Soft skills should be at the centre of DevOps strategy
When NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter reached the red planet in September 1999, thousands of engineers and scientists anticipated major breakthroughs from the 338-kg robotic probe, which was due to gather, analyse and send valuable information back to Earth. Instead, it...
Huawei Mobile Services prioritises SA tech development
Huawei Mobile Services is set to grow its business presence in the country through a mutually-beneficial partner system with government, corporates, education institutions and developers. "With our suite of apps, services, and developer support, we are ready to expand...
Rainsberger to headline DevConf 2020
International software industry specialist JB Rainsberger has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at DevConf, which will be held in Cape Town on 31 March and in Johannesburg on 2 April next year. Rainsberger is the founder of Diaspar Software Services. Based in...
Trend Micro, Snyk in strategic partnership
Trend Micro has announced a strategic partnership with Snyk, which offers developer-first open source security. The partnership will focus on solving the unrelenting challenge that open source vulnerabilities create for developers, stemming from code-reuse, public...
Dodge disasters with a secure cloud environment
If dodgy data activity is rattling your confidence in migrating your business to the cloud, you're not alone. Data breaches are now headlining newsfeeds on a regular basis. The sheer volume of the world's daily data collection is also spiking security concerns, making...
Developers gear up for fifth DevConf
The annual gathering for software developers and professionals - DevConf - will be held for the fifth time in 2020 and is expected to draw some 1 300 participants. To be held in Cape Town on 31 March and Johannesburg on 2 April, DevConf will once again feature...
Microsoft launches Python on Azure
Microsoft South Africa has announced the general availability Python support in Azure Functions for production workloads locally. As a result, developers can now build their serverless functions using Python 3.6, based on the open-source and cross-platform Functions...
#ChangeWithCode: win a coding scholarship
Self-driving cars, the blockchain, 3D printers - all these ideas started with a spark; an a-ha moment or a big plan scribbled on a small post-it note. Greatness often has humble beginnings. This October aspiring innovators can share your big tech idea and stand in...
The importance of enterprise solutions in a digital world
The rapidly evolving digital landscape in South Africa is seeing larger organisations focus more on optimising their business processes and improving cost efficiencies to remain competitive. Ian McAlister, GM at CRS Technologies, says this is where the advantages of...
VMware announces Tanzu portfolio
VMware has unveiled VMware Tanzu, a new portfolio of products and services to transform the way enterprises build, run and manage software on Kubernetes. This includes a technology preview of Project Pacific - focused on transforming VMware vSphere into a Kubernetes...
DevSecOps: five reasons why
DevOps practices allow for development and operations to build, test, release and design software far faster and with greater agility. Its foundations are collaboration and speed, connecting silos and creating teams that can work more efficiently and productively....
Why co-sourcing is on the up
It seems like yesterday when outsourcing their software and application development projects to specialist partners was the modus operandi for most South African companies, writes Matt Chittenden, business development manager at DotModus. The outsourcing boom of the...