With cloud native technologies becoming foundational for software development and deployment, and finding developers skilled in those areas a challenge, talent marketplace provider Andela and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation have partnered to create the Kubernetes African Developer Training Program that more than 5,600 Africans have completed. Andela and the CNCF are looking to train … continue reading
While AI is becoming better at generating that functional code, it is also enabling attackers to identify and exploit vulnerabilities in that code more quickly and effectively. This is making it easier for less-skilled programmers to attack the code, increasing the speed and sophistication of those attacks — creating a situation in which code vulnerabilities … continue reading
The role of software developer has historically morphed to keep up with advancements in technology. From basic writing and testing code, to use of open source code, to Agile and DevOps tools and methodologies, to security and cloud, and now to AI and vibe coding, developers have been asked to take on more tasks that … continue reading
Qodo, maker of an AI coding platform, today announced the release of Qodo Gen CLI, an agent framework that enables developers to create, customize, and deploy their own AI coding agents. With the framework, creating agents can be done by writing configuration files that add autonomous AI agents throughout the software development life cycle, according … continue reading
At Broadcom’s recent Spark VSM Summit, the theme was “VSM evolution meets AI revolution.” After the event, SD Times sat down with Broadcom’s Jean Louis Vignaud, the head of ValueOps at the company, to discuss the AI revolution and its connection to value stream management. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. DR: … continue reading
Many companies today find themselves having to rethink how they build their workforce in the face of urgency to digitally transform and adopt AI, while politics and the global economy are impacting from where talent with those skills can be sourced, according to a new report on talent acquisition. The evolution of what is being … continue reading
A recent study by Broadcom about the state of strategic portfolio management revealed the influence of digital transformations and AI on the role of the project management office (PMO). Further, it revealed common challenges in software development, such as budget constraints, skill shortages, and team coordination issues. Broadcom’s Brian Nathanson, head of product management for … continue reading
Progress Software today announced new AI code assistants and other capabilities built into the Q2 2025 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, .NET and JavaScript UI libraries for modern application development. This release introduces AI Coding Assistants for Blazor and React, AI-driven theme generation and GenAI-powered reporting insights, the company announced. The AI … continue reading
Snowflake today announced at its Summit new agentic AI innovations that eliminate the barriers often found between enterprise data and business activity, creating AI and ML workflows that are connected and trusted. Among the new features is Snowflake Intelligence (public preview soon), powered by intelligent data agents, which provides a natural language experience for asking … continue reading
Red Hat today at its Summit event announced Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite, which the company said was designed to make developers more productive and their applications more secure. The Advanced Developer Suite includes Red Hat Developer Hub, an internal developer portal (IDP) built on the Cloud Native Computing Foundation project Backstage. The Developer Hub … continue reading
Following in the steps of other software providers looking to protect their intellectual property, flexible installer company InstallAware today announced it has published the source code for InstallAware 2025 under a Business Source License. In recent months, there has been a lot of discussion within the industry as to what constitutes open source, and if … continue reading
As AI can write so many more lines of code more quickly than humans, the need for code review that keeps pace with development is now an urgent necessity. A recent survey by SmartBear – whose early founder, Jason Cohen, literally wrote the book on peer code review – found that the average developer can … continue reading
