How Open Source Can Benefit AI Development
Enterprises are increasingly reliant upon open source software. A full 95% of IT leaders say open source tools are key to their enterprise infrastructure. Simultaneously, we’ve witnessed a sharp increase in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Most IT divisions want to take advantage of AI in some form, and open […]
JFrog Aligns With New Relic to Improve Observability
JFrog and New Relic jointly announced today they will provide a free integration tool that will enable New Relic’s observability platform to consume log data from JFrog platforms for building and deploying applications securely. Announced at the Futurestack conference hosted by New Relic, this integration eliminates the manual effort that was previously required to integrate […]
Modern DevOps is a Chance to Make Security Part of the Process
I’ve mentioned before, and many of you have lived through, the slowly changing beliefs around DevOps versus security. We are past the days of “Security slows us down” and into “How can we bake security into the development process?” which is essential. Indeed, I would say it’s more essential every day as the number of […]
Eclipse Foundation Touts Java SE Temurin Certification Momentum
The Eclipse Foundation revealed today the number of downloads for Java Standard Edition (SE)—dubbed Eclipse Temurin—certified using both a technology compatibility kit (TCK) and compatibility tests for evaluating associated runtimes reached 12.3 million in February. Tim Ellison, a project lead for creating compatibility tests for the Eclipse Foundation, said that level of activity suggests the […]
SVB: When Silly Valley Sneezes, DevOps Catches a Cold
In this week’s #TheLongView: Silicon Valley Bank and what it means for DevOps. Your salary is safe, but who’s to blame?
ReversingLabs Adds Ability to Detect Secrets in Application Binaries
ReversingLabs today announced it added an ability to detect secrets exposed in application binaries to its Software Supply Chain Security (SSCS) platform. Tomislav Peričin, chief software architect for ReversingLabs, said this addition will make it easier for DevSecOps teams to identify secrets that are inadvertently left in applications as plain text or that can be […]
NETSCOUT Taps F5 to Optimize Custom App Performance
Through its alliance with F5, NETSCOUT Systems has extended the reach of its nGeniusOne enterprise performance management platform to support custom applications. The nGeniusONE platform supports more than 1,000 voice, video and business data applications using NETSCOUT InfiniStreamNG appliances in combination with nGeniusONE to provide visibility into any infrastructure environment, including data centers, private and […]
Improving the DevOps Process for Mobile App Developers
Development teams—perhaps especially mobile development teams—have heavily invested in systems to automate their processes and accelerate the delivery of mobile apps. From build, test and release to tracking and monitoring, the mobile DevOps team depends on systems like Fastlane, Bitrise, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines and GitLab—and really, that list just scratches the surface. The mobile app […]
GitGuardian: 10M Exposed Secrets on GitHub
GitGuardian published an analysis of more than one billion commits to GitHub repositories that found 10 million occurrences of secrets, with one out of 10 developers exposing a secret. Mackenzie Jackson, a developer advocate for GitGuardian, said more than 80% of all the secrets caught by live monitoring GitHub were exposed through personal repositories, with […]
Documentation in Agile: Challenges and Trends in 2023
Agile documentation refers to the creation and maintenance of documentation in an agile software development process. It emphasizes “just enough” documentation that is necessary for the current iteration, preferring documentation that responds to specific needs over extensive upfront documentation. The goal is to provide clear and concise information to support the development team while keeping […]
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 […]
Tools and Strategies to Drive a Developer Culture of Collaboration
Agile methodologies such as DevSecOps have instilled collaborative habits in many development teams. But developers still struggle to work effectively with other stakeholders in the development process. And hybrid work environments have made collaboration that much more challenging. In fact, across departments, employees cite collaboration issues among the chief difficulties of hybrid work, recent research […]
Balance Software Quality, Dev Speed and Cost With CI/CD
In many cases, success in the business world relies on software, be it a compelling mobile app, desktop application suite, interactive website or even an embedded system for the IoT. Because of this need, companies with mature software development processes enjoy a significant competitive advantage over those without. Part of fostering this maturity involves crafting […]
Microsoft Power Platform Integrates ChatGPT: What This Means
Microsoft recently announced it integrated ChatGPT into its low-code Power Platform developer suite. This follows the news of ChatGPT-powered Bing search and Microsoft’s pledge to invest billions into its partner company, OpenAI. ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM), has reached viral status due to its ability to generate impressively complex textual outputs given simple prompts. And […]
New Relic Adds Module to Surface Code Metrics
New Relic today added a free CodeStream module to its observability platform to give developers access to metrics and telemetry data that will enable them to write higher-quality code faster. Peter Pezaris, group vice president and general manager of strategy and experience for New Relic, said this capability is part of an effort to shift […]
Zenhub Brings Issues Management to Project Management Platform
Zenhub today announced it is adding an issue management module that makes it simpler for stakeholders to collaborate with developers on application development projects without having to log into a GitHub repository. Fresh from raising an additional $10 million in capital, Zenhub co-founder Aaron Upright said Zenhub Issues is a plug-in for a project management […]
IT Teams Need to Do More With Increased Budgets
A survey of 600 C-suite and IT decision-makers published today found the majority of organizations are trying to make increased IT budgets stretch even further as costs rise and the number of workloads deployed continues to increase steadily. Conducted by SoftwareOne Holding AG, a provider of software and IT services, the survey found 93% of […]
Tips For Securing CI/CD Pipelines
Most development teams want to increase the pace of their software delivery. As such, continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) has grown in importance, helping push code from build to production as seamlessly as possible. CI/CD pipelines often loop in many elements and may comprise a diverse stack of tools, automations and various languages. But because […]
Linux Tweak Brings Big Speedup ¦ DCs in SPAAACE (Redux) ¦ Atlassian Fires 500
In this week’s #TheLongView: Intel optimizes Linux multithreaded networking, data centers in space (again), and more DevOps layoffs.
Raise Those (Feature) Flags
I’ve written about feature flags before, but I think it’s time for a solid bit of advice: “If you are not yet using feature flags for DevOps, it is past time to reconsider.” I say this because feature flags have been a slow-growth item, with a few spikes here and there in usage, but mostly […]
Survey: More Cybersecurity Pros Embedded in DevOps Teams
A survey of 2,500 C-level executives published today by Palo Alto Networks found 81% of organizations have embedded cybersecurity professionals within their DevOps teams. Despite the presence of those cybersecurity professionals, however, the survey also suggested there is much work to do in terms of optimizing DevSecOps workflows. A full 90% of organizations cannot detect, […]
The Impact of Developer Happiness on Productivity
Even in an era of unprecedented tech layoffs, most companies are still eager to find and retain top software developer talent. What’s more, many firms are discovering that they lack direct insight into their development teams’ needs and priorities. As a result, some of them are struggling to keep their developers happy and thus productive. […]
Five Tips for Moving IT Ops to DevOps
The era of siloed development and operations functions is rapidly coming to an end. The concept of DevOps has already closed the gap between IT and developers, but as I speak with customers around the globe, one theme continues to arise. Many systems administrators are ill-equipped to handle the shift from IT Ops to DevOps […]