were a lot of redundancies reported in 2023, and that many layoffs …

A guide to low-code vendors that incorporate generative AI capabilities

The following is a listing of low-code vendors that incorporate generative AI capabilities, along with a brief description of their offerings. FEATURED PROVIDER Parasoft helps organizations continuously deliver high-quality software with its AI-powered software testing platform and automated test solutions. Supporting embedded and enterprise markets, Parasoft’s proven technologies reduce the time, effort, and cost of …

premium The promise of generative AI in low-code, testing

Over the past year, software companies have worked hard to incorporate generative AI into their products, doing whatever it takes to incorporate the latest technology and stay competitive.  One software category that is particularly well-suited to being boosted by AI is low code, as that is already a market that has a goal of making …

AWS launches SaaS Quick Launch for easier deployment of SaaS apps

AWS is making it easier for companies to deploy applications from the AWS Marketplace in their environment with the release of SaaS Quick Launch.  According to AWS, this new capability will solve a previous challenge of deploying applications, which could require hours to set up permissions policies and cloud infrastructure.  Manually configuring these also introduced …

People on the Move in Tech in November

A number of companies have announced major changes to their executive leadership this month. Here are a couple of the moves across the industry this past month.  OpenAI board replaced  OpenAI went through some major changes this month. Over the course of just a couple days, Sam Altman was fired by the board, was hired …

Amazon SageMaker gets improved deployment experience, new inference capabilities, and more

During its AWS re:Invent event today, AWS announced several updates to Amazon SageMaker, which is a platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.  It introduced new features that are designed to improve the model deployment experience, including the introduction of new classes in the SageMaker Python SDK: ModelBuilder and SchemaBuilder.  ModelBuilder, selects a …

PlanetScale Insights Anomalies introduces smart query monitoring

An update to PlanetScale called Insights Anomalies introduces smart query monitoring to detect slower-than-expected queries in databases. PlanetScale’s Insights Anomalies is designed to simplify the process of assessing a database’s health and troubleshooting issues, according to the company in a blog post. The primary goal is to offer a clear overview of the database’s status …

News from Amazon at AWS re:Invent 2023 Day 2

Amazon re:Invent continues today, and so does Amazon’s list of announcements. Here are some of the announcements the company made today at the event: Amazon Q AI assistant announced Amazon Q is a new generative AI-based assistant that is designed to help employees complete tasks related to their jobs. For example, it can help a …

Third-party vendor announcements from Day 2 of AWS re:Invent

Amazon re:Invent continues today, and a number of companies have made more announcements on Day 2 of the event. Here are a few highlights: New integrations between Cisco ThousandEyes and Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor This new integration will provide customers with even greater visibility into cloud deployments. They can use these insights to optimize their …

FusionAuth’s latest update improves scalability of its authentication platform

FusionAuth has announced that it has improved the scalability and performance of its platform, which allows developers to incorporate authentication into their applications. According to the company, the complexity of modern authentication methods can be a challenge for developers to deal with, and while there are many identity tools that can provide them with basic …

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Over the past decade, the shift from waterfall to agile and then to DevOps has intensified the demand for a revamped test automation model. The move to application coverage and swift testing times has necessitated impeccable outcomes. With the introduction of generative AI in QA in 2018, there have been significant advancements, reshaping QA teams’ …

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    Over the past decade, the shift from waterfall to agile and then to DevOps has intensified the demand for a revamped test automation model. The move to application coverage and swift testing times has necessitated impeccable outcomes. With the introduction of generative AI in QA in 2018, there have been significant advancements, reshaping QA teams’ …

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    Data is one of the most valuable assets for organizations, but if it’s inaccurate or outdated, it can cause costly problems down the road. Unfortunately, cleansing and validating data is difficult with the native SQL Server toolset. This whitepaper walks you through the SQL Server data quality process using five steps to uncover the correct …

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