Get your software testing ducks in a row
One of the most significant and common issues I've noticed with recent test automation projects is environment preparation - or rather lack thereof. By Mario Matthee, head: SQA architecture and R&D at DVT Too many companies seem to want to jump into test...
EOH introduces containers to cloud
The cloud services division at EOH has announced, in what it believes to be a South African first, that it is bringing containers to its Enterprise Public Cloud Platform. Containers and container orchestration are top of mind in the IT world, and for good reason, says...
SUSE adds container certification for ISVs
SUSE has introduced SUSE Ready certification for SUSE CaaS Platform, expanding its respected application-certification program for independent software vendors (ISVs). ISVs building containers that use the open source docker container format can now certify their...
Veeam DataLabs provides isolated production instances
Veeam Software has unveiled a new, key component of Veeam Hyper-Availability Platform - Veeam DataLabs. A form of copy data management, Veeam DataLabs allows organisations to easily create new instances of their production environments on-demand. This capability...
DVT sponsors UX South Africa Conference
Software development and testing company DVT recently sponsored the UX South Africa Conference (#UXJHB18) which took place on 9 to 11 May in Johannesburg. The annual event brings together practitioners, professionals, and industry experts wanting to explore the...
CA leads in full lifecycle API management
CA Technologies has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2018 Magic Quadrant for Full Life Cycle API Management for the sixth consecutive time. The report evaluated CA Technologies for its ability to execute and completeness of vision, which included evaluation of the...
New features for SUSE Cloud Application Platform
SUSE Cloud Application Platform has been designated a Certified Cloud Foundry distribution by the Cloud Foundry Foundation. The newly-certified platform brings the advanced productivity of the Cloud Foundry model to Kubernetes, which is rapidly becoming the de facto...
Is Kubernetes a must-have skill in 2018?
Open-source technology such as Kubernetes is emerging as the standard for many companies building applications on public clouds - with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle and IBM among the leaders supporting this technology. Dieter Rosch, a BBD executive, explains why...
Domain Driven Design in a nutshell at DevConf 2018
Developers today should be more than developers - they are business problem solvers, and as such they need to change their models and focus on communication and their ability to learn. This is according to German trainer, coach and software developer Marco Heimeshoff,...
DDD’s @Heimeshoff aboard for DevConf 2018
German trainer, coach and software developer Marco Heimeshoff, of Germany's Domain Driven Design (DDD) community renown, is set to be the keynote speaker at this year's South African DevConf. Heimeshoff co-organises Germany's first DDD conference (kanDDDinsky.com),...
Jaguar Land Rover searches for software skills
Jaguar Land Rover is inspiring the next generation of software engineers by helping them find placements and jobs. Following the success of its 2017 coding challenge, the organisation has announced it will be fast-tracking applications for undergraduate and...
SAP simplifies app development
SAP has announced a new consumption-based commercial model for customers to easily acquire and engage SAP Cloud Platform, the company's platform as a service (PaaS). Additional updates include the next-generation SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS, which allows customers...