SAP Makes Available Free Cloud Tier to Build Applications
SAP announced that next year it will make available a free tier on SAP Cloud Platform for developers that are building applications. Announced at the SAP Tech-Ed conference, the free tier comes at a time when SAP is encouraging developers to use its applications as a foundation for digital business process transformation initiatives. As part […]
Eclipse Foundation Formally Releases Jakarta EE 9 Spec
The post-Java Enterprise Edition (EE) era has formally begun with the release of a long-awaited Jakarta EE 9 Platform and Web Profile specification from the Eclipse Foundation. In addition, the Eclipse Foundation has announced that version 6.0.0 of the open source Glassfish application server has now been certified to be compliant with Jakarta EE 9. […]
CloudBees Makes Software Delivery Management Apps Available
CloudBees, during an online event today, officially launched the first two modules of what will become a portfolio of software delivery management (SDM) tools delivered via the cloud. The first two modules have been previewed for the last year, now are generally available. The first is the CloudBees Engineering Efficiency module, which provides a system […]
Apollo GraphQL Offers Free API Management Service
Apollo GraphQL has announced the general availability of a free Development Graphs cloud service to simplify management of GraphQL application programming interfaces (APIs) at scale. GraphQL APIs have been gaining traction as an alternative to REST APIs because they provide developers with more control over who can access data via an API and are easier […]
Copado Adds Value Stream Management to Salesforce DevOps Platform
Copado, a provider of a DevOps platform for building applications that extend software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications from Salesforce, this week announced it has added value stream management capabilities. Andrew Leigh, chief marketing officer for Copado, said providing a platform that accelerates the development and deployment of application code is no longer sufficient. The winter 2021 release […]
Out of the Silo: Big Data and DevOps Meet in the Middle
Given the myriad benefits they provide, it seems crazy that big data and DevOps have been implemented independent of each other If you have been working from home during the recent lockdowns, you probably don’t feel like you are making many new connections, but when we come to look back on this time in a […]
Broadcom Extends AIOps Platform Reach
Broadcom today extended the reach of its artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) platform to provide full-stack observability via integrations with 15 third-party data sources including Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, PagerDuty, Splunk, ServiceNow, SolarWinds and Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager. In addition, Version 2.0 of AIOps from Broadcom now captures data at the chip level to […]
InfluxDB to Revamp Storage Engine for Time-Series Database
InfluxData has launched an open source InfluxDB IOx project that it said will become the foundation for the next generation of the company’s time-series databases. At the same time, the company has made InfluxDB Open Source 2.0 generally available. This version of the company’s database comes in the form of a single binary that makes […]
The Future of Application Development
What lies ahead for application development? Can we look forward to a less hierarchical system? The current state of application development has an often overlooked problem: It’s inaccessible. Top tier companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook are at a major advantage. With their large capital, they can invest in innovative development tools and […]
Buildkite Tightens CI/CD Integration With GitHub
Buildkite has tightened the integration between its namesake continuous integration/continuous delivery platform and the GitHub source code repository. Fred Showell, a senior product manager for Buildkite, said the integration will accelerate application development efforts using the Buildkite application in GitHub. Any connected GitHub account can be selected as a source when creating Buildkite pipelines, he […]
Gravitational Becomes Teleport to Streamline Access Management
Gravitational today announced it has changed its name to Teleport and launched the Teleport Unified Access Plane, an open source security gateway that comes in the form of a single binary that acts as a proxy for remotely accessing Linux servers and Kubernetes clusters. Teleport Unified Access Plane (UAP) for managing those gateways can be […]
OpsRamp Makes AIOps Platform Simpler to Configure
OpsRamp today took the wraps off an update to its namesake artificial intelligence platform for IT operations (AIOps) that makes it easier for IT organizations to declaratively configure the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Ciaran Byrne, vice president of product management for OpsRamp, said the goal is to enable IT teams to embrace AIOps without having to […]
Puppet Makes IT Automation More Accessible
Puppet today launched two efforts to make its IT automation platforms accessible to a broader range of IT teams. The Puppet Enterprise Platform integrates the company’s flagship Puppet Enterprise offering with Relay by Puppet, the company’s existing event-driven automation platform. At the same time, Puppet announced Puppet Connect, a self-service platform for executing tasks on-premises […]
DevSecOps Implementation: Static Analysis
One of the things I’ve done for Accelerated Strategies Group recently is looking into DevSecOps toolsets. This is a fun area for me, as development and security fit together well in my mind. Having a separate security group is useful, even necessary in some scenarios, but letting developers crank out code and looking for vulnerabilities […]
LogDNA Extends Log Management Reach
LogDNA has extended the reach of its log management platform to add support for a Node.js platform from Vercel and a feature flagging tool from LaunchDarkly. In addition, LogDNA has expanded an existing alliance to IBM to add support for instance of Red Hat OpenShift running on VMware platforms hosted on the IBM Cloud, which […]
Progress Reorganizes Chef Portfolio
Progress today announced updates to the portfolio of DevOps offerings it gained with the acquisition of Chef earlier this month. A Chef Infrastructure Management offering now combines Chef Infra and Chef Automate into a single offering, while Chef App Delivery combines Chef Habitat, Chef Infra and Chef Automate into a single offering that creates an […]
Splunk Dives Deeper Into Observability
Splunk, during its online .conf20 conference today, launched the Splunk Observability Suite, which combines tools for infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring, digital experience monitoring, log investigation and incident response in a single offering. Kia Behnia, vice president of ITOps for Splunk, said IT teams can correlate metrics, traces and log data in real-time to go […]
Cloud Orchestration Language Roundup: A Comparison
What cloud providers do you work with? Google Cloud Platform (GCP)? Amazon AWS? Microsoft Azure? Which services? Are you using a managed Kubernetes such as GKE, AKS, Openshift or EKS? How do you manage your cloud resources? How do you manage the release cycle of the infrastructure and applications that you deploy? If the above […]
Embedded Analytics Essentials: A Checklist for Success
Integrating the analytics capabilities into your application can be easier than you think Today, the ability to create and explore dashboards and reports, embedded directly into the apps your customers use every day, is no longer a luxury but a necessity to keep your product competitive and deliver value to users. Embedded analytics brings many […]
Accelerate Your Digital Transformation with IBM
DevOps practices, processes and solutions help businesses accelerate their digital transformation by improving the speed and quality of software development. DevOps tools enable teams to do their job more efficiently by embracing automation, increasing agility and building speed, versatility and security into the framework. At the IBM DevOps Virtual Summit, attendees will learn how to […]
Feature Flags: The Cure for DevOps Remote Work Stress
Feature flags can help reduce the stress associated with DevOps during WFH The world has drastically changed. As a result, we have had to adapt the way we shop, socialize, educate and work. Businesses have had to adapt to keep operations going, and the biggest change they’ve had to make has been the move to […]
3 Ways Atlassian Usage is Evolving in the New Normal
Over the last half-year, the use of Atlassian’s tools is evolving and expanding COVID-19 has rapidly accelerated the digital transformation of businesses by several years. However, as companies shift to digital-only workflows, DevOps teams and the increasing number of departments they interact with face numerous challenges. Effective digital communication and collaboration are often vital to […]
Sumo Logic Extends Observability Reach
Sumo Logic, at its online Illuminate conference today, announced the availability of a bevy of extensions to its observability and security information event management (SIEM) cloud services that span everything from hybrid cloud computing to cloud-native platforms such as Kubernetes. The company also announced the general availability of a free Software Development Optimization (SDO) service, […]