AWS Extends Generative AI Reach to Third-Party IT Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has extended the reach of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform for application development to include a set of plug-in extensions, that make it possible to launch natural language queries against data residing in platforms from Datadog and Wiz.
Mezmo Simplifies Management of Telemetry Data to Reduce Observability Costs
Mezmo has added a more opinionated option to its platform for managing telemetry data that makes it simpler to add additional sources and ultimately reduce the volume data being collected to help reduce overall costs.
AWS Extends Reach of Authentication Service to Include Support for Passkeys
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has updated its authentication service to make it simpler for software engineering teams to eliminate passwords. In addition to now adding support of passkey authentication based on public key cryptography and biometrics to the Amazon Cognito service, the Amazon Cognito service already supports one-time-passwords over email and SMS connection. Passkey support […]
Objective-Based Testing: Transforming Test Design With Natural Language Prompts
Objective-based testing, with its focus on natural language prompts to initiate test design, is more than just a new technique.
Accelerating Business Growth Using AIOps and DevOps
Adopting AIOps helps DevOps through automation, predictive intelligence and better data-driven decisions. This collaboration fosters efficient processes, improved quality and continuous improvement to meet the ever-changing demands of the industry and customer requirements.
Microsoft Enlists Endor Labs to Integrate SCA Tool with CNAPP
Microsoft has tapped Endor Labs to incorporate a software composition analysis (SCA) tool into its cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP).
How to Scale Scrum to Larger Projects
The popularity of agile methodologies has grown significantly among developer teams, compared to sequential software development approaches. 71% of respondents to the 17th State of Agile Report from Digital.ai have adopted Agile in their software development lifecycle. According to the same report, 63% of Agile teams use Scrum, making it the most popular Agile framework. […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
The five DevOps job postings shared this week include various roles at GovCIO, Mayo Clinic, Wiz, BMC and Citi.
CNCF Brings Jaegar and OpenTelemetry Closer Together to Improve Observability
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has made available an update to its Jaeger distributed tracing project that now makes use of OpenTelemetry agent software to collect data.
Curtailing Software Automation Tool License Costs by Curbing License Needs
Configuring a CI pipeline to invoke automation tests can help reduce license costs. CI tools sit in front of automation test tools, eliminating the need for individual licenses.
Checkmarx Extends DevSecOps Reach to Repository Security and Secrets Discovery
Checkmarx this week extended the scope of its ability to protect software supply chains with tools that access how secure a repository is and find where application secrets have been shared in a way that is not secure. Ori Bendet, vice president of product management for Checkmarx, said the Repository Health and Secrets Detection tools […]
Security Concerns Loom as GenAI Adoption Grows in DevOps
Most security and software development professionals are using GenAI-based solutions for building or delivering applications, but despite its widespread use, significant security challenges persist.
Want to Modernize Your Apps? Start By Modernizing Your Software Delivery Processes
The success of any app modernization project hinges on which technologies you choose to implement and, more importantly, how you implement them.
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 just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of […]
Splunk Tightens Integration Across Observability Platforms
Splunk this week made a bevy of updates to its observability platforms including the addition of a revamped user interface that provides a more consistent experience across Splunk Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics.
Akka Unfurls PaaS for Building Distributed Java Applications
Akka, formerly Lightbend, today at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 conference unfurled PaaS for building distributed Java applications.
Data-Driven Feedback Loops: How DevOps and Data Science Inform Product Iterations
The iterative process is greatly enhanced by data-driven feedback loops, which allow teams to systematically collect, analyze and act on data to inform product decisions.
Improving the Developer Experience by Deploying CI/CD in Databases
How can developers use CI/CD to improve their database software deployment process, and where should they begin?
Leaders – How to Support an Agile Transformation
A guide to assist leaders in the facilitation of their organization’s success in the endeavor of agile transformation.
PlatformEngineering.com Launches: A New Hub for DevOps and Platform Engineering Insights
The DevOps world has a new sibling: PlatformEngineering.com. As the latest addition to the Techstrong Group family, this site aims to be the premier resource for the platform engineering community. The launch signals an important milestone in the journey of platform engineering, a discipline that has evolved to complement and enhance DevOps practices. Platform Engineering: […]
Proactive Dependency Management: Reducing Risk and Improving Software Quality
Managing dependencies isn’t just best practice, it is an essential ongoing process. Implement these strategies in your projects to stay ahead of potential issues and ensure your software remains reliable, secure and up to date.
Analysis Finds DevOps Engineers Are Being Promoted Faster
An analysis of a data set collected by SignalFire, a platform provider for recruiting employees, finds that IT professionals specializing in areas such as DevOps move into leadership roles within their organizations within two to three years.
Scarf Integrates Platform for Tracking Open Source Software Usage With Salesforce
Scarf today at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024 conference revealed it has integrated its platform for tracking consumption of open source software with the Salesforce customer relationship management (CRM) platform