Survey Shows DevSecOps Progress in Larger Organizations
A survey of 250 U.S. and UK large enterprises with more $1 billion in revenue conducted by Security Compass, a provider of a platform for automating security tasks as application are developed, finds three-quarters (75%) have implemented DevSecOps processes on current application development projects. Rohit Sethi, CEO, Security Compass, said the State of DevSecOps Report […]
BluBracket Community Edition of Secrets Discovery Tool now Available
BluBracket today announced general availability of a community edition of a tool that employs machine learning algorithms to discover passwords, tokens and other security vulnerabilities in code. Prakash Linga, BluBracket’s CEO, said application secrets stored in code enable cybercriminals to compromise applications in ways that can impact an entire software supply chain. The community edition […]
Sauce Labs Acquires AutonomIQ to Advance App Testing
Sauce Labs is acquiring AutonomIQ, a provider of a scriptless test automation platform based on machine learning (ML) algorithms. Matt Wyman, chief product officer for Sauce Labs, said the acquisition of AutonomIQ will play a critical role in enabling Sauce Labs to push testing further left toward developers and, ultimately, “citizen testers” that are becoming […]
Amid COVID-19, Developers Struggle to Keep Pace
It’s been a wild ride for digital innovation. It’s also been a stressful year for developers. At most organizations, the pandemic has increased reliance on digital experiences (and its programmers) exponentially. IT spending is rising, and competition is skyrocketing. More than ever before, the pressure is placed on developers to meet rigorous demands. A recent […]
OpenAPI Specification: Perception vs. Reality
The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) (formerly known as the Swagger specification) provides a way to describe and document REST APIs and their components. It includes details on endpoints, their operations, parameters needed for the operations, expected responses for every operation, authentication methods and even annotations. OAS is an easy format to learn and read, and can […]
CloudBees Appoints New CEO to Drive Next Level of DevOps Growth
CloudBees announced today the appointment of Stephen DeWitt as its new CEO, taking over from Sacha Labourey, who will become chief strategy officer. Labrourey said after leading the company for the past 10 years, and after a banner year that saw the company generate more than $100 million in revenue, the time was right to […]
Tidelift Secures Open Source Software Supply Chains
Tidelift today announced the general availability of a platform dubbed Tidelift catalogs, through which enterprise IT organizations can more effectively manage their open source supply chains. Donald Fischer, Tidelift’s CEO, says the Tidelift catalogs platform enables IT teams to curate, track and manage open source components that have been vetted and adhere to compliance requirements […]
vFunction Automates Conversion of Java Apps to Microservices
vFunction has developed an eponymous platform capable of automatically converting a monolithic application written in Java into a set of microservices. The startup is emerging from stealth mode today. Fresh from raising $12.2 million in seed funding, vFunction CEO Moti Rafalin said the company’s platform employs dynamic analysis, static analysis, data science and automation to […]
The State of Digital Innovation, One Year Into the Pandemic
It’s obvious COVID–19 accelerated digital reliance for many companies. And it’s no surprise that, according to a recent study, 89% of tech leaders believe digital experiences are critical to addressing new COVID–19 challenges. In this race toward 100% digital business, agile innovation is the new elixir of life — without it, a company may face an […]
Ambassador Insights: Enterprise Digital Transformation
Digital transformation has been on the minds of many organizations for a few years now, but since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year the need to transform IT infrastructures has taken on a sense of urgency. The rush to work from home coupled with the shift to online everything has pushed organizations to […]
Meet the Winners of the 2020 DevOps Dozen² Awards
This is the moment you have all been waiting for. It is time to announce the honorees for the 2020 DevOps Dozen² Awards, and we couldn’t be more excited to share the names of the most outstanding leaders and tools in the DevOps community. Although, I must say, all the finalists have done an amazing […]
DevSecOps Implementation: Intrusion Detection
Originally, this series was just going to be four articles on the DevSec side of DevSecOps. There are many reasons for this, but primarily because that side is cleaner. The other reason is that these topics are beyond the work we were doing at Accelerated Strategies Group. But we’ve had a number of requests to […]
Predict 2021: What Does the Future Hold?
