
Applications

Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
Timeline

Microsoft acquires Belgian e-commerce connector Scapta
Microsoft is acquiring Scaptify, a Shopify connector developed by Scapta. The connector will be integrated in...

Microsoft fears economic uncertainty, hits brakes on new hires
Microsoft is reducing the number of new hires for its Windows, Office and Teams department. The tech giant pr...

Broadcom buys VMware for 57 billion euros
Broadcom is acquiring VMware for $61 billion (56.8 billion euros). With the acquisition, the chip manufacture...

ServiceNow launches Procurement Service Management
Procurement Management Service is now available. The solution automates and analyzes daily procurement tasks....

WordPress 6.0 release: new blocks, design tools and more
WordPress 6.0 is available. In addition to Site Editor improvements, the platform received new features for p...

Pegasystems dives into process mining and Google Cloud
Pegasystems' software will soon be available on Google Cloud. In addition, the organisation is acquiring Ever...

‘Employees struggle with abundance of data, systems and processes’
Employees struggle with an abundance of information, systems and processes. A study by Pegasystems finds that...

Linux kernel 5.18 is officially available
Version 5.18 of the Linux kernel has officially been released. The final release followed after eight release...

Huawei app store bug makes paid apps available for free
A vulnerability in Huawei's app store API allows users to download paid apps for free. Huawei smartphones ...

Windows 11 just got prepped for broad deployment
Microsoft determined that Windows 11 is ready for broad deployment. This means that companies will soon be ab...