Choosing the Right API Solution
There are more choices than ever when it comes to APIs–and that’s a good thing. But it also means you’ll need a strategic plan for choosing the right API solution. Two questions I’ve found can help guide that decision: What problem are you trying to solve right now? What functionality will you need in the […]
Keeping the DevOps Pipeline Flowing as Attack Surfaces Grow
The attack surfaces that today’s businesses and public entities must manage have never been more complex and difficult to protect. The introduction of cloud and SaaS offerings over the past decade has caused seemingly insurmountable IT sprawl, with a third of successful attacks now occurring via unmanaged or virtually unknown assets. And while shadow IT […]
Kill the Password: Google on Board | 4-Day Week Proves Worthy
In this week’s The Long View: Passkeys is getting another big-tech supporter, and the four-day workweek train picks up speed.
Microsoft Expands DevOps Portfolio in the Cloud
At the Ignite conference this week, Microsoft launched a slew of updates to its DevOps portfolio as part of an effort to make it simpler to build, manage and secure cloud applications. Microsoft is adding Azure Deployment Environments, available in preview, that enable developer teams to invoke a set of best practices to quickly spin […]
GraphQL: Security by Obscurity Just Isn’t Enough
The debate about how to secure GraphQL rages on. Many organizations are hesitant to adopt GraphQL for public-facing APIs as there is no precise method to handle authorization concerns as of yet. Without a role-based access layer to enable fine-grained permissions for each field (and underlying services that GraphQL might wrap), the query language can […]
Fear of the Unknown
We IT folks are pretty fearless. Because it is newer technology, and change in IT is easier than in areas like heavy manufacturing, we are regularly thrown new tools, products and methodologies and expected to be able to master them. And we do. And it works. If your career is more than a couple of […]
5 Ways to Transform DataOps With Human-in-the-Loop Automation
We are in the middle of a data renaissance. Today, it’s not just about data instrumentation but also learning how to make DataOps a real business advantage for the entire organization. Data has become an inextricable part of products, used to enhance the quality of user experiences. Reliable access to data and the integrity of […]
Microservices Explained: Not Your Father’s SOA
Microservices are frequently referred to as a variant or derivative of service-oriented architecture (SOA), if not essentially the same thing. While there are similarities and both are designed around the concept of services, that’s where the similarities end. Each was created around a different set of principles and intended to address different problems. Microservices architecture […]
Allstacks Adds Alert Capability to VSM Platform
Allstacks has added an alert capability to its software-as-a-service (SaaS) value stream management platform that automatically notifies DevOps teams when software project goals and deadlines are likely to be missed. The core Allstacks platform employs machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) models to keep track of pull requests, commits and card changes via a […]
BMC Survey Surfaces DevOps Mainframe Progress
A global survey of 1,000 executives and IT professionals that rely on mainframes found 70% are now employing DevOps processes to build and deploy applications on the venerable platform, with 60% of those respondents now deploying applications faster. A full 80% of respondents also wanted to deploy mainframe applications faster, according to the survey. The […]
Endor Labs Applies Graph Analysis to Secure Software Supply Chains
Endor Labs exited stealth mode today to launch a platform that applies graph analysis to identify the depth of dependencies that exist within an application. Fresh from raising $25 million in funding, Endor Labs CEO Varun Badhwar said the Dependency Lifecycle Management Platform makes it simpler for organizations to manage dependencies within applications that can […]
Distributed Systems: Turning Networking to Your Advantage
Whether it’s the office, the classroom, the store or the bank, a great many spheres of human life have moved online. Each day, we grow more and more used to consuming applications on demand that instantly connect us with the rest of the world. Our expanding appetite for the internet depends on an ongoing trend […]
Forget Automation: Why IT Should Take UX Cues From Fine Dining
As a college student, I worked at a five-star Italian restaurant where I learned the discipline and practice of customer service. The general manager knew exactly which corner to stand in to get a view of every single table during service. They would gauge diners’ experience according to how they were interacting, their microsignals, how […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort 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 […]
Low-Code/No-Code Options Key to Bringing Web3 Mainstream
Driven by cryptocurrencies and NFTs, Web3 is one of the most talked about technology industry waves in the last several years. But even with all the money it’s generated and the media coverage received, Web3 hasn’t yet gained the mainstream acceptance that Web2 has achieved. One of the main reasons for this gap is that […]
Linux 6.0 is Faster, Cooler | Debian Goes Proprietary | Google Africa Region
In this week’s The Long View: Linux 6.0 promoted to Stable, Debian 12 will include closed-source binaries, and Google Cloud opens its first Africa region.
How to Prevent Turnover in DevOps Teams
Turnover is all too common in software engineering. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 2021 report found that the average software engineer turnover is 57.3%. It’s a programmer’s market, and these sought-after folks might jump ship for a higher salary, better work-life balance, different team dynamic or perhaps even for a company with a better ESG […]
Driving Organizational Success With the 2022 State of DevOps Report
“Ship it!” We have just completed the research and analysis for the 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps Report (SODR) and oh boy, do we have some interesting things to share! First, let me take a short step back for those of you that may be new to the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) and our […]
The Whats and Hows of APIs: A New Developer’s Guide
For those who are new developers, you may not know a lot about application programming interfaces (APIs). However, it is likely that you’ve used them before as a consumer or an end user, whether purchasing online, using business communication software to reach colleagues or sharing images from a monogram logo maker on social media platforms, […]
SCA, SBOMs and Floodgates
Two criteria are used to determine pervasiveness of a new idea. Availability of an easy-to-understand solution and customer need. Given both of these items, what might be a market-differentiating feature available in a single IT/DevOps market becomes a wave of options in multiple markets that an organization can (and should) choose from. What started this […]
EvolveWare Further Automates App Modernization Tasks
EvolveWare today announced it has added an Agile Business Rules Extraction capability to its Intellisys application modernization platform. EvolveWare CEO Miten Marfatia said the Agile Business Rules Extraction capability eliminates the need to freeze code development while applications are either being shifted to the cloud or refactored. Instead, the Intellisys platform will now keep track […]
Dynatrace Adds Grail Data Lakehouse to Observability Platform
Dynatrace today announced it has added a data lakehouse, dubbed Grail, to the Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform to make it simpler to aggregate all the observability data an IT team collects. Bob Wambach, vice president of product marketing for Dynatrace, said Grail will initially drive analytics of log data but in time will also be […]
Five Great DevOps Jobs Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort 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 […]