While 2020 was a challenging year, it was also a year of resilience, innovation and rapid acceleration of digital transformation. So, what does 2021 have in store for us? At Predict 2021 Virtual Summit, taking place Jan. 21-22 at 10 a.m. ET, top industry leaders will share their speculations on what the future holds in […]
How Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Solutions Benefit DevOps
Managed Detection and Response (MDR), a relative newcomer in the cybersecurity realm, is starting to have a noticeable impact on enterprises seeking to better secure their operations. Research giant Gartner notes that, “By 2025, 50% of organizations will be using MDR services for threat monitoring, detection and response functions that offer threat containment capabilities.” Despite […]
Low-Code To Become Commonplace in 2021
A new study finds 85% of engineer leads predict low-code and no-code will soon become common New findings from an Internal-endorsed study suggest 2020’s software development challenges will undoubtedly carry into 2021. Many businesses are making immediate transitions to a digital-only economy, forcing a ton of new app development requirements. Yet, hiring top engineering talent […]
DevSecOps Implementation: Source Composition Analysis
This is the second installment in this series on DevSecOps. Read the first installment, on Static Analysis, here. One of the better additions to security in recent years is source composition analysis (SCA). The purpose of SCA is to sit in the gap between static analysis and dynamic analysis to help you find issues introduced […]
Survey Sees Surge in Demand for DevOps Skills
The Linux Foundation and edX, a provider of an online learning platform, jointly released an annual report today that for the first time finds organizations are looking for more IT personnel with open source DevOps skills (65%) than developers (59%). Clyde Seepersad, senior vice president and general manager for training and certification at The Linux […]
How To Foster a Culture of Citizen Developers
What can leaders do to encourage a thriving environment of citizen developers in their organization? Over the last several months, businesses of all sizes have had to embrace rapid change, as have their workforces. When it comes to IT departments, even before the pandemic many were fielding requests to implement new technology, customize solutions to […]
New Survey Highlights Codebase Size Problems
Sourcegraph and Dimensional Research have released a survey of developers at large organizations, which shows a massive growth in codebase size, number of repositories in use and complexity concerns. “The Emergence of Big Code – A 2020 Survey of Software Professionals” is definitely intriguing reading, and a few of the results are eye-opening—such as the […]
Strengthen API Security With These Tips and Patterns
If you haven’t noticed, digital organizations are building more and more APIs. ProgrammableWeb tracks more than 23,000 public web APIs at the time of writing, and the API market is estimated to be worth $5.1 billion by 2023. Building with APIs increases internal interoperability, reduces development time and can extend product functionality tremendously. In short, […]
5 Steps to Avoid Shadow IT Around Low-Code
Shadow IT is far more pervasive than most CIOs think. Cisco Systems estimates that a typical firm has 15 to 22 times more cloud applications than authorized by the IT department. While shadow IT solves problems in the short-term for a select few, undocumented software ultimately encourages tribal thinking and siloed departments. This can stunt […]
New ASG Report Looks at COVID-19’s Impact on Software Development
We are all trying to adapt to a new world created by COVID-19. As the coronavirus continues to spread, the economy and businesses everywhere have been severely impacted, and no one really knows what the so-called “new normal” will be. For now, most organizations have gone remote, not knowing when—or even if—employees will be able […]
DevOps Deeper Dive: IPO Frenzy Heralds Consolidation
A spate of initial public offering (IPOs) has resulted in billions of investment dollars being poured into JFrog, Snowflake and Sumo Logic and is likely to fuel of wave of merger and acquisition activity in the months ahead. While each of these software companies addresses fundamentally different IT requirements, they are all tapping into a […]