VMware Tanzu Application Transformer launches
Friday, February 4, 2022 by Brittany Hainzinger
VMware has announced the general availability of an Application Transformer for VMware Tanzu. Application Transformer for Tanzu is a tool that aids in the discovery, analysis, and containerization of legacy applications thus helping customers to simplify and accelerate their app modernization journey by targeting their re-platforming strategy on the well-known "5&#...
Opsera launches continuous orchestration approach to devops
Thursday, October 15, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Opsera launched a new approach for software delivery that combines choice of any CI/CD tools with no-code automation across the DevOps lifecycle. By orchestrating tools, pipelines and insights through a single platform, Opsera speeds time to deployment, helps optimize resources and provides a holistic cross-functional perspective with KPIs that better correlate technica...
Couchbase improves Kubernetes operator to deliver cloud native
Thursday, April 30, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Couchbase announced Version 2.0 of the Couchbase Autonomous Operator for Kubernetes (“Autonomous Operator”), the most mature and advanced operator in the industry. As enterprises continue to move to the cloud, DevOps, and microservices architectures, Autonomous Operator Version 2.0 helps to:
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webMethods AppMesh announced by Software AG
Friday, April 17, 2020 by Brittany Hainzinger
Software AG unveiled webMethods AppMesh, a configurable control plane for microservices, APIs and service mesh. Built as an extension of Software AG’s industry-leading webMethods API Management Platform, webMethods AppMesh adds application context to service mesh, which provides better agility, management, and governance of microservices as business apps.
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New outsourced app development service launches
Friday, January 31, 2020 by Richard Harris
System Soft Technologies (SSTech) announced the formal launch of an application development outsourcing service to help SMBs drive the innovation required to meet the demands of digital transformation.
The AppSimpleTM service successfully offered in beta in 2019, supplements and enhances the design, test, and deployment skills and experience of SMBs’ in-house t...
From monolith to microservices: Why Credit Karma made the switch
Thursday, December 12, 2019 by Richard Harris
Credit Karma, the personal finance technology company powering more than 100M members, migrated from monolith to microservices, which they say has vastly increased developer efficiency for its engineering team, which makes up more than half of Credit Karma’s 1000+ employee base.
We caught up with Nick Nance, VP of Engineering at Credit Karma, to chat about w...
API Manager 3 from WSO2 released
Monday, November 18, 2019 by Richard Harris
APIs are the essential building blocks of digital businesses—assembling data, events and services from within the organization, throughout ecosystems, and across devices. This is driving new demands for organizations to create and monetize APIs and API products; maximize adoption and reuse across internal and external portals and API marketplaces; and ensure API s...
The rise of microservices with Anypoint Service Mesh
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
MuleSoft has announced Anypoint Service Mesh, a new solution that dramatically simplifies how companies can discover, manage and secure microservices. Anypoint Service Mesh brings security and reliability to any microservices-based application, regardless of language or deployment model, freeing developers from custom code. Customers can also now publish and discov...
All about Reactive Foundation,The Linux Foundation's new baby
Monday, September 16, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
The Linux Foundation has announced the launch of the Reactive Foundation, a community of leaders established to accelerate technologies for building the next generation of networked applications. The foundation is made up of Alibaba, Lightbend, Netifi and Pivotal as initial members and includes the successful open source RSocket specification, a...
NGINX 2019 F5 announcements for DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps
Thursday, September 12, 2019 by Freeman Lightner
At NGINX Conf, F5 Networks announced several new solutions designed to help DevOps, NetOps, and SecOps teams better collaborate in delivering modern applications.
“Companies are at a digital tipping point,” said Gus Robertson, SVP and GM of NGINX at F5. “They must modernize their apps and infrastructure in order to offer experiences as compelling as...
API standards are a real problem says Smartbear
Thursday, February 7, 2019 by Richard Harris
A new global survey from Smartbear reveals API standardization is the number one technology challenge teams face when developing APIs. The report titled "The State of API 2019 Report" uncovers API standardization as the top challenge facing API teams as they support the continued growth of microservices. The survey prompted more than 3,000 responses from ...
Legacy system gridlock overcome in OutSystems 11
Friday, September 28, 2018 by Richard Harris
OutSystems announced the release of OutSystems 11, a low-code solution to address one of the biggest issues facing IT teams - legacy system gridlock. Building on its low-code platform for web and mobile apps, OutSystems 11 delivers new advanced capabilities to help organizations modernize legacy systems and replace large application portfolios.
“The legac...
Node.js developer survey reveals unique environment insights
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 by Richard Harris
The Node.js Foundation announced the availability of its Node.js User Survey Report. Key findings of the survey reveal the benefits of Node.js expand over time, resulting most often in improved developer productivity and satisfaction and reduced development costs. Containers and cloud-native computing are on the rise with 58% of overall users noting they using Kubernete...
Google offers advice about microservices and refactoring apps
Monday, April 23, 2018 by Richard Harris
Pioneered by Netflix, microservices have quickly become one of the biggest trends in app development, giving developers greater flexibility and agility when it comes to building modern apps. While these new architectures can offer vast improvements over more traditional monolithic deployments, it’s essential developers understand when and where these technologies are be...
