AWS emphasises the importance of a Well Architected Framework
Just like any other company, AWS held his virtual conference. At this virtual conference, CTO Werner Vogels had the most compelling story. He stresses the importance of a good foundation when developing applications. You can only innovate and develop quickly on a well-designed foundation.
Many d...
Salesforce announces new developer tools and serverless functions
Salesforce has good news coming from the virtual TrailheaDX conference that will take place later this week, commencing today with several developer tools. These developer tools are meant to provide developers with a more enhanced way of creating applications on top of the Salesforce platform.
T...
Survey: ‘Improved cooperation between security and engineering’
A new study by Cobalt.io shows that there is increasingly strong cooperation between security and engineering. This progress accelerates the transition from DevOps to DevSecOps.
The survey The State of Pentesting: 2020 looks at the state of affairs of application security and contains insights f...
Gitlab 13 introduces new security features
GitLab introduced several new security features with the release of version 13.0. These include automatic detection of common vulnerabilities in application programming interfaces (APIs) and support for external security tools.
The release of GitLab 13 was announced in early May, inclu...
Puppet launches IT infrastructure compliance service
DevOps automation specialist Puppet has launched a new tool for its flagship Puppet Enterprise and the open-source version Open Source Puppet. The CIS Compliance service ensures that companies' IT infrastructure meets the latest requirements of the Center for Internet Security (CIS).
Puppet is a...
How to audit your DevOps approach
In order to respond more quickly to new opportunities, and to maintain customer loyalty, many companies have embraced the DevOps approach. However, in terms of control and compliance, the approach poses a challenge, as many complex issues need to be taken into account at the same time. ServiceNow h...
Amazon launches AWS Chatbot
Amazon has announced that AWS Chatbot is available. The service is used to send notifications to DevOps teams.
AWS Chatbot makes it possible to send security, billing and system stability notifications to DevOps teams through Slack. The service delivers alerts from several key AWS services, incl...
Microsoft launches beta for new version of Power Apps
Microsoft has launched a beta version of Power Apps on mobile, for no-code application development. With the mobile applications, anyone without knowledge of programming languages can easily and quickly assemble mobile business applications. The canvas and model development methods are both availab...
Red Hat makes Java more suitable for cloud-native development
Java is
one of the most popular programming languages among developers, but according
to Red Hat, there is now too much work needed to run the programming language.
To change this, the open-source giant developed the Quarkus framework. The idea
is to make Java simpler and more relevant to various m...
More security features in GitLab update 12.9
DevOps platform Gitlab released version 12.9 on Sunday, giving users more security features on the platform. For example, HashiCorp Vault can now be integrated. This makes it easier to manage keys and tokens. Developers who already use Hashicorp Vault can integrate it directly into GitLab.
In a...
Microsoft publishes second preview of Secrets Manage Module
Microsoft recently released a second preview of its PowerShell tool Secrets Management Module. According to the tech giant, the tool is suitable for managing sensitive information and login details that are located in multiple (cloud) environments.
Companies store their sensitive information -se...
Developers can build apps for free on the Salesforce platform
Salesforce is a dominant player in the IT sector. Many companies use Salesforce as a CRM solution, while the Sales, Service, and Marketing solutions are also eagerly used. The Lightning platform is central to these products, enabling extensions and integrations to be built. What many developers don...