Software development process

2021 State of DevOps Report Finds It’s Not Tech but Culture that Keeps Teams Stuck in the Middle of their DevOps Evolution

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Puppet conducted the first State of DevOps Report ten years ago when DevOps adoption was not ubiquitous.

Key Points: 
  • Puppet conducted the first State of DevOps Report ten years ago when DevOps adoption was not ubiquitous.
  • The 2021 report found that many organizations in the middle stages of their DevOps evolution have plateaued.
  • The report found 91 percent of highly evolved teams report a clear understanding of their responsibilities to other teams compared to only 32 percent of low-evolution teams.
  • The 2021 State of DevOps Report from Puppet shows that team identities and clear interaction paradigms matter.

Sysdig Announces Intent to Acquire Apolicy for Infrastructure as Code Security With Auto Remediation

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Sysdig, Inc. , the secure DevOps leader, announced intent to acquire Apolicy to shift security further left and expand the Sysdig offering to include Infrastructure as code (IaC) security.

Key Points: 
  • Sysdig, Inc. , the secure DevOps leader, announced intent to acquire Apolicy to shift security further left and expand the Sysdig offering to include Infrastructure as code (IaC) security.
  • As teams codify infrastructure using IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, etc., it can be easy to overlook security.
  • Checking for security as configurations are defined shifts security further left, allowing teams to identify and resolve issues before infrastructure is deployed.
  • By integrating IaC security into the secure DevOps workflows, teams can shift security further left, improving security and reducing alert fatigue for security teams.

Anitian Named a Vendor in Gartner Hype Cycle for Agile and DevOps

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

According to Gartner, "The DevOps Hype Cycle includes key approaches and technologies used to support a DevOps initiative.

Key Points: 
  • According to Gartner, "The DevOps Hype Cycle includes key approaches and technologies used to support a DevOps initiative.
  • At this time, DevOps is a proven perspective to enable practitioners to optimize customer value, cost and risk."
  • As stated in the report, "Continuous compliance automation (CCA) integrates compliance and security policy enforcement into DevOps delivery pipelines.
  • "Anitian being named by Gartner as a Vendor in their latest Hype Cycle reinforces the value of our pre-engineered Compliance Automation and SecureCloud Platforms for our customers."

JFrog Completes Acquisition of Vdoo

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Monday, July 19, 2021

JFrog Ltd. (JFrog) (NASDAQ: FROG), the liquid software company, today announced the closing of the previously reported acquisition of product security company Vdoo Connected Trust Ltd. (Vdoo).

Key Points: 
  • JFrog Ltd. (JFrog) (NASDAQ: FROG), the liquid software company, today announced the closing of the previously reported acquisition of product security company Vdoo Connected Trust Ltd. (Vdoo).
  • JFrog will share financial and operational updates during its second quarter earnings call on August 5th, 2021.
  • JFrog is trusted by millions of users and thousands of customers, including a majority of the Fortune 100 companies that depend on JFrog solutions to manage their mission-critical software delivery pipelines.
  • Examples of such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the acquisition of Vdoo, our leadership position in the markets in which we participate, our ability to meet market demands and our expectations regarding the acquisition of Vdoo by us, including our ability to successfully integrate the acquisition into our business operations, including the DevOps platform, and realize anticipated benefits and synergies from the acquisition.

Assertive Professionals Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3

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Friday, July 16, 2021

MCLEAN, Va., July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AssertiveProfessionals(AP),announced today that the organization has been appraised at Maturity Level 3 for CMMI Services V2.0 (CMMI-SVC).

Key Points: 
  • MCLEAN, Va., July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AssertiveProfessionals(AP),announced today that the organization has been appraised at Maturity Level 3 for CMMI Services V2.0 (CMMI-SVC).
  • The appraisal was conducted by the President and Lead Auditor of Delivery Excellence INC, a CMMI Institute Partner based out of Angier, NC.
  • CMMI is a capability improvement framework that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes that ultimately improve their performance.
  • An appraisal rating at maturity level 3 indicates the organization is performing at a "defined" level.

