‘Most CEOs want to be agile, only a minority actually is’
Research shows that the vast majority of executives within European companies believe that an agile working method is important for their company's growth. In practice, however, only a minority actually apply the method.
This is according to a survey that IDC carried out on behalf of ServiceNow....
Red Hat introduces no-cost RHEL for small production workloads
The move is in response to the storm of anger over Red Hat's announced changes to CentOS Linux.
Red Hat this week announced that it is introducing no-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for small production workloads. They are also adding no-cost RHEL for customer development teams. The an...
Red Hat tool brings Java applications to Kubernetes
Red Hat has released an update to Migration Toolkit for Applications that makes it easier to migrate Java applications to Quarkus. This allows Java applications to run in Kubernetes environments.
Developers can use Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications to convert Java applications to run on...
VMware unveils Tanzu Advanced and Project Iris
The new Tanzu product aims to add more focus on DevSecOps.
This week, VMware announced the addition of a new product to its Tanzu platform for building and managing modern container-based applications.
The new product is called VMware Tanzu Advanced. The company says this new addition builds ...
Python squeezes its way to the top of the programming languages pile
Tiobe, the software-checking company has called Python the top programming language of 2020 because it became more popular in its index than any other language last year. Tiobe uses programming-related questions on search engines that calculate rankings.
Python rose by 2.1% in 2020 while Java de...
Apache Kafka 2.7 is almost ZooKeeper-free and more efficient
Developers of the Apache Kafka distributed event streaming platform have released version 2.7. The new version comes with new cool features.
For instance, in this version, the developers tackle problems surrounding the create and delete functions which affect the load on the controller, by bring...
Microsoft leads SharePoint workflow users to Power Automate
Microsoft has created a workshop for users who are still using SharePoint Workflow. These users are encouraged to switch to the new Power Automate platform.
In the course of the past year, Microsoft phased out the workflows in SharePoint 2010. The company has also announced that a similar fate a...
Developers starting to see lower App Store commissions
The first developers are getting the benefits of the Apple Small Business Program. Developers with low App Store revenues now have to pay a lower commission to Apple.
Developer Aditya Rajveer of Marvis App noticed that for every purchase of his 5.99 dollar app he received 5.09 dollar from Apple....
Microsoft tool can recognize and automate repetitive tasks
Microsoft Power Automate Desktop is now generally available. The low-code tool to automate workflows can scan the behaviour of users to come up with new proposals for automation.
Power Automate Desktop can automate various tasks on Windows computers, such as opening web pages and navigating to s...
First release of Rocky Linux is due out in Q2/2021
The project aims to provide a new alternative for projects using Red Hat's CentOS.
The developers of Rocky Linux have announced that the new software project will be available to test by the second quarter of 2021. The announcement came in the form of a Community Update issued earlier this mont...
Cloudflare acquires development startup Linc
Move advances Cloudflare’s plans to expand in the web application market.
Cloudflare has announced hat it has acquired Bitgenics Pty, an Australian startup better known as Linc. The acquisition rounds out Cloudflares offering with technology for simplifying the development of web applications....
Rust programming language hits the big league
Major players like AWS and Microsoft are adopting Rust, and the language is quickly gaining popularity with developers.
Mozilla's programming language Rust has boosted its popularity by leaps and bounds this past year. Rust this week published its latest Rust Survey showing a dramatic increase ...