Blockchain and the promise of better electronic health records
Electronic health records are vital for the health care industry, as they enable better patient care and improved outcomes. However, current methods of storing and sharing this data are not secure or effective. Enter blockchain technology—a distributed, decentralized digital ledger system able to securely store and share data in near real-time. Unlike current systems, which … continue reading
Atlassian Intelligence provides developers a virtual teammate
Atlassian today released a new AI tool, Atlassian Intelligence, designed to understand how teams work and to help accelerate software delivery. The company has mined 20 years of data on how software, operations and business teams plan, track and deliver work to give Atlassian Intelligence a “unique understanding of teamwork,” according to a company blog … continue reading
Version 1.0 of SLSA provides specifications for software supply chain security
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has announced the release of the first version of its supply chain security language, Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA). The project provides specifications for software supply chain that have been established by community consensus. SLSA’s framework is split into several different levels that describe increasing security severity so … continue reading
How the RESTRICT Act could impact the software ecosystem
Last month, legislation was proposed in the United States that could have potential impacts on the software ecosystem. Sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), the RESTRICT Act is a bipartisan piece of legislation with the goal of “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology,” thus the … continue reading
Node.js 20 released with new experimental permission model
The new permission model was designed to provide better security. It allows developers to restrict access to certain resources during program execution. This can include restricting access to the file system and spawn process and restricting the ability to create worker_threads. According to the feature roadmap, upcoming additions to the permission model will include adoption … continue reading
Harness announces new Jira integrations
The software delivery platform provider Harness today announced the release of the Harness Continuous Integration (CI) module and Harness Feature Flags which give customers visibility into feature development and release information with Jira Software. “Integrating Harness and Jira Software through Harness CI and Feature Flags provide users what they need most today: a consolidated view … continue reading
GrapeCity’s ComponentOne 2023 v1 includes a new multi-column combobox for the WinForms edition
GrapeCity, provider of enterprise software development tools, today announced ComponentOne 2023 v1, the company’s first major software release of the year. With this, users gain a new multi-column combobox for the WinForms edition, new gauges for the WPF edition, GeoJSON support added to maps for WinForms and WPF, and FlexGrid improvements. C1MultiColumnCombo, the multi-column dropdown … continue reading
InstallAware improves IDE’s visual designers and setup engine in Multi Platform Beta 4
InstallAware announced updates such as instant access to commonly used operations, setup build modes with output folders, significant improvements to the IDE’s visual designers and the setup engine, and more in the latest Multi Platform Beta 4 release. Developers can benefit from larger IDE fonts and unified dialog theme file names in the latest beta. … continue reading
How Capital One Uses Python to Power Serverless Applications
Cultivating a loyal customer base by providing innovative solutions and an exceptional experience should be the goal of any company, regardless of industry. This is one of the main reasons why Capital One uses Python to power a large number of serverless applications, giving developers a better experience as they deliver business value to customers. … continue reading
How does blockchain fit into today’s enterprise?
Web3. Cryptocurrency. Non-fungible tokens. Those are the words many think of when they hear the word blockchain. These are the areas where this emerging technology has garnered the most popularity over the years, but blockchain as a technical concept can be applied in many different ways, and it has uses in the enterprise, particularly when … continue reading
Code Intelligence uncovers a DoS vulnerability in the Spring Framework
Automated software security company Code Intelligence has recently discovered a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability (CVE-2023-20863) in the Spring Framework. This is the second DoS vulnerability that Code Intelligence has found in the Spring Frameworkover the past few weeks. The previous finding in Spring was CVE-2023-20861, which has a CVSS score of 5.3, while the … continue reading
The four stages of mobile software testing maturity
If you’re like most organizations that develop mobile apps, you have some kind of systematic mobile software testing in place. You might even be using automation frameworks to execute your tests, and you might be testing across a high number of devices, browsers and operating system versions. But if you think that makes you a … continue reading
How tech leaders can avoid the black box trap with value stream management
Recently, we published a post for finance leaders on how to break open the black box that is software development. Now, I’d like to share some guidance for their technology counterparts on how to avoid being perceived as a black box in the first place. First, let’s review the issue at hand from the perspective … continue reading
How tech professionals can survive amidst the looming threat of layoffs
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems that no one is safe from the strain of inflation, economic downturn, and a loss of job security. The instability of the current economy has become a proverbial dark cloud hanging over businesses and employees alike. Most prominently, the technology industry has felt this tension as … continue reading
