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JetBrains and Gitpod announced a partnership that will enable JetBrains’ popular desktop IDEs to leverage the automated, cloud-based developer environments provisioned by Gitpod with native integration.   “As a long-time fan of JetBrains’ work, I am very excited about this partnership, as it combines the peace of mind and convenience of automated, cloud-based developer environments with the best professional IDEs out there,” said Sven Efftinge, co-founder and CEO of Gitpod. “Gitpod and JetBrains are both known for their attention to detail and obsessive focus on developer experience. I’m stoked to see that the combination is even better than the sum of its parts.” With the integration, the JetBrains Gateway tool enables developers to connect their IDEs running in the cloud through Gitpod’s native integration into Gateway.  Benefits of the integration include automated setup, efficient multi-track development with multiple workspaces with different configurations open at once, and an

The team at Mozilla recently announced the release of the latest Common Voice dataset . Common Voice is an initiative put in place in order to help teach machines how real people speak, and this newest dataset achieved a major milestone: more than 20,000 hours of open-source speech data that anyone, anywhere can use.  With this, the dataset has nearly doubled in size in the past year. Additionally, this release offers users the new languages of Tigre, Taiwanese (Minnan), Meadow Mari, Bengali, Toki Pona, and Cantonese, as well as more speech data from female speakers.  Common Voice also has cross-sector backing from entities such as the Gates Foundation, GIZ, NVIDIA, and the UK FCDO.  According to Mozilla, this is the world’s largest multilingual, open-source dataset and it is used by researchers, academics, and developers globally in order to train voice-enabled technology and make it more inclusive and accessible.  Highlights from the latest dataset include  27 languages now of

Coding is required in nearly every technology field, and cybersecurity is no different. To accurately assess the activities of dangerous actors on their networks, cybersecurity experts must comprehend a variety of coding principles. While coding abilities aren’t required for every cybersecurity profession, it’s difficult to conceive a cybersecurity career that wouldn’t profit from the ability to scribble a few lines of code now and again. Why is Learning Programming Necessary for Cybersecurity? Simply said, it improves your performance at work. Understanding programming aids cyber security specialists in examining software to find security flaws, detect malicious code, and carry out activities that need analytical capabilities. Your area of interest determines the coding language you should learn, including computer forensics, web application security, information security, malware analysis, or application security. Though the value of any one language varies by position, cyber

GraphQL company Hasura has announced a new capability that will let developers join data from different GraphQL services. This new GraphQL Joins feature can be used to create a unified GraphQL API.  According to the company, this feature builds on Hasura’s existing data federation capabilities. It also gives them the ability to mix and match data sources, which will reduce development time, security risks, and ongoing maintenance costs.  Hasura explained that it’s important that developers have the ability to compose data from different sources. Even though data is coming from different places, usually it is semantically related. Previously, building relationships between this related data has required custom code where multiple APIs call each of the sources. GraphQL Joins provides a single schema that lets developers query, mutate, or federate data without having to write custom code.  GraphQL Joins is best suited for developers who have more than one GraphQL API, existing investm

MuleSoft announced its Anypoint Code Builder which helps developers to create APIs and integrations together with Anypoint Flex Gateway and API Governance. Anypoint Code Builder is an IDE with a user experience built on Visual Studio Code. The IDE includes built-in recommendations and includes a library of building blocks for common API and integration patterns. “The future of work requires every organization to empower their employees with the tools they need to close the skills gap and level up their developers,“ said Shaun Clowes, chief product officer at MuleSoft. “Developers demand modern, easy-to-use tools so that they can focus on innovation rather than dealing with cumbersome code and inefficient processes.” MuleSoft also announced universal API management capabilities with two new solutions. Anypoint Flex Gateway enables developers to adapt to any architecture with a flexible and lightweight gateway to manage and secure any service. Anypoint API Governance enables companies

With the move to the cloud, the amount of data that companies are able to manage has grown exponentially. This is why Capital One created Data Profiler , the open-source Python library that utilizes machine learning in order to help users monitor big data and detect information that should be properly protected.   Data Profiler brings users a pre-trained deep learning model to ensure efficient identification of sensitive information, components to conduct statistical analysis of the dataset, as well as an API to build data labelers. “In the future, we’re going to be seeing more synthetic data generation – it’s a crucial component of the model development process for explainability and training. So, we needed a way to understand the data we were working with and to do that we needed to do in-depth analysis of those datasets,” said Jeremy Goodsitt, a lead machine learning engineer at Capital One, “We ended up building out the Data Profiler and even extending on top of that… which

