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ChatGPT, the most advanced conversational AI chatbot yet publicly revealed, is taking the world by storm. Millions of ordinary people are using it, and most are highly enthusiastic about its ability to create human-like written content that helps them in their daily lives. Software professionals, too, are taking note of this new kid on the […]
When Watts Humphrey stated that every business is a software business, organizations realized that their survival depended on software. Today, developers also need to view cybersecurity as part of their responsibilities. It’s not enough to add security as an afterthought. A global shortage of cybersecurity talent continues, with an estimated 3.4 million positions unfilled in […]
Technical debt. It’s a term most people have never heard of. But over the holiday season of 2022, thousands of air travelers became personally acquainted, much to their dismay, with the disastrous impact a failure to modernize critical applications and eliminate technical debt can have on companies and their customers. Starting on December 2, 2022, […]
It Takes a First-Class Seat: Demonstrating the Benefits of Continuous Application Modernization Continuous application modernization allows organizations to address legacy code in iterative steps. It adheres to an agile-like methodology where incremental improvements are delivered faster with less risk than traditional waterfall methods, where multiple updates are delivered at once. However, an effective agile environment […]
What was your most consistent complaint of 2022? Did you have some specific work complaints? Were applications slow to load? Did you grumble at the 3:00 AM notifications when backups failed? What about all those Zoom meetings? Pointing out behaviors or circumstances to effect change can lead to innovative solutions when analyzed and addressed. However, […]
As we settle into 2023, today is the perfect time for your organization to start considering modernization in the year ahead. it’s essential that organizations regularly upgrade their operations to remain competitive. Keeping systems current and up-to-date also facilitates stability, growth and higher levels of success. That said, the variety of options available for app […]
Organizations have been empowered by cloud-native technologies to develop and operate scalable applications in modern, enterprise environments such as private, public, and hybrid clouds. Microservices, service meshes, declarative application programming interfaces (APIs), immutable infrastructures, and containers demonstrate this methodology. These methods allow loosely associated systems that are robust, observable, and manageable. Integrated with robust automation, […]
As technology continues to evolve, businesses are increasingly turning to microservices and containerization to improve their IT operations. Container management is the process of overseeing and maintaining the containers that hold the microservices in a distributed system. It enables the efficient deployment, scaling, and management of microservices. By understanding container management, you can better navigate […]
Containerization offers an adaptable technology with a diversity of applications for both DevOps and IT teams. When containerization is properly applied, it accelerates deployment; increases the efficiency of DevOps; minimizes infrastructure issues, and streamlines workflows. Containerization also enables better use of available resources by developers. Containers can be configured to take full advantage of all […]
You’ve been given the green light to modernize a legacy system; however, the monolithic application provides core functionality to the entire organization. It has to remain operational during the process. You could leave the existing code in production while developing a microservices-based architecture, but you don’t have the resources to modernize and maintain the old […]