GitLab releases version 10 and pushes DevOps
Thursday, September 28, 2017 by Richard Harris
GitLab has announced the release of GitLab 10.0 providing modern developers additional capabilities to fully embrace the benefits of DevOps, specifically continuous integration and deployment, and Kubernetes based application development. Built for the enterprise, v10.0 delivers on input from their customers, as well as joint development from the growing community of ov...
IBM Linuxonly mainframe delivers breakthrough security
Friday, September 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
IBM unveiled their LinuxONE Emperor II, the next generation of its family of Linux-only enterprise systems, which delivers new capabilities aimed at helping organizations rapidly and securely address unpredictable data and transaction growth.A key feature of the new LinuxONE Emperor II, IBM Secure Service Container is an exclusive LinuxONE technology that represents a l...
On the origin of applications: From monolith to microservices
Monday, July 31, 2017 by Pat Bakey
Computing and biology are often seen as existing on two separate planes: computing relies on order of operations and algorithms, while biology functions on organ systems and bodily processes (although, bio-computing is closing this gap). As different as they may seem, they hold a striking similarity in that they are both governed by natural selection - or in the case of...
NodeSource N|Solid for Alpine Linux
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
NodeSource, the Node.js company, has announced the release of NodeSource N|Solid for Alpine Linux, the newest addition to its enterprise-grade Node.js platform that enables a secure, reliable and extensible platform for Node.js applications. The latest release makes it easier for teams using Docker containers with the popular Alpine Linux distribution to leverage the en...
The hidden hazards of mobile app development
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 by Burley Kawasaki
The transition from desktop to mobile computing is not a question of if, but when. According to Gartner, within the next five years, 70 percent of software interactions in enterprises will occur on mobile devices. Little wonder, then, that organizations that are just embarking on their mobile app development journeys can often be tempted to assume the voyage will be smo...
All you ever wanted to know about The Cisco Business Cloud Advisor
Monday, November 28, 2016 by Richard Harris
It’s no secret - business cloud utilization is exploding today. In fact, Gartner recently predicted that by 2020, a corporate “No-Cloud” policy will be as rare as a “No-Internet” policy is today. A new Cisco-sponsored global cloud adoption study just released found further thought-provoking trends in cloud adoption. The research, spanning more than 6,100 organ...
Assemble your FlatPacked Composite App in No Time with Microservices
Sunday, August 21, 2016 by Ron Gidron
Sometimes the best ideas seem obvious. Why didn’t I think of that, and how did we ever do without it? Microservices could do for software engineering what IKEA did for furniture making. If we can buy ready-made application components then custom apps can be built easier and faster. A quick definition: Microservices are ready-made, self-sufficient solutions to manag...
Apigee Releases Hybrid Cloud API Management Platform on Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Friday, August 5, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Apigee has announced that the Microgateway capability in the Apigee Edge API management software is now supported by Pivotal Cloud Foundry, helping developers use Apigee’s API management software to share, monitor and secure APIs and microservices for applications developed with Pivotal’s cloud native platform. The release will help developers deal with the complexity o...
AppDynamics Releases New Microservices to Help You Deliver Better Apps
Monday, August 1, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
In its Summer 2016 release, AppDynamics has introduced its new Microservices iQ solution, which offers a new performance engine as part of the AppDynamics App iQ Platform. The new addition provides the ability to monitor, manage and optimize microservices architectures, providing the ability for Agile teams to continuously build, test and monitor microservices.Microserv...
A Deep Dive into Compose's Database as a Service Platform
Thursday, April 14, 2016 by Richard Harris
Last summer, IBM purchased Compose (originally MongoHQ), which helps developers ship applications with production grade databases. We spoke with Kurt Mackey, original founder of Compose, to learn more about company’s Database as a Service platform.ADM: Why is it so difficult and time consuming for developers to manage a database?Mackey: A developer’s time can be a busin...
Learn Why Node.js is an Open Source Juggernaut
Saturday, February 20, 2016 by Richard Harris
The Node.js Foundation was created last year to support the open source community involved with Node.js, which offers an asynchronous event driven framework designed to build scalable network applications. Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. It uses a non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' packag...
Akana's New API Platform Offers MultiDatacenter Geographic Distribution
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
Akana has introduced a new API Platform that offers multi-datacenter geographic distribution and scale addressing the distribution and scaling requirements of large enterprises, avoiding the pitfalls faced by standalone API gateway instances.Akana’s platform shares configuration and operational data for auditing data, SLA processing, and quota management. This real-time...
AppDynamics Offers New Application Performance Monitoring Platform for Microservices
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
AppDynamics is introducing a new application performance management (APM) offering designed for enterprises incorporating microservices in their application architecture. This new offering provides end-to-end monitoring for microservices architectures, including the ability to trace transactions across hundreds of microservice calls in production environments.The introd...
An Overview of Delivering Microservices Based Applications
Friday, March 20, 2015 by Andrew Phillips
Big apps may still have their place, but the software development landscape is shifting, presenting new opportunities and challenges to overcome. As the Internet of Things gathers pace, a service-orientated architecture (SOA) or microservices approach is starting to make sense for many organizations. Microservices is a software architecture that favors small, decoupled,...