The past several months has seen an unusually high level of commotion in the open source community, largely focused on the economics of who — and how we — should pay for ‘free’ software. But this isn’t just some geeky flame war, what’s at stake here is business critical for vast swathes of the business world. So what’s all the fuss about? To get a handle on this, it helps to consider what open source means today. In its earliest days, the open-source movement was all about creating alternatives to large software packages. And there were some outstanding successes which enabled large groups of people to participate: I started my first web company in the mid 90s with almost no capital, based largely on the availability of the Linux operating system, Apache web server, and PHP programming language. Open source’s early promise The early days were also characterized by some fine ideals about what it meant to be open source: that anyone could and would review the codebase to identify

ConnectALL LLC, a leading provider of value stream management (VSM) solutions that enable companies to see, measure and automate their software delivery value streams, today announced a partnership with SaaS Capital Management, LLC as one of its funding partners. SaaS Capital, the leading provider of growth debt designed explicitly for B2B SaaS (Software as a Service) companies, represents some of the most well-respected, high performing SaaS firms in the world. “ConnectALL has built its standing in its industry through innovation, and partnering with SaaS Capital will enable us to accelerate our trajectory,” said ConnectALL President and COO Lance Knight. “We are excited about the capabilities this funding will sustain, from marketing to increase our user base to enhancing our field offerings and support capabilities.” “We are pleased to announce that we have provided ConnectALL with a new credit facility,” said Stephanie Fortener, Managing Director of SaaS Capital. “ConnectALL is d

Digital . ai today announced it has reimagined the future of software delivery for technology-driven organizations with its industry-leading AI -Powered DevOps Platform . The new release—dubbed Ascension—empowers both private and public sector organizations to unify, secure and generate predictive insights across the software lifecycle, increasing business value with integrated software delivery, and driving down technical debt through enterprise connections. The Ascension release further enables technology leaders to scale their distributed workforce and connect agile development at the portfolio, team and individual levels. The new features help ensure their business strategy is aligned to team-level execution while gaining increased visibility of the entire toolchain. Digital . ai is trusted by more than 1,500 organizations worldwide and across industries, including over 50% of the Fortune 500, to meet the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation. “The last decade

Oracle may be the stewards of the Java programming language, but their market share in Java Development Kit (JDK) distributions has significantly dropped over the past two years. This is according to New Relic’s 2022 State of the Java Ecosystem report , which draws data from applications reporting to New Relic.  According to the survey, Oracle is responsible for 34.48% of the JDK distributions that are currently in use today. Back in 2020, Oracle had roughly 75% of the share of the market, so this is a big change. As Oracle’s market share has gone down, Amazon’s has gone up. In 2020, only 2.18% of the JDK distributions were provided by Amazon, but now they provide 22.04% of JDK distributions.  “The real interesting item is the rise of Amazon as a major provider and I would speculate that this is related to the use of containers,” Steve Poole, developer advocate at Sonatype, told SD Times. “When choosing any software for production the need for support is a major influence. Keeping

Test automation company mabl has announced that it is extending its testing platform to incorporate accessibility testing. The new testing capabilities are now in beta and will enable teams to identify and resolve accessibility issues before they reach end users. According to mabl, accessibility is more important than ever, both because of increased digital experiences and updated government regulations. The company said that while software is updated frequently, accessibility checks are often infrequent, even though functional tests are built into the development pipeline.  “Accessibility is a critical area of quality, as well as an ethical concern that impacts every company – and particularly those with public-facing applications or websites,” said Dan Belcher, co-founder of mabl. “Mabl now empowers quality teams to lead the way in proactively mitigating accessibility issues long before they reach customers, resulting in a better user experience and avoiding costly defects.” Th

The no-code platform Unqork has announced a new update that enables companies to improve upon their ability to build applications without needing to code.  Unqork’s no-code platform is based on the idea of Codeless Architecture, which is “an open-standards approach to software development that allows organizations to build and run applications without ever thinking about the underlying code,” according to the company. The benefits of Codeless Architecture includes having a single source of truth for IP, an integrated ecosystem of vendors, automation of complex workflows, and the ability to provide a branded experience at scale. The Spring 2022 release includes an improved Grid System for accessing, visualizing, and interacting with data. The Grid System allows customers to build a number of grid types, including Dynamic, Uniform, and Freeform, which provides options for analyzing data and optimizing style and design flexibility. Use cases for Grid System include business logic and

