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Application Lifecycle Management

Microsoft expert talks Visual Studio Team Services, DevOps tools

After years of honing its software development lifecycle offerings, Microsoft has emerged as a leader in the DevOps tools space with its Visual Studio Team Services and more. Continue Reading
Trends in ALM: Requirements management tools

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Application performance management tools: A must-have for the cloud

SSQ contributor Crystal Bedell talks to APM experts about considerations for decision makers when evaluating APM tools for their cloud-based applications. Continue Reading
application lifecycle management (ALM)

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the supervision of a software application from its initial planning through retirement. It also refers to how changes to an application are documented and tracked. Continue Reading

5 fundamental steps of managing APIs

API management is undeniably essential, but it requires a comprehensive plan. Here are the five steps of an API management ...

Test yourself on the challenges of microservices security

Think you know what complicates microservices security and what precautions to take to maximize protection? Challenge yourself, ...

The basics of polyglot persistence for microservices data

Microservices can facilitate data management when they use a polyglot persistence strategy. See how the strategy works and how it...

TheServerSide.com

Is it a mistake to teach Java as a first programming language?

Is it right to teach Java to students as an introductory programming language? If not, what are the alternatives to Java when it ...

The 4 essential Java cyclomatic complexity testing tools

Code that's less complex is easier to troubleshoot and maintain. If developers can calculate code cyclomatic complexity metrics, ...

IBM and Red Hat wield power over enterprise Java

Expect enterprise Java to evolve under the influence of new stewards, including IBM and Red Hat which will likely steer it toward...

SearchCloudApplications

Microsoft Azure Dev Spaces, Google Jib target Kubernetes woes

Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud both added cloud application development tools that improve and simplify the process of creating...

With progressive web applications, developers blur the lines

With progressive web applications, single-page apps, motion UI and other innovations, app development meets the moment, giving ...

Web app development morphs as apps and websites merge

The lines between web and mobile app and websites are blurring, so development silos are out, and boning up on building ...

SearchAWS

AWS, Oracle trash talk spotlights cloud database migration

Amazon says its consumer division has dumped Oracle's database platform, and the company will offload most workloads by year's ...

AWS security tools embrace AI, but miss on multi-cloud

AWS has added AI-backed services, such as Amazon GuardDuty and Amazon Macie, to expand its security capabilities, but still ...

Snowball Edge enhances data migration to AWS

Enterprises use Snowball to speed data migrations, but the portable appliance has its limitations. With its newer Edge devices, ...

SearchBusinessAnalytics

At Logi Analytics and Tableau, beta feedback drives creation

Constructive commentary from software beta testing can help work out bugs and bring about new ideas, which BI vendors Logi ...

6 big data visualization project ideas and tools

These data visualization project examples and tools illustrate how enterprises are expanding the use of "data viz" tools to get a...

Data literacy training offerings key to BI vendors

Tableau announced a basic certification training exam, adding to its roster of online data literacy courses. Self-service BI ...

SearchHRSoftware

Adoption of HR onboarding software accelerating, says one study

HR onboarding is an area of talent acquisition that is getting a lot of focus. First impressions count, and there's a link ...

News briefs: Glint acquisition ties into LinkedIn recruiting

Find out how LinkedIn may use the engagement platform Glint; a fix is developed for the coding problems created by Google for ...

Reporting harassment at work eased by new enterprise chatbot

New tool Spot uses natural language processing -- an AI technology -- to help people file harassment and discrimination ...

SearchHealthIT

Will AthenaHealth sale alter customer service, consultant wonders

AthenaHealth announces it is set to be purchased for $5.7 billion by two private equity firms. One consultant plans to watch the ...

Mobile device security in healthcare must become a priority

As mobile devices become more common in healthcare, cybercriminals are taking advantage of the increased attack surface. Health ...

Digital voice assistants seek their place in healthcare

At their respective conferences this spring, Microsoft and Google unveiled new features for their digital assistants that may ...

DevOpsAgenda

How to bust security silos and secure your operation

DevOps means velocity, though, not at security's expense. Rapid7's Jen Andre thinks automation and orchestration strategies can ...

The first step from Agile to DevOps is a pilot project

Agile to DevOps isn't as perilous as Waterfall to Agile, but it will take measurable goals and an efficient pilot project to ...

Best practices for DevOps compliance and reusability

You know you want to scale with a model-driven process. So how do you make it work? Start with these best practices for ...