Internal tools — custom software built to support the business operations and used primarily by employees — are essential for managing complex internal processes that any company, from a small startup to a FAANG, relies on to operate day-to-day. Internal tools can make these processes more efficient within and between teams, and, when done right, save engineers time and resources. Retool's recent State of Internal Tools 2021 report found that developers dedicate more than 30 percent of their time to the process of internal app building ...
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DataOps has emerged as an Agile methodology to improve the speed and accuracy of analytics through new data management practices and processes, including code automation. Simply understood, DataOps is data management for the AI era, powering both automation at scale and friction-free collaboration between humans and machines ...
Most (92%) of enterprises face significant issues with digital transformation and product development efforts as they head into 2022, according to the Value Streams Are Accelerating Digital Transformation ...
To arrive at a risk-based product development lifecycle, there must be a risk-based culture. While nearly everything can be automated these days, the source code for early-warning risk management starts with people and teams, not machines ... But how does one begin to embed security into company culture? Let's start with the cultural triad — then discuss how to get there ...
Containers provide users with a host of benefits, including faster delivery, agility, portability and modernization. The popularity of the technology will continue to grow, from 30% of global organizations running containerized applications today to more than 75% by the end of 2022 ...
Creating an agile enterprise goes far beyond just purchasing and deploying new technologies. Effectively managing your organization's software value chain plays an integral role. But achieving agility also requires a cultural transformation — led by leadership — to drive enhanced business performance, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction. Only when company leaders show commitment to this type of systemic change can they achieve an organization-wide shift in mindset ...
In this age of software eating the world, implementation speed is of the essence. Organizations that cannot update their systems quickly and effectively will find themselves left behind by more nimble competitors and become easy prey for cybercriminals. A key limiting factor in the deployment of software is that it often must reside in different locations and devices, and in some cases will be serving different use cases. This requires the creation of multiple configurations, which accompany the application code ...
Although APIs are the backbone of our digital economy, their growth means more API sprawl — a distributed infrastructure of APIs with a lack of observability and traceability leading to vulnerabilities, breaches, and attacks. It is time to start thinking about what drives the sprawl and control it ...
Enterprises are embarking on a fastened route to digital transformation, and as this happens, DevOps has become more crucial than ever. The developer community has scaled quickly, and its presence and growth have been drivers of change within multiple industries. To continue on that growing path and succeed in our increasingly digital-driven world, organizations must embrace the tendencies that will power the future of the digital revolution. As a developer myself, there are a few key trends that I think will shape our reality in 2022 and upcoming years ...
A lot of the displeasure that comes with releases in traditional operating environments results from the disengagement between the development and IT operations teams, more aptly known as a "wall of confusion" between the two silos. To remedy this, many organizations have turned to DevOps to break down the silos and deliver more value faster and safer by balancing throughput and stability. There are two key principles in DevOps that can be used as a starting point ...
Spectro Cloud has published results from their first annual Kubernetes adoption survey to provide both businesses and the broader ecosystem with a real-world reference point of best practices as it relates to Kubernetes deployment and management. Here's what was uncovered ...
Creating accessible websites is a critical part of creating a more equitable society. However, many organizations struggle to turn the vision of delivering more inclusive digital properties into a reality. The key reason is that making online services accessible is challenging and there is no quick fix ...
In today's hyper-digital world, organizations and their developers are having to deliver faster go-to-market innovations than ever, which can mean siloed applications and rising integration challenges — otherwise known as spaghetti architecture — instead of stable and resilient ecosystems ...
With the evolving threat landscape and continued impact of the pandemic, it remains crucial businesses stay abreast of new cybercriminal trends so they can be proactive and actionable in protecting their data and information ...
Kubernetes usage is clearly on the rise. Yet more and more companies using Kubernetes with applications in production are facing challenges managing and operating the systems. This begged the question: Which challenges are commonplace, and what patterns can we observe from Kubernetes usage? ...