FIDO/WebAuthn Passkeys is Inevitable: Get on the Train ¦ IBM CEO Hates WFH
In this week’s #TheLongView: The Passkeys authentication standard gets a huge boost, and Arvind Krishna wants workers back in the office.
IBM Adds Fully Managed VMware Service to Cloud Portfolio
At the VMware Explore 2022 Europe conference, IBM this week announced an IBM Cloud for VMware-as-a-Service offering that integrates instances of VMware Cloud with the infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform managed by IBM in the cloud. Rohit Badlaney, vice president of product management and strategy for IBM Cloud, said now that VMware Cloud can be consumed as […]
Red Hat and IBM Pledge to Bring NLP to Ansible
At the Ansiblefest 2022 conference today, Red Hat and its parent company IBM announced the Project Wisdom initiative to bring natural language processing (NLP) to the open source Ansible IT operations automation platform. At the same time, Red Hat announced that the curated instances of Ansible from Red Hat are now available in the marketplaces […]
IBM Unveils Simulation Tool for Attacking SCM Platforms
At the Black Hat USA 2022 conference, IBM today revealed it is making available a toolkit for launching simulated attacks against source code management (SCM) platforms. The toolkit was launched as a proof-of-concept. Brett Hawkins, head of adversary simulation for the X-Force Red arm of IBM Security, said the SCMKit takes advantage of the REST […]
Red Hat CEO: Out | Blind Users: Revolt | ARM: Google Joins Party
In this week’s The Long View: Matt Hicks is the new Red Hat CEO, visual accessibility is in focus, and Google Cloud rolls out ARM instances.
Rust in Linux 5.20 | Deepfake Hiring Fraud | IBM WFH ‘New Normal’
In this week’s The Long View: Linus says next release will support Rust, FBI warns scammers are getting hired in deepfake interviews, and 80% of IBM staff stay at home.
IBM z16 Delivers AI and Quantum-Safe Levels of Security
Business transformation and disruption is all about data. But it’s not just about collecting huge amounts of data, it’s what you do with that data and how it can enable you to create powerful insights. While many people focus on the cloud unicorns, the reality is that industry incumbents have a huge advantage. These businesses […]
Rocket Software Extends DevOps Reach to IBM I Platforms
Rocket Software has added support for the IBM I platform as part of its relaunch of a DevOps platform that also runs on IBM mainframes. Chris Wey, president of the data modernization business unit at Rocket Software, said the Rocket DevOps continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform will make it possible for organizations that employ both […]
IBM ‘is Ageist and Sexist’ | IBM Mainframe-aaS | IBM Vaccine Mandate
In this week’s The Long View: IBM’s employment practices get held up to scrutiny, IBM z/OSaaS breaks cover, and IBM encourages staff back to the office.
IBM Automation Insights: Improving Observability and App Performance
Observability offers deep visibility into the internal state of complex systems in order to quickly identify and troubleshoot performance issues to keep up with customer expectations and business requirements. Observability enables better application performance monitoring (APM). So, how can DevOps teams gain full observability into modern applications? On Feb. 23, experts from IBM and GitLab […]
IBM Shifts Mainframe App Testing to the Cloud
IBM this week revealed it has added the ability to set up testing environments on the IBM Cloud for z/OS mainframe applications. In addition, on March 15, IBM will make available an IBM Z and cloud modernization stack to make it simpler to modernize mainframe applications by adding application programming interfaces (APIs) using a cloud-native […]
Kyndryl Aligns with Microsoft in the Cloud
Following its spinout from IBM, Kyndryl has allied with Microsoft to increase the scope of IT services it provides on the Azure public cloud. Stephen Leonard, leader of global alliances and partnerships for Kyndryl, said that as part of this initiative, Kyndryl will be expanding the scope of the services it provides to both organizations […]
IBM Unifies Cloud Services to Simplify App Dev
IBM announced today that an IBM Cloud Code Engine service that unifies the cloud platforms on which applications are built and deployed is now generally available. Built on top of a serverless computing platform, IBM Cloud Code Engine is a managed service that unifies access to a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment, a container-as-a-service (CaaS) environment and […]
IBM Unveils New Capabilities Designed to Accelerate Hybrid Cloud Application Modernization
New and updated DevOps capabilities aim to increase agility for developers ARMONK, N.Y., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a series of new and updated capabilities for developers designed to deliver intelligent application analysis throughout the DevOps pipeline, generally available on March 19. According to an IBM internal assessment, a bank with $1B in IT […]
IBM Deepens DevOps Insights on Mainframes
IBM today extended its effort to enable IT organizations that have mainframes to embrace DevOps best practices by updating the analytics tools it provides. Tom McPherson, vice president for IBM Z Software, said a version 6.0 update to the suite of IBM application discovery and delivery intelligence (ADDI) for IBM Z tools surfaces more granular […]
IBM Power Systems Enhances Hybrid Cloud Capabilities with Red Hat
New pre-configured private cloud platform, innovative cloud-consumption payment model, and more Red Hat software now supported on IBM Power Virtual Servers ARMONK, NY – February 23, 2021 – IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced availability of Red Hat software on IBM Power Systems as well as new IBM Power Systems hardware. These announcements further expand IBM Systems commitment […]
Project OWL announces new release of ClusterDuck Protocol to build emergency mesh networks
An opportunity for developers to use, test, and contribute to an open source communications systemthat provides connectivity in the wake of disasters By Bryan Knouse, CEO & Co-Founder, Project OWL Despite the pandemic, the power of the open source community of developers working together virtually around the world has helped Project OWL(Organization, Whereabouts, and Logistics) […]
Open Source Advocates Want Share of Wealth
The egalitarian spirit of the open source community might be starting to fray as individual developers begin to question who is really benefiting most from their efforts. A survey of 4,440 developers who actively participated in open source projects in 2020 finds more than half (54%) of respondents said they feel that individuals should be […]
Using IBM ADDI and VTP to Enhance Observability in Mainframe Development
Observability has always been a key factor in software development – not so much on the mainframe. However, the rise of the internet as the go-to platform for modern commerce has caused an explosion of transactional activities. There’s much more complexity behind the scenes than the request/response activity that used to be the usual interaction […]
IBM joins the Crossplane community
IBM joins the Crossplane Community to advance the development of hybrid cloud application platforms. By Chris Bailey, Paolo Dettori, John Ponzo Published December 15, 2020 Today IBM is pleased to announce that it is joining the Crossplane community and releasing an experimental release of a Crossplane provider for IBM Cloud. This enables IBM Cloud managed resources to […]
IBM Acquires Instana to Advance Observability Strategy
IBM this week announced it plans to acquire Instana, a provider of an application performance management (APM) platform that is optimized for microservices. Robin Hernandez, vice president of hybrid cloud management and AIOps for IBM, said Instana will plug an observability gap that has emerged in IBM’s portfolio as organizations start to build and deploy […]
Application Modernization Video with IBM’s Rosalind Radcliffe
Application modernization is the process of updating existing legacy applications and modernizing their infrastructure, architecture and features, by using modern technology stacks. Monolithic applications are difficult to update and expensive to scale. In response to today’s business requirements of growth and innovation, enterprises must deliver new applications in an agile fashion while minimizing risk. Many […]
How open source leads to open doors
Black Girls CODE awarded IBM Open Source Community Grant By Todd Moore, Guillermo Miranda, Yolanda Rabun Published October 19, 2020 In today’s climate, racial equality and equity is top of mind. The tech industry has a renewed focus on giving girls in underrepresented communities access and exposure to STEM, particularly in the pre-teen and teen years […]