App design is dead …
Today's apps have become standalone entities, not designed to integrate or interface with other enterprise functions. Only apps that are agile have a hope of keeping up with the pace of business technology change. Alongside this, there is a paradigm shift happening in...
Snapt debuts on Amazon Web Services
Software-based application delivery networking company Snapt is now listed on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, providing a simple one-click deployment for the company's application delivery controller (ADC) and load balancer solutions. CEO Dave Blakey points...
Are your clients costing you?
In a cutthroat business environment, it can be extremely tough simply to get in the door of potential new clients, writes Bob Hall, executive director at redPanda Software. New business development is a hard slog for any company, and if all goes well, it carries with...
CA API Management Portfolio simplifies operations
CA Technologies has added new capabilities to its API management portfolio to speed development and dramatically change the way applications are envisioned and brought to reality. "Digital transformation is more than just embracing mobile and cloud. It's also about...
9th BIT Consulting offers improved software release
9th BIT Consulting, the African partner of XebiaLabs, has announced the availability of a new version of XebiaLabs' XL Release and XL Deploy. These DevOps and Continuous Delivery tools help enterprises to orchestrate and control large and complex software releases,...
DVT heralds Western Cape expansion with new premises
Software and solutions company DVT has opened the doors to its new 2 000 square metre premises in Cape Town's fast-growing Northgate Island precinct, heralding the start of a massive expansion drive that will see the company more than double its headcount in the next...
CA rleads in application release automation
CA Technologies has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of its inaugural "Magic Quadrant for Application Release Automation". The report evaluated CA Release Automation, which provides advanced capabilities to help organizations manage a complex and...
Citrix debuts free developer version of NetScaler
Digital business transformation is driving line of business (LOB) to adopt rapid application development and deployment methodologies, such as DevOps. To stay ahead of the competition and adapt to rapidly changing customer and market demands, businesses and...
Tech entrepreneurs prepare to wow investors
With DEMO Africa 2016 just hours away, 27 of Africa's top tech entrepreneurs are putting the finishing touches on their presentations to investors from around the world at Africa's biggest investment showcase of African talent. DEMO Africa, a pan-African platform,...
New software for an omni-channel world
JDA Software Group has announced key enhancements within its latest release empowering customers across retail, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and third-party logistics (3PL) - to thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume, omni-channel world. The latest release from...
Agile Africa 2016 line-up unveiled
Agile Africa, an annual conference where African software professionals meet to uncover better ways of working and developing software, will take place on 22 - 23 August 2016 at Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa. In its fourth year, the conference promises to...
Pokémon Go launch reminds why ‘build to scale’ is important
One of the catch phrases of DevOps and cloud for the past, oh, many years has been "build to fail", writes Lori MacVittie, principal technical evangelist at F5 Networks. The premise being that too many businesses experience costly downtime and loss of revenue (and...