Louis Vistola is a technology journalist with more than 20 years of experience writing about application development, high-performance computing, communications systems, and IT. He started his professional life writing unwieldy simulation and analysis programs that ran on Harris Computer and Cray systems. He has served as an editor or writer for general business journals and trade magazines covering the energy industry and life sciences. A collection of some of his articles can be found herehere.
An effective continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline must integrate cloud and DevOps tools seamlessly to ensure the build, compile, test and release of applications is accomplished efficiently and without friction. Application architectures, ...
Enabling developers with infrastructure automation Being first to market with new and improved applications and services is how successful organizations grow and differentiate business offerings. Continuous software delivery means everything is fluid ...
The widescale migration to cloud and the embracement of cloud-native application architectures has been a blessing to developers and those responsible for deploying and maintaining modern applications. Container-based apps allow fast changes ...
Beyond IaaS: The Benefits of Using EaaS The market for cloud infrastructure is growing at a rapid clip. Driving factors include IT's need to cut costs, provide more services, respond faster to ...
Securing Open-Source Apps with API Scans and Observability Businesses building applications have always made great use of open-source software. The move to cloud-native applications, use of low code development, and embracement of ...
Hidden Dependencies in Cloud-Native Apps can Amplify Security Risks Cloud-native applications and modern development practices result in applications that are highly distributed and loosely coupled. In many cases, organizations have no control ...
Shifting from monolithic application development Businesses need agility to deliver better services, meet changing requirements, and seize new opportunities as they arise. At the heart of many efforts are applications based on modern ...
Integrating z/OS Systems to Enable a Seamless Cross-channel Customer Experience Many industries where customer experience is the critical differentiator run on z/OS systems. That includes retail, financial services, transportation, hospitality, government, and ...
Observability has burst onto the scene across all types of operational and security-focused activities. Its need is being driven by increased demands for businesses to be more responsive to changes and more ...
Bringing z/OS Systems into Today’s Modern App Development Modern application development is all about automation, addressing the concerns of developers and the operational side of the house, and supporting the common CI/CD ...