Enterprise application development, DevOps and software agility

For most modern businesses' IT departments, enterprise application development follows an agile process to effectively adapt to -- and take advantage of -- rapidly evolving technology. Read news, tips and opinion to help guide your organization's application development strategy, including advice on implementing the latest DevOps and software agility best practices.

May 26, 2021 26 May'21
Winning CIOs crack the code of business-IT alignment

The five finalists for the 2021 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award have hit upon a straightforward way to achieve business-IT alignment: Be the business.
May 03, 2021 03 May'21
Dell strikes $4 billion deal to sell iPaaS specialist Boomi

Dell nails down a $4 billion cash agreement to sell integration-platform-as-a-service vendor Boomi to investment firms just weeks after spinning off VMware.
March 31, 2021 31 Mar'21
OSDU Data Platform opens door to new apps in energy sector

A new OSDU standard aims to bring information from oil, gas, wind, solar and other sources into a single data platform to help energy companies address future demand.
March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21
ServiceNow enters RPA market with Intellibot acquisition

Taking its cue from corporate users focused on both low- code and automation, ServiceNow has acquired Intellibot for its robotic process automation (RPA) products.

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value-sensitive design (VSD)

Value-sensitive design (VSD) is a concept that advocates the consideration of human principles and standards when planning technology. Continue Reading
Agile Project Management (APM)

Agile Project Management (APM) is an iterative approach to planning and guiding project processes that breaks them down into smaller cycles called sprints, or iterations. Continue Reading
What is digital transformation?

Digital transformation is the incorporation of computer-based technologies into an organization's products, processes and strategies. Continue Reading

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9 digital experience monitoring vendors to watch

Demand for monitoring and managing digital experiences is growing. Knowing the vendors and products available to businesses will help leaders make the right choice. Continue Reading
Is integration platform as a service right for you?

Is iPaaS a helpful platform for your enterprise software integration needs or just an unnecessary tool that adds complexity to the environment? Continue Reading
What is iPaaS? Guide to integration platform as a service

This guide explains all about integration platform as a service (iPaaS), a set of automated tools that integrate software applications that are deployed in different environments. Continue Reading

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IPaaS vs. API management: Why the enterprise needs both

Enterprise iPaaS and API management integrate applications and data, but it's not a choice of one or the other. Here's why you probably need both, and why planning is necessary. Continue Reading
CIO role post-pandemic is 'opportunity of a lifetime'

What is the CIO's role in 2021? Genpact's Sanjay Srivastava, a speaker at this year's MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, says CIOs are becoming 'co-creators' of new business models. Continue Reading
The importance of culture in digital transformation

Trying to accomplish digital transformation without the right culture could result in failure to launch. Here are five steps you need to take to get off the ground. Continue Reading

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Navigating 7 digital experience monitoring challenges

Evaluating both customer and employee digital experience is increasingly valuable in the enterprise. Leaders will need to plan for the challenges that come with this new technology. Continue Reading
Why digital transformations fail: Top 6 reasons

Digital transformation is essential to business survival, but companies keep failing at it. Find out why and what organizations can do to avoid the missteps that sabotage success. Continue Reading
Add shadow IT applications to the official DevOps toolchain

Sometimes developers and other IT team members install unapproved apps to fill a gap in the DevOps toolchain. These shadow apps are risky -- but give them a chance. Continue Reading