Harness , the modern software delivery platform company, today announced it has closed  $230 million  in new financing at a valuation of  $3.7 billion , more than doubling its valuation since its last financing round in  January 2021 . Norwest Venture Partners led the Series D round, with new investors J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Splunk Ventures, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners and all existing investors participating, including ServiceNow, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, Battery Ventures, Alkeon Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. The round includes  $175 million  in equity and  $55 million  in debt financing. Harness will use the new funding infusion to continue to grow its world-class talent across the company and further expand the Harness Software Delivery Platform. “Today’s milestone funding round and Harness’s rapidly rising valuat

Call for Code is an annual development challenge in which developers create solutions to help with a problem the world is facing. It is sponsored by David Clark Cause, IBM, United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation. This year, the challenge urges developers to create solutions that take on climate change.  The solutions that are submitted can address a diverse range of climate challenges and provide things such as new ways to improve sustainable production, consumption, and management of resources; reduce pollution creation; protect biodiversity; and much more.  “From rising sea levels, extreme weather events, wildfires and droughts, to food insecurity, health impacts, mass migrations, and increasing global conflict, there is no denying that climate change is a humanitarian crisis. With its global reach and history of success over the years, we’re excited to work with Call for Code, as it has proven to be the gold standard when it comes to engaging developers around the w

ClickUp , the collaboration and productivity platform, today announced that it has acquired the search and command bar platform, Slapdash . This comes as the company’s first acquisition and with it, ClickUp users gain the ability to to connect with over 40 different applications such as Slack, Salesforce, and Google Drive.  This acquisition allows customers to search and action across several different platforms from one central location, simplifying the process of accessing a company’s collective knowledge.  According to ClickUp, this integration fights against the complexity that has come with the proliferation of specialized applications. The combination of these organizations works to make information more accessible and, therefore, save employees time and result in a more positive work experience.  “We realized how much time employees wasted as they struggled to access the knowledge they needed to do their jobs,” said Zeb Evans, founder and CEO of ClickUp. “Slapdash will enabl

Red Hat is introducing a new set of connected applications services that will help accelerate the adoption of containerized application development and delivery. Red Hat Application Foundations enables companies to quickly build application and data services.  This new platform will bring key services and components that will complement Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift is a platform for modernizing applications, building cloud-native applications, streamlining development, and more.  According to the company, components include high-performance data streaming services, API management, service connectivity, and lightweight frameworks and runtimes.  In addition to working well with Red Hat OpenShift, this new product will work alongside technology from ecosystem partners. “Application development is undergoing significant change and developers need tools to support this transformation,” said Ken Johnson, vice president and general manager of application services at Red Hat. “We d

Imagine waking up to rhythmic sounds of the birds; the air conditioner lowers to 16 degrees from 18 degrees; your alarm clock tells you your heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels. The window blinds automatically spread open to let nature’s morning light into your room as you get up. You shower and dress up, but you do not have to go to the garage; your car is already parked in the driveway. People create IoT applications; people use IoT applications—the world’s technology grows from the internet to the Internet of Things, from middlemen transaction processes to Smart Contracts. How do you develop IoT applications ? There is a demand for IoT applications, but launching into the building process without a thorough step-by-step outlook will leave you with an application you cannot use because it is poorly built. Let’s look at the common framework to consider when you develop applications for the Internet of Things. Software: The software is the first phase of an IoT buildi

GitHub announced new improvements that streamline the Codespaces experience when working with multi-repository and mono-repo projects.   GitHub initially released Codespaces to address cloud-native applications that are housed in a single repository: the most common type of project on GitHub.  For those that are developing a feature that spans many different types of services, GitHub added the ability for users to configure which permissions their codespace should have on creation. This is so that users will no longer have to set up personal access tokens inside of their codespace to clone or create pull requests for other types of repositories. Developers can specify repository permissions in their ‘devcontainer.json’ under the ‘customizations.codespaces.repositories’ so that developers will be prompted for the right set of permissions while working on the project. “We also want to ensure that we continue to provide the ease of environment creations through simple one-click experi

