Harness Previews Revamped Platform for the Agentic Engineering Era
Harness today previewed a revamped user interface for its platform for managing software deployments that makes it simpler for software engineers to manage teams of artificial intelligence (AI) agents using a forthcoming Harness Software Factory platform. Speaking at an {unscripted} NYC 2026 event, Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal told conference attendees the Harness Software Factory will […]
Atlassian Aims to Fill Context and Governance Gap for AI Coding Agents
Atlassian today extended the capabilities of its portfolio to provide teams of artificial intelligence (AI) coding agents with the level of context needed to build and deploy applications in production environments at much higher levels of scale. Code Context, built on Atlassian’s Teamwork Graph, makes it possible for AI coding agents to generate more reliable […]
DevOps in Financial Services: Moving Fast Without Losing Control
DevOps is often associated with speed: shorter release cycles, greater automation, faster feedback and increased developer autonomy. In financial services, however, speed is only one part of the equation. A platform supporting banking, payments or other regulated financial workloads also has to account for security, traceability, resilience, access control and operational risk. A deployment that […]
Why Standardized Developer Environments Still Break DevOps Workflows
Standardized developer environments promise to eliminate one of software engineering’s oldest explanations: “It works on my machine.” By packaging approved runtimes, dependencies and tools into containers, virtual machines or cloud workspaces, organizations expect every developer to start from the same foundation. The approach delivers clear benefits. It reduces onboarding time, minimizes dependency conflicts and makes […]
The Innovation Puzzle 2.0: Connecting Vision and Value
The tech landscape constantly evolves, making it tempting to chase every new trend. Ironically, in today’s business world, the word “innovation” has become almost synonymous with technology adoption. Yet after years of leading digital transformations, I’ve learned that sustainable innovation isn’t about having the latest technology—it’s about solving business problems and delivering measurable impact. In […]
Survey Surfaces Significant Levels of IDP Investment to Reduce SDLC Friction
A survey of 954 IT decision-makers suggests more resources are now being allocated to reducing friction across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Conducted by CDW, the survey finds more than two-thirds of respondents (68%) report their organization has adopted an internal developer platform (IDP). The primary goal is to improve operational efficiency (57%), provide better […]
Policy as Code for Cost Control, Not Just Compliance
Policy as code can do more than enforce compliance. Learn how platform teams use guardrails, tagging and sizing policies to prevent cloud cost waste early.
Zero Downtime Multicloud Migrations for Observability Control Planes
Most platform teams aren’t deciding whether they’ll run across multiple clouds. They already are, or they’ll be soon. The real question is how to migrate critical systems without turning on-call into a guessing game. Observability raises the stakes more than almost any other domain. An observability control plane isn’t just a dashboard. It’s the operational […]
Unlocking Observability by Design With Inferred Schemas
Observability systems generate massive telemetry, but schema drift creates friction. Learn how inferred schemas and OpenTelemetry Weaver restore structure.
The Great Infrastructure Migration: Why Teams are Moving From Manual Provisioning to Autonomous Platforms
Autonomous infrastructure platforms replace manual provisioning, accelerating delivery, improving compliance and freeing platform teams to focus on strategic work.
Free Tiers and Open Source LLMs – Mana for Developers, Platform Engineers and QA
Development rarely follows one straight path. You sketch ideas, prototype, test, swap tools, iterate, and repeat. The increasing availability of free, limited-use AI tiers and locally run open-source AI LLMs is accelerating that loop. These tiers are not marketing fluff. They are practical on-ramps for developers and engineers. They offer the freedom to test, compare, […]
Anjali Arora on DevOps Teams Embracing Platform Engineering
Anjali Arora, chief technology officer at Perforce Software, discusses the inefficiencies in DevOps infrastructure and the role of platform engineering in addressing them. She notes the shift from traditional IT-managed infrastructure to DevOps-driven provisioning, and how it’s led to a fragmented and costly environment. To counter this, organizations are turning to platform engineering to strike […]
Celebrating 10 Years of the North American DevOps Group with Jim Schild
Jim Schild, founder and head of community at the North American DevOps Group (NADOG), discusses the journey of building a DevOps community from the ground up. Originally an English literature major with aspirations of teaching, Jim found himself in the tech industry, eventually immersing himself in the DevOps space. In 2015, he launched NADOG as […]
DevOps Evolution: From Movement to Platform Engineering in the AI Era
Dynatrace’s Andi Grabner discusses how DevOps is transforming through platform engineering and AI-driven automation to scale best practices and reduce friction.
Platform Engineering Gains Traction Builders of Embedded Systems
A survey of 317 decision-makers and influencers responsible for applying platform engineering to the development of custom software destined to run on embedded systems identifies improving cost efficiency (43%) as the primary business benefit of adopting a methodology for managing DevOps workflows at scale.
Game on: Go Multiplayer Mode to Supercharge your Internal Platform
How can organizations level up the value of their internal platforms without massively expanding their platform teams?
CrowdStrike CEO: 97% of Windows Systems Back Online After Crash
More than 97% of the Windows desktops that were suddenly disrupted a week ago by a problematic software update from CrowdStrike are back online, according to the cybersecurity company’s top executive, but the pain from the worldwide outage will continue to be felt.
CrowdStrike: Faulty Test Software Led to Global Windows Crash
A tool for validating Rapid Response Content updates to the Falcon software improperly let one with “problematic content” get through.
Empowering Self-Service Users in the Digital Age
Creating and evolving an intuitive yet secure self-service portal for users consuming IT resources has become a key undertaking for many organizations.
Comparing Approaches: Center of Excellence Versus Platform Engineering
Both CoE and platform engineering aim to boost productivity and collaboration. Which is best for your shop?
Platform Engineering: The Evolution to DevOps-as-a-Service
Platform engineering represents the evolution of DevOps into a more structured and service-oriented model, effectively embodying the principles of DevOps-as-a-service.
Shreds.AI Launches LLM Platform Trained for Software Engineering
Shreds.AI today unveiled a namesake generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform based on a large language model (LLM) it trained to specifically automate software engineering tasks.
Building Catchpoint Into CI/CD Pipelines
Catchpoint’s value proposition is simple to understand. It monitors website and application performance beyond your own infrastructure to provide a “user’s-eye view.”