
Datadog Updates Aim to Improve Logging, Testing Efficiency
Datadog’s new Flex Logs and Intelligent Test Runner are aimed at improving logging and testing efficiency for engineering teams.

Tricentis Adds Device Cloud Service to Scale Mobile App Testing
The Tricentis Device Cloud (TDC) eliminates the need for organizations to acquire multiple physical devices to test mobile apps at scale.

Datadog Adds Additional Generative AI Capabilities to Platform
Datadog Bits uses generative AI to provide real-time recommendations to resolve issues surfaced by the company’s observability platform.

Considering Scriptless Automation: iOS App Dev in 2023
According to Statista, over 31,000 apps were released on Apple’s App Store in March 2023. As impressive as that is, it’s considerably smaller than the number of apps submitted to the Apple store during the same month. And it’s probably less than the number of apps removed from the App Store. Why? According to Apple, […]

New Relic Adds App Security Testing Tool to Observability Platform
New Relic made available a public preview of an application security testing tool that will be integrated into its observability platform.

Dynatrace Adds Generative AI Capabilities to Davis Engine
Dynatrace added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the Davis engine it uses to apply machine learning algorithms to its observability platform.

How Platform Engineering Bridges the IT and DevOps Divide
A key area where companies can eliminate expensive waste and increase time to value is the relationship and workflow between IT and developers. Enter platform engineering.

Webb.ai Launches AI-Based Continuous Root Cause Analysis
Webb.ai opened an early access program for a Continuous Automated Root Cause Analysis platform that uses AI combined with a knowledge graph to dynamically keep track of and analyze changes to IT environments.

Splunk Goes Azure With Microsoft Partnership
Splunk announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to build solutions natively on Azure. Mitch Ashley is live at the .conf event.

Splunk Adds Generative AI Tool and OpenTelemetry Collector
Splunk added an assistant that leverages generative AI capabilities to enable IT teams to use natural language to invoke the Splunk Processing Language (SPL).

Splunk Adds Hub to Extend Observability to Edge Computing Platforms
Splunk’s Edge Hub ingests data from sensors, industrial equipment and internet-of-things (IoT) platforms so that it can be analyzed alongside data collected from IT environments.

Communicating Common Web App Security Threats to Developers
Shift left involves providing developers with the context they need to prioritize and remediate threats appropriately.

Forking RHEL! Oracle and SUSE Join the Fight ¦ Silverman Sues AI Firms
In this week’s #TheLongView: SUSE announces a Red Hat Enterprise Linux fork after Oracle said a similar thing, and Sarah Silverman says OpenAI and Meta have stolen her words.

Tricentis Acquires Waldo to Further Advance Mobile Testing
Tricentis has acquired Waldo to expand the scope of the automated testing capabilities it provides for mobile applications.

BigPanda Extends AIOps Platform to Embrace Generative AI
BigPanda added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to analyze incidents surfaced by its AI for IT operations (AIOps) platform.

Roadie Adds Scorecard Tool to Backstage SaaS Platform
Roadie today made generally available a tool that automatically tracks and reports how software development teams are performing against engineering standards defined by a DevOps team. The Tech Insights tool is an addition to Roadie’s implementation of the open source Backstage developer portal and is delivered via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Roadie CEO David Tuite […]

Key Insights From the Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey
Stack Overflow’s 2023 developer survey reveals insights into programming language and tooling preferences and the use of AI in the development workflow. Here’s what these trends could mean for DevOps.
How to Keep Your IT Infrastructure Invisible
IT infrastructure is critical. IT infrastructure enables businesses to run—from day-to-day operational execution to visionary strategic innovation and everything in between. What’s interesting, though, is that people are only aware of it when there’s a problem: HR can’t access the payroll application, customers are complaining about how slow the transactional system is or this month’s […]

Threads: Twitter Killer or Ad-Infested Hellscape?
In this week’s #TheLongView: Meta launches its much-leaked Threads microblogging app. A spinoff from Instagram, it’s already reached 30 million signups at the time of writing. How is Meta’s DevOps team making it scale?

Cloud Orchestration and its Impact on DevOps Teams
Cloud orchestration enables organizations and DevOps teams to more easily monitor, control and optimize their cloud environments.

FinOps Gaining Ground, But Progress is Slow
A CloudBolt survey found more than three-quarters of respondents said it will take two to three years to see real FinOps-driven results.

Applitools Acquires Preflight to Further Apply AI to App Testing
Applitools acquired Preflight, which provides a low-code automation platform that makes it possible for developers to write their own tests.

Survey Surfaces Raft of Enterprise IT Challenges
Less than a third of enterprises are extremely confident that they have the right technology, processes and people in place to execute an effective approach to IT management.