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is now generally available, featuring significant leaps forward in cloud confidential computing, real-time kernel for industrial applications, and enterprise Active Directory, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, FIPS and FedRAMP compliance – raising the bar for open source from cloud to edge, IoT and workstations. Canonical partners with industry leaders to deliver enterprise-grade security, long-term maintenance and support on all major architectures, hardware and clouds. “Our mission is to be a secure, reliable and consistent open-source platform – everywhere” , said Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical.  “Ubuntu 22.04 LTS unlocks innovation for industries with demanding infrastructure security requirements, such as telecommunications and industrial automation, underpinning their digital transformation.“ Confidential Computing and Arm drive public cloud innovation Ubuntu is deeply integrated into public clouds and optimised for performance, security and ease of use. A key ne

AWS recently announced the general availability of Amplify Studio, a visual interface that works to simplify front and backend development for web and mobile applications. The platform was first presented as a preview during AWS re:Invent 2021 . With this, users gain access to an integration with Figma , helping designers and front-end developers to work collaboratively on design and development tasks.  The GA version also offers new features such as support for UI event handlers, component theming, and improvements in how users can extend and customize generated components from code. Additionally, Amplify Studio extends on the ease of configuration that is provided by AWS Amplify by bringing it to front-end developers who can then use it to work with prebuilt and custom UI components for those applications.  These components are themeable, which allows customers to override the default themes and customize components based on their own company’s style guides. Components can also

Kubeflow is an MLOps toolkit originally created by Google that has integrated components for model development, model training, multi-step pipelines, AutoML, serving, monitoring, artifact management, and experiment tracking.  The project aims to reduce costs associated with Running production machine learning workflows at scale with new capabilities. The PyTorch training operator can now be scaled up and down introducing elastic training to make use of ephemeral or spot instances and Arrikto added the ability to monitor notebook servers and shut down those that are idle. The newly released Kubeflow 1.5 includes lower infrastructure costs and helps simplify the operation of the end-to-end machine learning platform.  The newest version also includes contributions from Google, Arrikto, IBM, Twitter and Rakuten, and others. Kubeflow’s UI now also has a more uniform user experience across its components and also simplifies support for high-availability options in its AutoML component. “

The observability company New Relic today announced an update to its fully managed tracing solution, New Relic Infinite Tracing. This update offers two new innovations in order to help engineering teams globally.  Front-end and full-stack developers now have the ability to analyze distributed traces generated by browser, mobile, and serverless applications as well as their back-end services for full-stack visibility. Additionally, customers based in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia can use in-region trace observers in order to access the capability at low cloud egress costs while also meeting region-specific compliance requirements. These capabilities are included with the all-in-one New Relic observability platform, meaning that this update is available to current users on Pro and Enterprise plans for no additional charge. New Relic Infinite Tracing works to tackle the complexities that come with switching from monoliths to microservices by delivering a tail-based

Gradle is releasing a new feature that promises to cut testing time by up to 70%. Predictive Test Selection is an extension to Gradle Enterprise that uses machine learning to select and run tests that are likely to provide useful feedback. In doing so, it avoids running tests that aren’t necessary or insightful.  According to Gradle, Predictive Test Selection can predict over 99% of breaking changes. It also provides explanations for why it avoided certain tests in order to give users more confidence.  It leverages detailed code and dependency data in its predictions, providing insight into production sources and their tests. In addition, users will be able to try Predictive Test Selection before they deploy it so that they can get a sense of the effectiveness of the model against normal test results.  “Avoiding irrelevant tests which often take minutes or hours has a number of desirable outcomes. For developers, it means less waiting, faster feedback cycles, and a better developer

Sysdig announced the release of Risk Spotlight, a vulnerability prioritization feature based on runtime intelligence. The feature enables teams to reduce vulnerabilities by 95% and allows developers to focus on shipping applications faster, according to Sysdig.  It also delivers vulnerability details such as CVSS vector from multiple sources, the fix version, and links to publicly available exploits to manage vulnerability risk at scale. The feature provides a single view of vulnerability risk across a container lifetime from build to runtime.  Developers will also receive a package-centric view of vulnerabilities along with the fixes and upgrades that they need to apply.  “Detecting threats at runtime across containers, hosts, and cloud services is fundamental for cloud-native security. Then, using that runtime intelligence to prioritize vulnerabilities provides developers a reasonable list of the highest impact issues to fix,” said Loris Degioanni, the founder and CTO at Sysdig.