Software Quality Insights

April 2014

Agile is growing up and the way it matures is yet to be seen
James Denman 10 Apr 2014

Today's keynote was just as good as yesterday's. It really made me think about what the future of Agile is now that it's basically mainstream. Jeff Dalton, the keynote presenter, pointed out that ...

A focus on metrics says shift software quality focus left
James Denman 10 Apr 2014

Yesterday's keynote speaker here at QUEST 2014 in Baltimore was Michael Mah. Mah is an interesting guy. He played a part in designing nuclear submarines for the U.S. government in the 1980's. More ...

SearchMicroservices

DevOps is key to low-code BPM, digital process automation

Low-code BPM and emerging digital process automation tools empower business-side app development. But without BPM developers and ...

How proper networking supports microservices security

Security shouldn't be an afterthought when it comes to microservices. Learn about the challenges of microservices security and ...

An up-close and in-depth look at APM software vendors

Read this in-depth roundup on some of the top APM tools in today's market and what they can provide for root cause analysis, ...

TheServerSide.com

How JPA and Hibernate simplify data persistence

JPA is the Java standard for data persistence, especially for relational systems. Here, we explore how Hibernate and JPA work ...

Let's talk bitcoin and building blockchain apps fast with Hyperledger

If you're thinking about building blockchain apps, you're probably looking for the right tools and technologies. Hyperledger ...

The best web programming languages for development

Many technologies have emerged to facilitate browser-based development. Here, we look at those technologies in an effort to ...

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Four options to manage stateful apps in the cloud

Stateful applications in the cloud pose an ongoing challenge for development and operations teams. Review four ways to address ...

BPM in cloud evolves to suit line of business, IoT

While on-premises BPM tools have caused a tug of war between lines of business and IT, the cloud helps appease both sides. Here's...

Use LinuxKit to increase container portability

With LinuxKit, Docker continues its push for better container portability. Learn how the tool can help your apps run across ...

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Amazon FreeRTOS aims to simplify, secure IoT deployment

Operational technology teams have been slow to update microcontroller software due to safety and logistics concerns, but Amazon ...

Test your knowledge of GDPR rights and AWS data protection

Is your enterprise GDPR-compliant? Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge of the EU regulation, as well as relevant AWS data...

Support for Node.js in AWS Lambda slowly, but surely, evolves

Developers who need the latest version of Node.js for a serverless platform might turn to Lambda rivals to meet that need. But ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

Cambridge Analytica-Facebook case shows need for ethical data mining

Ethical data collection practices are becoming even more important, as cases like Cambridge Analytica's misuse of Facebook data ...

Rethinking analytics processes spurs enterprise innovation

By taking a fresh look at the makeup of their analytics organizations, enterprises can innovate their business models and take ...

Diversified data sets for analytics deliver top results

Analytics teams should focus on data diversity to ensure that their projects deliver the most meaningful insights -- but they ...

SearchHRSoftware

Video interview platforms make headway against consumer tech

Some recruiters prefer the familiarity of popular video tools, like FaceTime and Skype, but they may be missing out on the rich ...

Workday payroll system covers Minnesota healthcare network

A big physicians group affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical School opted for a Workday cloud payroll system to ...

Federal HR seeks corporate simplicity, says its new chief

Federal HR has a new reformer, Jeff Pon, the director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He wants to modernize federal ...

SearchHealthIT

Health informaticians weave medicine, tech and science

Natalie Pageler, M.D., explains the setup of informaticist teams at Stanford Children's Health and what motivates clinicians to ...

Facebook's medical data sharing plan raises privacy concerns

Facebook's proposal to match anonymized patient data with user profiles has some experts worried about the possible privacy ...

Medical imaging informatics is the next data step forward

Weaving the science of health informatics and the data within medical images presents a tremendous opportunity for healthcare ...

DevOpsAgenda

Why DevOps? The simple answer is it creates safer processes

Is it possible to take an old-fashioned organization actually hostile to technology and move it into the 21st-century DevOps ...

The DevOps process is hard. But here are seven ways it's easy

Attend a DevOps conference and it seems every company struggles with the methodology. We asked seven experts to tell us how ...

Can DevOps help modernize legacy applications?

DevOps can be relatively easy when it comes to cloud-based apps. But for legacy applications, the story is quite different. ...