Axelar creates virtual machine to allow dApps to run on every chain

The world of Web3 development has gone multi-chain. Users want the ability to interact across multiple ecosystems, but for developers, building these experiences is painful and potentially risky. Using the wrong infrastructure can lead to billions in losses – and new technology is always developing under their feet.

The Axelar network already connects major blockchain ecosystems, solving widespread security risks with the first generation of “bridges” and interoperability...

28 February 2023 | Blockchain

Apexon partners with LambdaTest on digital experience testing

Apexon, a digital-first technology services company, and LambdaTest, a digital experience testing cloud, have teamed up to deploy cloud-based quality engineering and assurance solutions.

The collaboration will enable enterprise clients to accelerate time-to-market, improve user experience, and lower operational costs by building increased automation, agility, and security into their DevOps lifecycles.

The partnership brings together Apexon’s wide-ranging digital...

22 February 2023 | Cloud

Unaddressed developer burnout ‘risks derailing digital transformation’

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The pandemic has caused a boom in digital transformation and investment in technology-driven services, but they are struggling to find fresh talent to aid stretched developer teams, according to global tech firm Dynatrace.

This has been made clear by research showing that 72% of tech teams have a skills shortage. Businesses are trying to fill these roles, with 2 million vacancies for tech jobs advertised between May 2021 and 2022. Organisations are also willing to reward...

8 December 2022 | Developer

VMware helps platform teams get ‘cloud smart’ with cloud native app modernisation

VMware has unveiled advancements to its VMware Tanzu cloud native app portfolio and VMware Aria cloud management platform to deliver a cloud smart approach to cloud native application development, delivery, and management that supports customers at every step of their journey, across any Kubernetes and across any cloud.

Speaking at VMware Explore 2022 Europe this week, Ajay Patel, senior VP and GM, Modern Apps & Management Business Group, VMware, said: “We know...

11 November 2022 | Developer

Adopting VSM – The easy way

A book of maps.

The key to VSM is a handful of insightful metrics, explains David Hurwitz, VP ADM marketing at Micro Focus. 

Organisations have a lot to contend with these days. From rising inflation to terrible supply chain issues, businesses are under fire from all angles.

Considering this, IT teams must consistently deliver innovation, which is absolutely essential in our digital era. Further, as organisations become ever more technologically powered, it is also crucial for...

11 November 2022 | Developer

Security leaders believe companies should face consequences for releasing insecure software

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Organisations plan to invest in DevSecOps in 2023, and the level of urgency for them to do so has grown.

In a recent survey conducted by the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), 93% of participating information technology and security professionals reported that DevSecOps would be a significant budgeting priority in the coming year, with 55% emphasising it would be a very significant priority with their organisation.

Additionally, 86% of respondents agree that...

2 November 2022 | Developer

Simon Maple, Snyk: Developing the future of cybersecurity

Simon Maple, field CTO at Snyk, discusses the importance of embedding security into the development stage.

Could you tell us a little bit about the company and what you guys do?

Absolutely. Snyk’s a seven-year-old developer-focused company that happens to specialise in security. So seven years ago it realised there's a big gap where developers were the ones who needed to focus on security. They're the ones who actually fix issues. And so we decided the fix here is to create a...

3 October 2022 | Developer

Snyk launches the ‘first developer-centric cloud security solution

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Snyk, a specialist in developer security, has unveiled Snyk Cloud, announcing the launch of the industry's first comprehensive Cloud Security Solution designed by and for developers.

This latest development was made possible by the acquisition of Fugue earlier this year. Thoughtfully designed with global DevSecOps teams in mind, Snyk’s Cloud Security solution unites and extends existing products Snyk Infrastructure as Code and Snyk Container with Fugue’s leading cloud security...

27 July 2022 | Cloud

ShiftLeft: Just 3% of app vulnerabilities are attackable

ShiftLeft, an innovator in automated application security testing, has released its second annual AppSec Progress Report documenting critical trends in application security and how organizations are shifting security left to deal with the ever-rising volume of attacks and disclosed vulnerabilities.

The report covers year-over-year trends and general findings analyzed from millions of scans last year using the ShiftLeft CORE platform across applications running numerous programming...

29 June 2022 | Developer

ServiceNow launches Lightstep Notebooks help developers speed up troubleshooting

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ServiceNow has unveiled its Lightstep Notebooks, an added feature in Lightstep Observability, designed to enable faster, more collaborative, and more accurate troubleshooting.

Now more than ever, site reliability engineering (SRE) teams are critical to business resilience. According to IDC’s 2022 SRE Survey, more than one-third (36.3%) of SRE organisations cite improved revenues and profits as a key measure of their teams’ success. The same percentage of SRE organizations cite...

29 June 2022 | Development Tools