Conventional wisdom holds that one of the biggest challenges organizations face today is a chronic shortage of application developers. But as artificial intelligence (AI) advances, the process of writing code will become more automated. But rather than there being not enough developers to write all the code necessary, the shortage will be in software engineers […]
Understanding the App Development Life Cycle
More and more businesses nowadays are shifting to mobile. And that’s absolutely reasonable choice: More than 50 percent of digital media consumption accounts for mobile apps; Ninety percent of the time smartphone users spend on their mobiles goes to mobile apps; A typical user has about 30 apps installed on his mobile and spends more […]
Veracode Makes DevSecOps Transition Easier for Developers
Following the formal acquisition of Veracode by CA Technologies, a much bigger effort to make security a more integrated element of DevOps has kicked off in earnest. Veracode recently unfurled an update to its application security platform aimed specifically at developers that provides security findings as each application module is scanned. Tim Jarrett, senior director […]
Using DevOps for Non-Code Artifacts
Figure: Linking various aspects for an article that can be connected through the “DevOps way of working” Innovation lies at the intersection of two or more otherwise-non-related areas. A very intriguing such instance I recently read was of Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace setting up the foundation of the modern programmable computer by taking the […]
Meet the Citizen Developer
Much has been written on the rise of citizen developers, but little about who they are and why they choose to do what they do The enterprise is always thirsty for new applications. More than ever, this thirst seems unquenchable. Consider a recent market analysis from Global Market Insights, which expects the enterprise application market […]
Tasktop Survey Shows Customer, Business Needs Must Align
Recently, Tasktop surveyed 120 global IT professionals on their software delivery processes. The results were based on analysis obtained from its licensed Forrester Modern Application Assessment Tool, which helps organizations evaluate where they fall on the spectrum of modern software delivery and offers insight into what needs to happen next. The survey covered topics such […]
Does Security Slow Down DevOps?
Since the primary goal of DevOps is to eliminate bottlenecks to increase a company’s speed and efficiency, organizations tend to embrace new strategies that make DevOps even more efficient. However, when it comes to integrating security into DevOps, there is some debate whether such integrations help to improve the success rate of the DevOps process. […]
Q&A: CNCF on Instilling a DevOps Culture, Part 2
In part one of this two-part series, staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud introduced the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), a nonprofit organization with 49 members engaged in promoting the development of cloud native applications. Let’s continue with the CNCF’s thoughts on instilling a DevOps culture. staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud: Why do developers need the freedom to choose how they build software? What […]
Q&A: CNCF on Instilling a DevOps Culture, Part 1
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is a non-profit comprised of some 49 industry participants that have come together to drive development and adoption of cloud-native applications and services. The CNCF is uniting such giants as Google, IBM, Intel and Cisco Systems to distill a collection of container technologies that end-user companies deem praiseworthy to […]
Echidna Takes DevOps to E-Commerce Site Creation
The Echidna e-commerce firm installs and evolves e-commerce platforms, providing ongoing development so its clients can leverage e-commerce experiences to the satisfaction of their customers. “We apply carefully selected user experience technology, marketing and analytics abilities to our clients’ strategic goals to do this,” taking what it calls an “anti-Big Bang” approach to continuous deployment, […]