Linux Foundation Takes Control Of AsyncAPI Specification
The Linux Foundation announced today that it now plays host to an AsyncAPI Initiative that has developed a specification and a suite of open source tools for asynchronous application programming interfaces (APIs) and event-driven architectures. Founding sponsors of the AsyncAPI Initiative include Ably Realtime, Apideck, Bump, IQVIA Technologies, Slack, Solace and TIBCO. Most recently, Postman, […]
Sysdig Adds CSPM Module to DevSecOps Platform
Sysdig today announced it added a cloud security posture management (CSPM) module to its Sysdig Secure DevOps Platform for monitoring application performance and security to enable IT teams to continuously detect threats. Pawan Shankar, director of product marketing for Sysdig, said this CSPM capability is based on an open source Cloud Custodian tool that enables […]
Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of TechStrong TV
A year ago today, we started a new streaming project called “TechStrong TV” to provide the audience with an alternative source of information and entertainment, focused on delivering great tech content, during the unusual times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Little did we know back then what this would mean for all of us. In less […]
Tricentis Aquires Neotys to Gain Load Testing Tools
Tricentis announced today it has acquired Neotys as part of an effort to expand the scope of its tools portfolio into the realm of load testing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Neotys provides application testing teams with automatic test design and maintenance, user behavior simulation and root cause analysis capabilities using a set […]
Achieving Reliable Observability Part 1 – Making Cloud-Native Observability More Robust
I was having a conversation with a CxO level customer as part of an AIOps/Observability workshop, and from what I could tell, most are confused about how to properly operationalize cloud-native production environments – especially the monitoring/observability portion. Here is how the conversation went. “Andy, we are thinking about getting [vendor] to use for our […]
Solvo Automatically Crafts Cloud Security Policies
Solvo today announced general availability of a namesake tool that automatically creates a least-privilege policy and applies it to application workloads deployed in the cloud. Previously available only as a private beta, Solvo will also continually analyze a workload after it’s been deployed to enable IT teams to adjust security policies as additional updates to […]
Python Remains Popular in Programming Language Study
A ranking by analyst firm RedMonk reflects on Python’s continued popularity as a leading enterprise programming language for a number of reasons. According to a recent study by RedMonk, JavaScript also remains widely popular as the web development programming language of choice for a significant number organizations. In many ways, Python’s strong showing in the […]
Why a Unified Enterprise DevOps Platform is Necessary
As a senior DevOps consultant working with large organizations over many years, I have been involved in more than 70 digital transformation projects, with hundreds of applications. While many things have changed over time, one thing has been a consistent source of problems that presents a formidable impedance to these transformations. The diverse number of […]
Ambassador Insights: Value Stream Management
Value stream management is the next critical evolution for enterprises and organizations that want to further mature their efforts toward smart, efficient and effective software development and delivery. The need for ongoing software innovation and delivery is becoming a top priority for all businesses today, thanks to the new digital demands organizations are facing from […]
Data Theorem Extends Scope of App Analyzer Portfolio
Data Theorem, Inc. today added to its portfolio a Cloud Secure analyzer that promises to provide full stack visibility into applications through the client, network and cloud layers of a distributed computing environment. Doug Dooley, Data Theorem COO, said Cloud Secure extends an existing Analyzer Engine offering that is currently widely employed to identify vulnerabilities […]
Cisco Leans on HashiCorp to Manage Infrastructure as Code
HashiCorp and Cisco today announced a Cisco Intersight Service for Terraform offering based on HashiCorp Terraform Cloud Business software. Cisco Intersight is an IT operations management platform that enables IT teams to manage IT infrastructure across a hybrid cloud computing environment. Open source Terraform tools have emerged as the dominant tool for provisioning infrastructure as […]
How to Mitigate Low-Code Security Risks
