SmartBear this week extended its ability to apply artificial intelligence to application testing with the addition of a computer vision capability that can be used to detect objects in applications. Prashant Mohan, vice president of product at SmartBear, said the company’s TestComplete platform now combines computer vision and optical character recognition to help automate the […]
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.
Does More Money Improve Open Source Security?
It sounds simple: If you pay developers more money they’ll improve the quality and security of their code. The evidence isn’t so clear.
Paying Your Dues
TANSTAAFL, ya know?
Leaders in Resilience See ROI From Observability
Observability is touted to advance the application monitoring practices of yesteryear, but are investments paying off?
DevOps Ascending: Guardrails, Not Guidelines – DevOps For Digital Leaders
The season of DevOps is upon us, if not only related to widespread adoption, then certainly in terms of industry emphasis. This week, at the CA World ’16 conference, my colleagues and I will be interacting with thousands of practitioners, all of whom have evolving DevOps narratives. Meanwhile, CA was a founding sponsor of the […]
The Real ROI of DevOps
Many established enterprises are stuck in reverse. Dragged down by legacy IT systems and sclerotic software workstreams, these businesses simply cannot adapt and get up to speed in the continuously changing, high-velocity global marketplace of the 21st century. Delta Airlines’ recent technology crash, for example, dramatically illustrates how aging and inflexible IT systems can cripple […]
State of DevOps Report: Reaping Results
The newly released 2016 State of DevOps Report concludes that DevOps is “no longer a mere fad or buzzword,” but rather an established set of practices and cultural patterns. Yet, a closer look at this year’s findings reveals progress is far more substantial than any matters of perception. The report was conducted and analyzed by […]
Budgeting for DevOps Success
One concept that seems to be universal across all IT departments is the admins lament of “how do I convince my boss that we should spend the money.” Whether it is security, QA or development tools, technical professionals have a difficult time talking the language of the business to justify the expenditure of always scarce […]
Communication: Who is to blame for misunderstandings?
Communication is everywhere and it is far more than only the spoken word and its origin meaning. Communication is one of the most complex and also complicated topics in human relationships: most of the time very thrilling, sometimes frightening but always important! As we all grew up with communication, you might think, we should be […]