Five Trends That Will Drive Software Development in 2025
In 2025, developers will broaden the scope of how they use AI with promising new applications for reducing technical debt and improving security.
Red Hat Adds Managed Instance of Ansible to Expanding AWS Portfolio
Red Hat this week made available a managed instance of the Ansible automation framework on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
AWS Extends Generative AI Reach and Scope of Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today revealed it has extended the capabilities of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
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.
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.
Instabug Leverages Generative AI to Automatically Fix Mobile Applications
Instabug today revealed it has added an ability to both analyze mobile application crash report data and source code, to better pinpoint the root cause of issues accurately, which it then feeds into a proprietary generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, dubbed SmartResolve, that automatically generates the code needed to resolve it.
Survey Sees AI Being Applied to Improve Software Quality Testing
A global survey of 1,775 IT and business executives published today finds 71% are working for organizations that have integrated some form of artificial intelligence and generative AI capability into their operation, with just over a third (34%) specifically using AI to improve quality assurance. Conducted by Sogeti, a unit of Capgemini in collaboration with […]
Latest DORA Report Surfaces Limited Gains from AI and Platform Engineering
The annual DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) published today by Google finds that while generative artificial intelligence (AI) is leading to moderate gains in productivity, it also appears to be slowing the rate at which software is being delivered. The report finds more than three quarters of the software development professionals surveyed (76%) are relying […]
From the Trough of GenAI Disillusionment – a Bright Spot?
The “trial and error” phase for genAI is over; we need to verify whether the investments are paying off. Experiment, measure, adjust, repeat.
Sonar Adds AI Tools to Identify Issues and Fix Code Created by Machines and Humans
Sonar, in addition to adding generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its core platform for remediation vulnerabilities, also unveiled a tool that identifies vulnerabilities in code generated by artificial intelligence (AI) platforms.
The Promise and Perils of Generative AI in Software Testing
Organizations can harness the full power of GenAI to drive innovation in software testing and deliver high-quality software products.
Observe Adds Generative AI Agents to Observability Platform
Observe, Inc. today launched a Project Voyager update that adds generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its namesake observability platform.
CortexClick Leverages Generative AI to Automate Software Documentation
CortexClick today launched a content generation platform based on large language models (LLMs) that have been specifically trained to create documentation, tutorials and technical blog posts, including screenshots, for organizations building software.
Study Finds No DevOps Productivity Gains from Generative AI
A study of 800 software developers working on large engineering teams that have adopted the GitHub Copilot generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool finds limited gains in productivity are being achieved.
JFrog CEO: Developers Need to Adapt to AI to Keep Their Jobs
JFrog CEO Shlomi Ben Haim told attendees of the company’s swampUP 2024 conference that unless application developers adapt their jobs are indeed at risk because of the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Research on the Human/Machine Frontier: Unleashing Generative AI in Software Engineering
GAI is poised to revolutionize software engineering. Having diverse perspectives and insights from across the many roles of the SDLC is crucial to understanding the evolving landscape.
Changing the Face of Software Development Security: CodeOps
CodeOps and GenAI are aligned: CodeOps treats code produced using GenAI as yet another source of code and focuses on solving the security and discoverability problems inherent in the reuse of existing assets.
Say ‘No’ to ‘NoOps’: Why We Can’t Afford to Let AI Run Wild
As we anticipate the advancement of AI over the next decade, we must recognize that we are not equipped to grant these tools complete control.
BMC Brings Generative AI to the Mainframe
BMC as part of a broader commitment to building generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistants to simply the management of mainframes, has made available in beta a tool that explains code functionality.
Lightrun Adds Generative AI Tool to Debug Code in Runtime Environments
Lightrun this week added a runtime debugging tool that makes use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the root cause of issues in runtime environments.
ZEST Security Brings Generative AI to Cloud Infrastructure Security
ZEST Security has launched a platform that leverages generative artificial intelligence (AI) to remediate code created using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools.
Survey Surfaces Wide Generative AI Adoption Among Software Engineers
A survey of 509 software engineers finds nearly three-quarters (72%) are leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities somewhere in a software development process, with nearly half (48%) reporting they use these tools every day.
Quali Bakes Generative AI into Environment as Code Platform
Quali has added a generative artificial intelligence (AI) capability to its Torque platform for managing infrastructure-as-code that enables DevOps teams to use natural language to describe a template, that is then automatically created and implemented.