QA vendor performance management
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi launch Alliance Intelligent Cloud on Microsoft Azure
The automotive alliance, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, have announced the production release of the Alliance…
Businesses face security risks by failing to gain grasp of DevSecOps
New research commissioned by technology services provider, Claranet, has found that 88% of UK businesses have adopted a DevOps approach but only 19% are confident in their ability to introduce DevSecOps (integration of security into their DevOps practices).
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QA vendor performance management
Successful software testing outsourcing goes hand in hand with QA vendor performance management. Here’s how to properly organise this process.…
Product news
IBM launches cloud-based tool to monitor AI compliance
IBM launches a cloud-based tool which monitors artificial intelligence (AI) in order for enterprises to comply with regulations
Security
Rapid adoption of public cloud raises cybersecurity concerns
Survey findings indicate that cybersecurity is being overlooked and organisations may be vulnerable as a result
Tagging – the key element in enhanced cloud automation
Since the rise of DevOps practices and principles, the “automate everything” approach has become more and more popular. This is no surprise as it’s one of the main pillars of DevOps
DDoS attackers increasingly abuse public cloud services
Data from Link11’s Security Operation Center (LSOC) shows that the cloud services AWS, Microsoft Azure and Alibaba were used in 25% of recent DDoS attacks
Datree receives US$3million to build DevOps engine in GitHub
Datree announces it has raised US$3million in seed funding from TLV Partners to help fix the challenges of DevOps
Avoiding the worst IoT scenarios
External Relations Officer at RIPE NCC, Marco Hogewoning, questions what happens to the millions of increasingly vulnerable devices that could remain online for decades?
Finance
UK technology sector growth weakest for three years
Political uncertainty and global trade frictions have dented client confidence, but buoyant staff hiring and capital spending plans are still in place for 2019, according to a new quarterly survey of UK technology sector companies by KPMG. UK tech companies indicate loss of momentum in the final quarter of 2018…
Puppet report: DevOps salaries increase by 17%
Puppet’s Fifth Annual DevOps Salary Report has become available recently, providing information about salaries in the software development job market. According to the latest Puppet report, DevOps practitioners salaries have increased by 17% over the last 12 months. Software vendor Puppet surveyed 3,000 DevOps experts and found out that DevOps salaries…
Mphasis acquires Stelligent in £25m deal
Mphasis, an information and technology solution provider specialising in cloud and cognitive services, has acquired Stelligent Systems LLC for $25m (£19m) in an all-cash deal, according to a filing released on Friday. As stated in the filing, the acquisition is expected to provide access to a “strategic proposition in Cloud…
Sysdig closes US$68.5million in funding to secure cloud-native apps
Sysdig, the cloud-native intelligence company, today announced it raised US$68.5million in series D funding, led by Insight Venture Partners
Public Sector
Four cybersecurity challenges that critical infrastructures are facing
Last year, Russia started a widespread cyber-attack targeting critical infrastructures around the world, including tens of thousands of devices in British homes.
F5 Networks has acquired Nginix for £508m
F5 Networks announced on Monday (March.11th) that it will acquire Nginx, the company behind eponymous open source web server, for a value of around $670m (£508m). F5 Networks said the deal would “bridge NetOps and DevOps,” and “enable multi-cloud application services across all environments, providing the ease-of-use and flexibility developers…
UK enterprises see digital transformation as key to becoming more competitive
According to a new report by global technology research and advisory firm, Information Services Group (ISG), enterprises in the UK are demanding a wide range of services from their digital transformation vendors as they look for ways to become more competitive and keep pace with a rapidly changing business…
Women in technology double top roles and out-earn men for the first time
Global executive search firm, Odgers Berndtson, has disclosed that average salaries for women leaders in the technology sector have moved ahead of men for the first time. The finding was disclosed in a global study of almost 1,000 executive searches for top roles in technology, which the firm has…
Smart Cities
Microsoft Cloud ‘93% more energy efficient than traditional data centers’
Microsoft Cloud is 93% more energy efficient and up to 98% more carbon efficient than traditional enterprise data centers, according to Microsoft's study in partnership with WSP
Expectations of cloud computing, big data and analytics advancing smart cities
The National Software Testing Conference (NSTC) speakers explain how it would be difficult to collect, process and report analytics based on smart cities, without big data, analytics and cloud computing
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