Edge Delta Announces Live, Interactive, Open Environment for Free and Unlimited Exploration

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Friday, July 16, 2021

SEATTLE, July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Edge Delta, the new layer of intelligence that automates and optimizes observability data using stream processing and federated machine learning, today announced an open demo environment ( https://demo.edgedelta.com ).

Key Points: 
  • SEATTLE, July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Edge Delta, the new layer of intelligence that automates and optimizes observability data using stream processing and federated machine learning, today announced an open demo environment ( https://demo.edgedelta.com ).
  • Edge Delta eliminates this unnecessary hurdle by providing a fully functional environment with actual data to provide a comparable understanding of value for most teams.
  • "This open environment has a significant role to play in addressing the most prevalent frustrations in DevOps and Security," said Ozan Unlu, Founder and CEO at Edge Delta .
  • Gaining momentum, Edge Delta has recently surpassed user statistics of 1,000,000+ per year from over 425 cities in more than 40 countries across all open environments and paid accounts.

Rackspace Technology Optimizes Zeotap Network Infrastructure by Implementing DevOps and Automating Internal Processes to Accelerate Product Delivery by 40%

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

SAN ANTONIO, July 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company, today announced it has worked with Zeotap, a leading customer intelligence platform, to optimize its network infrastructure by implementing DevOps and automated internal processes to accelerate product delivery by 40% and reduce its operations load by 80%.

Key Points: 
  • SAN ANTONIO, July 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company, today announced it has worked with Zeotap, a leading customer intelligence platform, to optimize its network infrastructure by implementing DevOps and automated internal processes to accelerate product delivery by 40% and reduce its operations load by 80%.
  • Given the size of their infrastructure, Zeotap knew it would need outside help managing its rapid growth and optimization, so the company turned to Rackspace Technology.
  • We did a lot of that work so Zeotap could run the business in a more predictable and consistent fashion.
  • We can design, build and operate our customers cloud environments across all major technology platforms, irrespective of technology stack or deployment model.

JFrog Announces Timing of Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

JFrog Ltd. (JFrog) (NASDAQ: FROG), the liquid software company, today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 on Thursday, August 5, 2021 following market close.

Key Points: 
  • JFrog Ltd. (JFrog) (NASDAQ: FROG), the liquid software company, today announced that it will report financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 on Thursday, August 5, 2021 following market close.
  • JFrog will host a conference call to discuss the results at 2:00 p.m. PT on the same day.
  • JFrog, the creator of the DevOps platform, is on a Liquid Software mission to enable the flow of software seamlessly and securely from the developers keystrokes to production.
  • The end-to-end, hybrid JFrog Platform provides the tools and visibility required by modern software development organizations to fully embrace the power of DevOps.

Gorilla Corporation unveils Partner Pulse™ Scorecarding, a breakthrough technology to improve through-channel marketing automation (TCMA)

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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

With Partner Pulse() Scorecarding, activities are customized to focus on active partners for ranking and tiering, defining the next steps.

Key Points: 
  • With Partner Pulse() Scorecarding, activities are customized to focus on active partners for ranking and tiering, defining the next steps.
  • With Partner Pulse, businesses can effectively design and implement dynamic partner scorecards, making use of both preconfigured and custom features.
  • The advanced cornerstones of Partner Pulse are the foundation for improving marketing, sales, and partner performance, packaging the essential features and needs of through-channel marketing automation (TCMA).
  • Gorilla enables next-generation partnering and helps technology vendors build broad channel ecosystems and partner programs and ensure scalable revenue growth.

Alpha Omega Integration Becomes One of the Few Companies in America to Achieve CMMI Level 5 Certification in Both Service and Development Using the New V2 Model

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

This rating makes them one of the only American companies that can boast this high achievement at this time.

Key Points: 
  • This rating makes them one of the only American companies that can boast this high achievement at this time.
  • This level of CMMI validation indicates that best practices are consistently utilized to deliver performance excellence to customers.
  • "Alpha Omega's main goal is to help Government agencies accomplish their missions in the most efficient way.
  • We are thrilled to work with companies like Alpha Omega who are committed to applying these standards to government agencies."