Enterprise Architecture News & How-To


What Do You Get When You Automate a Bad Process?

Our columnist advises Citizen Developers to incorporate more into their training than simply instruction on how to use low-code/no-code platforms. And he offers his view on what they need to know.

Are Companies Advertising Jobs for Citizen Developers Missing the Point?

Our columnist ponders the question, Are companies seeking citizen developers missing the point of citizen development?

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10 Characteristics of an Ideal Citizen Developer

Anyone could become a citizen developer, but it's not for everyone. Our columnist offers a list of 10 essential personal traits of the model citizen developer.

Want to Make the Right Decision? Procrastinate Until 'The Last Responsible Moment'

Our Agile Architect offers some last-minute, just-made-the-deadline observations on the positive power of procrastination.

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Crafting the Perfect Agile Retrospective

Our Agile Architect leads you through all the things that go into crafting a perfect agile retrospective.

Oracle Announces Java 17 Long-Term Support Release and Shorter LTS Release Cadence

Oracle announced the general availability of JDK 17 this week, the second Long-Term Support release since JDK 11.

Online Tech Trainer Pluralsight to Acquire A Cloud Guru

Technology workforce development company Pluralsight has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the cloud skills development platform A Cloud Guru (ACG).

New Relic Integrates Pixie Observability Platform for Kubernetes

Software analytics company New Relic is integrating its open-source Pixie observability platform for Kubernetes with the New Relic One platform.

Dynatrace Brings Observability to Atlassian's Open DevOps Initiative

Software intelligence company Dynatrace and software development and collaboration tools provider Atlassian have expanded their strategic partnership around Atlassian's Open DevOps initiative.

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Open-Source Bare Metal Provisioning Platform, Tinkerbell, Spreads Its Wings in the CNCF Sandbox

The open-source bare metal provisioning platform known as Tinkerbell has been growing its feature set since it joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) sandbox program a year ago, belying its diminutive name with sizeable new capabilities.

Supreme Court Sides with Google in Landmark Software Copyright Case Over Java APIs

SCOTUS rules that Google did not commit copyright infringement when it used 37 Java APIs in its Android OS without Oracle's permission.

Developers Get New Features via Atlassian's Jira Software Cloud

Software development and collaboration tools provider Atlassian has announced four new features in its Jira Software Cloud designed to allow developers to visualize and measure progress "from idea through to production" across Atlassian and third-party tools.

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Instana Adds Automatic Tracing for Lambda Functions in Java and Go

Instana announces the availability of automated distributed tracing for Lambda functions written in Java or Go.

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Apple Silicon Gets Native Java Support from Azul

Azul Systems announces plans to deliver OpenJDK builds for the new Apple Silicon machines, giving developers native Java support for current and popular Java versions.

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Sumo Logic's Illuminate Conference Observability Announcements

Sumo Logic's fourth annual Illuminate user conference, virtual this year because of the pandemic, wrapped up yesterday after two days of educational sessions, expert keynotes, and product and initiative announcements.