The Metrics Disconnect Between Developers and IT Leaders
A survey of 350 software developers found a majority (91%) of respondents are unhappy with the actual metrics leadership teams are measuring. The survey, conducted by Atomik Research on behalf of Uplevel, an enterprise intelligence platform provider, found the top metrics developers say should be tracked include hours worked (52%), work allocation (49%) and the […]
US DoJ Makes PyPI Give Up User Data ¦ Tape Storage: Not Dead
In this week’s #TheLongView: PyPI complies with a “string of subpoenas,” and LTO continues to grow, despite predictions of its demise.
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles and How to use Them
Amazon Web Services relies on the AWS IAM service to govern who is authenticated and authorized to use AWS resources. It plays a hugely significant role in AWS security–and so do its various identities. Let’s look in more detail at IAM roles and how they work. What is the Purpose of IAM? When you create […]
Dell Looks to Expand Pool of Available DevOps Expertise
Dell Technologies has quietly launched a training and education initiative to significantly expand the number of IT professionals that have DevOps skills. Brad Maltz, senior director for DevOps and developer relations ecosystems for Dell, said the next era of IT will require IT professionals that understand how to automate the management of application development and […]
Is AI the Answer to Devs’ Documentation Problem?
I have written this blog half a dozen times over the years, but every once in a while something comes up that makes me realize I should revisit it once more for those in the back. This time, it was a social call with a group of friends, some of whom are in high-tech, all […]
Red Hat Adds Generative AI and Event-Driven Capabilities to Ansible
Red Hat today unveiled a technical preview of Ansible Lightspeed with IBM Watson Code Assistant, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service specifically trained on domain-specific data collected via the Ansible automation platform. At the same time, Red Hat is also making available an event-driven capability within version 2.4 of the Ansible platform that enables runbooks […]
Red Hat Moves to Secure Software Supply Chains
Red Hat today announced a portfolio of cloud services designed to better secure software supply chains. The expanded portfolio includes Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline to secure continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows and Red Hat Trusted Content offerings to better secure software components. Announced at the Red Hat Summit, the Red Hat Trusted Software Supply […]
The Role of SBOMs in Software Supply Chain Security
The software supply chain has become increasingly complex and dynamic with the rise of cloud computing, open source software and third-party software components and APIs. Widespread damage can occur if third-party APIs, cloud services, SDKs and open source software have security flaws. As a result, software supply chain security has emerged as a critical concern […]
8 Hot Takes: Will We See a Monolithic Renaissance?
Is the DevOps world slowly backing away from microservices and to a monolithic renaissance? After years of proselytization about the benefits (Flexibility! Resilience! Support faster release speeds!) of microservices and serverless architecture, there are signs of a potential backlash against the singularly fragmented microservices architectural approach. The argument in favor of rolling back to monolithic […]
Improving DevX Gives Your Business a Boost
As organizations transform and grow, different methodologies and development tools can come together, creating an extra level of complexity for your mainframe application development teams. In a perfect world, developers would be able to focus on delivering solutions without worrying about all the infrastructure necessary to make that happen. Building a better developer experience, or […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so […]
How to Secure C-Suite Buy-In for Your DevOps Efforts
You could be forgiven for assuming DevOps is the modus operandi only for big modern enterprises like Tesla and Uber, but this is not the case. DevOps builds on earlier approaches, such as Agile development and Lean methodology, by emphasizing the importance of collaboration between development and operations teams and the use of automation to […]
How Test-Driven Methodologies Reduce CI/CD Lead Time
Modern development environments, in which rapid continuous delivery is facilitated by automated continuous integration/continuous development (CI/CD) pipelines, require thorough and automated testing in development prior to integration. This article explains how test-driven development (TDD) and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) methodologies reduce CI/CD lead times. Lack of test automation in development impacts CI/CD lead time for […]
Despite DevOps, Software Supply Chain Security Challenges Persist
A survey of 397 IT, cybersecurity and application development professionals conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) found that while most respondents work for organizations that have adopted DevOps practices, multiple software supply chain security issues and DevSecOps concerns have yet to be addressed. The survey, conducted on behalf of Data Theorem, a provider of a […]
OpenAI to go Open Source — Elon Musk was a ‘Huge Idiot’ ¦ Mojo Risin’
In this week’s #TheLongView: Sources say it’s an open source future for OpenAI, and improving AI perf with Mojo.
GitHub Adds Accessibility Improvements for Developers With Disabilities
GitHub today revealed it added several capabilities to make it easier for developers with disabilities to access its code repository platform. The new capabilities were announced to coincide with Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Capabilities highlighted include a navigation tool and a search tool that can be used with a screen reader that GitHub provides. In addition, […]
Infrastructure-as-Code Pitfalls in Platform Engineering
In the context of cloud operations, the last decade was ruled by DevOps and infrastructure-as-code (IaC). But what is true DevOps? Is it developers running their own operations? Is it operators learning development skills to automate infrastructure provisioning using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform? Though DevOps is widely understood to incorporate both of these, software […]
What’s the Difference Between DevOps and Platform Engineering?
The DevOps space is buzzing with a new trend—platform engineering. Platform engineering has been gaining steam over the last few years but has really peaked in interest lately. In fact, according to a study conducted by Puppet Labs, 51% of organizations have adopted platform engineering or plan to do so in the next year. But […]
DevOps Security: Your Complete Checklist
In a fast-paced environment like DevOps, your security strategy needs to be even more agile. While moving fast is great for delivering application features and functionality, speed shouldn’t come at the cost of security. DevOps security incorporates security strategies directly into your DevOps pipeline, creating a culture of pre-secured software deployments that work seamlessly for […]
Standardize: It’s Not the Where. Sometimes it’s Not the What
In our industry’s attempts to follow best practices that marketers assure us we must have or we are going to lose to our biggest competitor … No, wait, we’ll lose to that startup no one ever heard of … No, hold on, we’ll lose to foreign competition … No, wait … (okay, I’ll stop. You […]
Boomi Brings Generative AI to Integration Platform
Boomi announced today it is applying generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enable organizations to automate integrations via a natural language interface. Boomi CEO Steve Lucas said Boomi AI makes it much simpler for professional and citizen developers alike to create integrations at scale using generative AI platforms to invoke the low-code engine that Boomi already […]
SapientAI Emerges From Stealth to Apply AI to App Testing
SapientAI emerged from stealth today to automate the writing of test code using a combination of generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms and data science. Fresh from raising $5 million in seed funding, SapientAI CEO Rishi Singh said the goal is to leverage AI to push application testing further left using an AI Test […]
Using Microsoft Azure as a Backup Repository
Every year, the amount of data that needs to be backed up increases. There are two ways to store backups – using on-premises facilities or trusting cloud-based solutions. Having an on-premises storage infrastructure can be costly for a company. This is because of the high prices for storage equipment and the expenses to maintain this […]