Gartner predicts that by the end of 2025, over 65% of development projects will use low-code builders. The field of low-code continues to expand. But what security implications does low-code introduce? Low-code refers to tools that enable application construction using visual programming models. Adopting drag-and-drop components instead of traditional code, no-code and low-code platforms enables […]
ServiceNow Acquires Intellibot to Gain RPA Capabilities
ServiceNow’s acquisition of Intellibot, a provider of a robotic process automation (RPA) platform, this week is part of a larger effort to automate the development of applications that are driving digital business transformation within enterprise IT environments. Earlier this month, ServiceNow unfurled a set of revamped low-code tools that both professional and so-called citizen developers […]
Why a Low-Code Platform Should Have Pro-Code Capabilities
If you want to build a house, you could get a lot done yourself. You could sketch out a simple design, start assembling materials, maybe even nail down some floorboards and install drywall. But to make it truly functional, and to respond to all the unknown fixes — big and small — that would surely […]
LeanIX Extends Application Management Reach
LeanIX today unveiled a catalog that enables DevOps teams to more easily track the relationships between microservices as they are built and deployed. At the same time, the company also revealed it has acquired Cleanshelf, a provider of a platform for managing software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. LeanIX CEO André Christ said the Microservice Intelligence catalog will […]
Progress Unveils First Update to Chef Automation Portfolio
Progress today announced it has enhanced its Chef Enterprise Automation Stack (EAS) and released a new version of Chef Infra Client that promises to make the programming language on which EAS relies more accessible. Sudhir Reddy, vice president of engineering for Progress, said the latest versions of both offerings are the first updates to the […]
Eclipse Foundation Creates Adoptium Working Group for OpenJDK Binaries
The Eclipse Foundation announced today a working group that will establish a governance framework for an Eclipse Adoptium project that enables developers to download compatible runtimes based on OpenJDK source code. Members of the Adoptium working group include Alibaba Cloud, Huawei, IBM, iJUG, Karakun AG, Microsoft, New Relic and Red Hat. OpenJDK is a free […]
Cooperative Gaming: Software Teams’ Secret to Success?
Trust falls and team backpacking trips are out — cooperative gaming is in. Don’t think embarking on group Minecraft missions could help deliver great software products? Think again. A 2019 BYU study found a 20% increase in office productivity after just 45 minutes of gaming. Software engineering is a mentally taxing endeavor, and many developers are […]
Grafana Labs Aligns with Elastic on Observability
Elastic and Grafana Labs have allied to create a plugin through which DevOps teams that are employing Elasticsearch within a DevOps workflow will be able to invoke a monitoring platform, based on Prometheus, that is managed by Grafana Labs. Raj Dutt, Grafana Labs CEO, said both companies are dedicating engineering resources to building and maintaining […]
Harness Revamps User Interface for CI Platform
Harness today announced it has updated the community edition of its continuous integration (CI) platform with, among other updates, a revamped user interface. Formerly known as Drone.io, the latest release also adds pipeline execution visualizations, governance and security controls and live CI pipeline debugging capabilities. Harness last year acquired Drone.io, an open source CI project, […]
Copado Acquires New Context to Drive DevSecOps Adoption
Copado, a provider of a DevOps platform for building applications deployed on the Salesforce cloud platform, announced today it has acquired New Context as part of an effort to expand the scope of its portfolio into the realm of DevSecOps best practices. Andrew Leigh, chief marketing officer for Copado, said the acquisition brings Copado tools […]
Teleport Adds Database Support to Security Gateway
Teleport announced today it has added support for databases to a security gateway, delivered as a cloud service, that is currently used to secure Linux servers and Kubernetes clusters. Ev Kontsevoy, CEO, said Teleport intends to extend the reach of the security gateway up the entire stack of IT infrastructure that developers routinely use to […]
Logz.io Adds Prometheus Service to Observability Portfolio
Logz.io announced today the general availability of a cloud service, based on Prometheus, that can collect and analyze metrics alongside its existing log management service. Jonah Kowall, CTO, Logz.io, said the goal for Prometheus-as-a-Service is to provide IT teams with a centralized approach to analyzing data collected from instances of Prometheus running on local servers […]