GirlCode to host Inaugural Virtual Hackathon
The global pandemic Covid-19's impact on the vulnerable populations of our country is unprecedented, reminding us that the only thing that is constant is change. This year more than ever, we realise the importance of technology in our lives. With various lockdown...
GirlCode to host Inaugural Virtual Hackathon
The seventh instalment of the GirlCode Annual Hackathon, dubbed "Hack from Home" will be a virtual hackathon to overcome the Covid-19 challenges. The event will be held in August to coincide with the Women's Month celebration. The objective being to entrench and...
Key metrics for DevOps success
Every organisation relies on software systems that produce and manage its processes, controls its information, and extends its services to where they are best suited. By Craig Edwards, principal solution architect at Andile Solutions Companies have been altering these...
UX should help shape valuable minimum viable products
User experience (UX) is fast becoming one of the most vital elements an organisation must incorporate into its product development cycle. By Leigh Whiting, experience design lead at Decision Inc One bad customer experience can easily result in lost business. Equally,...
Obsidian, Rancher to drive Kubernetes in Africa
Obsidian Systems, a supplier of enterprise-ready open source software solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Rancher Labs, a cloud native start-up that delivers Kubernetes-as-a-Service across any infrastructure. Even though other cloud vendors...
Best practices in continuous software testing
In the Capgemini and Micro Focus World Quality Report 2019-2020, ecosystems remain a priority. Smart and connected ecosystems that allow for improved testing across business flows and within teams. It has become something of a buzzword over the past year - ecosystems....
Software AG debuts webMethods AppMesh
Software AG has unveiled webMethods AppMesh, a configurable control plane for microservices, APIs and service mesh. Built as an extension of Software AG's industry-leading webMethods API Management Platform, webMethods AppMesh adds application context to service mesh,...
Docker simplifies app development
Today's developers are faced with an increasingly complex application development environment. This is largely due to a wide variety of languages, frameworks, architectures and discontinuous interfaces between tools for each lifecycle stage. However, Docker is helping...
Testing, testing, Africa two three
It's telling that the 2019-2020 World Quality Report doesn't include any analysis of the EMEA region. Africa doesn't even feature in the 11th edition of software quality assurance and testing assessment that does span Europe, Australia, New Zealand, UK, and America....
Wireframing will save time and money
Websites can be built in so many different ways, but there only a few of them that will successfully attract new business and retain existing customers by providing a good customer experience. A good website design and interface structure is possibly the most...
Teaching coding paves the way for SA’s future
During his State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said government will introduce coding and robotics in Grades R to 3, in 200 schools, to equip learners with the required skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By Ferreira, co-founder and CEO of...
Embrace hyper-automation for business growth
Hyper-automation is considered to be one of the most important trends in the ICT sector today. Rousseau Kluever, managing client partner at Decision Inc. Companies looking to increase the momentum of their digital transformation journeys must embrace this if they are...