Where does open source software stand today? That is a question that many are asking, with opinions divided between preconceived ideas about the technology and proven deployments. By Yangqing Jia, President and Senior Fellow of Data Platform, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
Read MoreToo often, discussions around the challenges of DevOps boil down to collaboration and culture change. Those are certainly real problems to solve, but a focus on working together can obscure what might be holding DevOps back the most today: too many complex and overloaded toolchains. By Eric Brinkman, Director of Product, Dev Products, GitLab.
Read MoreRecently, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation - home to open source projects like Kubernetes - declared that Apple had joined the community as a premium member. The foundation is aimed at heavy users of open source technologies, such as AWS, Google and Microsoft, who want g to give back to the community. Clearly, open source is gaining in visibility and entering the mainstream, but why? By Stephan Fabel, Director of Product at Canonical - the publisher of Ubuntu.
Read MoreThe culture of app development is changing rapidly. In today’s technology world, defined by the speed of change and fierce competition, time-to-market has become a key competitive advantage. Whereas app development with its various phases, from research to design to testing, used to constitute a lengthy project, today, businesses expect apps to be market-ready within weeks. This puts added pressure on developers and businesses as they need to build consumer-grade apps fast without incurring furt...
Read MoreBusinesses will always strive for faster, bigger and better. It often makes sense to adopt software that can really move the needle on making those broad goals a reality – optimising systems, internal processes, and customer interactions. Every business has unique processes, so a one-size-fits-all approach won’t deliver the best results here. For this reason, numerous businesses are now building bespoke software applications – either internally or through suppliers. By Nick Ford, Chief Technolo...
Read MoreOver recent years, we have seen an increase in the popularity of a container-based approach among developers. Containers have become integral to simplifying the development cycle, which has resulted in more widespread adoption. There are also a number of benefits to using containers. For instance, Forrester found that 66% of organisations who adopted containers experienced accelerated developer efficiency, while 75% of companies achieved a moderate to significant increase in application deployme...
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