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How to land a software development job in an AI-focused world

AI isn’t eliminating software developers, but it is changing what matters to hiring managers. Here’s our guide to landing a software development job in a rapidly shifting landscape.

By Bob Violino

Mar 23, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

How to bring zero-trust security to microservices

Why we must use a zero-trust security model in microservices and how to implement it using the Kuma universal service mesh.

By Marco Palladino

Dec 23, 2020 13 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Security Software Development

7 things to know before becoming a developer manager

Management is often seen as the natural next step for developers, but it’s a harder change than many people realize. Here, developer managers tell InfoWorld what they wish they had known before they made the shift.

By Scott Carey

Dec 21, 2020 8 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

4 technical hurdles to quantum computing

Viable, large-scale quantum computers will require better qubits, better control chip technology, more advanced error correction, and new components at every layer of the stack. We’re making progress.

By Anne Matsuura

Dec 16, 2020 6 mins

Analytics Quantum Computing

Are you ready for multicloud? A checklist

For many organizations, the use of multiple public clouds is inevitable. Here’s how to make your multicloud strategic instead of accidental.

By Isaac Sacolick

Dec 14, 2020 11 mins

Cloud Computing

The multicloud challenge: Building the future everywhere

At a time when procuring on-prem infrastructure and personnel seems more daunting than ever, organizations are increasingly turning to multiple clouds to provide just the array of functionality they need.

By Eric Knorr

Dec 14, 2020 3 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

Using OPA for multicloud policy and process portability

How Open Policy Agent allows developer teams to write and enforce consistent policy and authorization across multicloud and hybrid cloud environments

By Tim Hinrichs

Dec 9, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing Security Software Development

5 big and powerful Python web frameworks

Why build your own user credentialing, form handling, security, and other stock components? These big and powerful Python frameworks cover all the bases.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 9, 2020 14 mins

Python Software Development Web Development

Has serverless computing run out of gas?

While some industry observers see signs that serverless computing has stalled, others believe the paradigm is just getting started.

By Paul Krill

Dec 8, 2020 3 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing Software Development

Solving query optimization in Presto

By combining machine learning and adaptive query execution, query optimization in Presto could become smarter and more efficient over repeated use.

By Vivek Bharathan

Dec 3, 2020 13 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

Why enterprises are turning from TensorFlow to PyTorch

The deep learning framework PyTorch has infiltrated the enterprise thanks to its relative ease of use. Three companies tell us why they chose PyTorch over Google’s renowned TensorFlow framework.

By Scott Carey

Dec 2, 2020 8 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning

The future of COBOL is now

The COBOL skills gap is neither as extreme nor as straightforward as you might imagine. Here’s what companies can do to keep their COBOL systems running, and what would-be COBOL developers should know before taking the plunge.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Nov 30, 2020 13 mins

Careers Software Development

4 nonprofits teaching disadvantaged students to code

With career accelerators, workshops, and coding courses, these nonprofits are putting low-income and underrepresented students on the path to programming and computer science careers.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 25, 2020 3 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training Software Development

3 ways containers shine in a crisis

Linux containers provide the kind of flexible, agile, and secure development environment needed during times of change

By Scott McCarty

Nov 23, 2020 4 mins

Software Development

Today’s data science roles won’t exist in 10 years

AutoML is poised to turn developers into data scientists — and vice versa. Here’s how AutoML will radically change data science for the better.

By Eric Miller

Nov 18, 2020 7 mins

Analytics Data Science Machine Learning

6 non-profits giving women a boost in tech

For women, girls, and LGBTQ+ individuals seeking a career in technology, these non-profit organizations provide education, job placement, networking opportunities, community support, and more

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 18, 2020 4 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

Why AWS leads in the cloud

The offshoot of Amazon’s online bookstore has led the public cloud market for a decade. How did it get there? Will its dominance continue?

By Scott Carey

Nov 16, 2020 10 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing

4 steps to devsecops in your software supply chain

How to improve dependency management by ‘shifting security left’ and providing developers with a unified CI/CD pipeline

By Maya Kaczorowski

Nov 11, 2020 10 mins

Devops Security Software Development

4 handy uses for Visual Studio Code — aside from coding

Take advantage of these VS Code extensions to browse databases, work with APIs, track your productivity, and message teammates without leaving the code editor.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 11, 2020 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

A short guide to AWS Savings Plans

The potential for cost cutting is real, but you need to understand the nuances of AWS Savings Plans to reap the biggest savings.

By Will Kelly

Nov 5, 2020 6 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing

Using OPA for cloud-native app authorization

How companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Yelp, Chef, and Atlassian use OPA for ‘who-and what-can-do-what’ application policy

By Tim Hinrichs

Nov 4, 2020 9 mins

Cloud Computing Security Software Development

Black Friday retailers must be effective, ready, and resilient

It’s a matter of deploying the right personalization, search, and offers to maximize conversion rate while avoiding boom fizzle pop.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Nov 4, 2020 8 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

How to make the most of the Google Cloud free tier

10 tips for stretching Google’s free services to the limit and pinning your cloud meter at zero.

By Peter Wayner

Nov 2, 2020 9 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Building a hybrid SQL Server infrastructure

Pairing your on-prem SQL Server with a cloud-based instance for high availability has its challenges, but they can be overcome. Here’s how.

By Dave Bermingham

Oct 28, 2020 11 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Hybrid Cloud

8 great little Python web frameworks

Small is beautiful. Look to these Python web frameworks when you want speed and simplicity instead of feature sprawl.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Oct 28, 2020 15 mins

Python Software Development Web Development

How edge analytics will drive smarter computing

Tapping edge computing and IoT devices for real-time analytics holds great promise, but designing analytical models for edge deployment presents a challenge.

By Isaac Sacolick

Oct 26, 2020 6 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing

The 11 highest paying UK developer roles 2020

Despite a tumultuous year in the job market, there are still some roles which punch above others when it comes to the average salaries, see what you should be getting paid in the software developer jobs market.

By Scott Carey

Oct 22, 2020 3 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training Software Development

Understanding GraphQL engine implementations

Among the many ways of implementing a GraphQL engine, only one approach offers the same performance, scalability, and ACID guarantees as the underlying database.

By Brecht De Rooms

Oct 21, 2020 22 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Software Development

4 C programming courses for every skill level

The venerable C programming language still powers much of the computing world. These four courses can get you started.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Oct 21, 2020 4 mins

C Language Certifications IT Skills and Training

The 24 highest paying developer roles in 2020

Some developer jobs command higher salaries than others. Aiming high? See what you can expect to earn in these 24 roles.

By Scott Carey

Oct 21, 2020 3 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training Software Development

How to make the most of the AWS free tier

10 tips for stretching Amazon’s free services to the limit and keeping your cloud bill near zero.

By Peter Wayner

Oct 19, 2020 8 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing

Why financial services is turning to devops

Highly regulated financial services firms like Capital One and JPMorgan Chase are turning to devops, as they look to be more responsive to changing customer demands while keeping their compliance teams happy.

By Scott Carey

Oct 14, 2020 8 mins

Devops Software Development Technology Industry

How Oracle v. Google could upend software development

If Oracle convinces the U.S. Supreme Court that APIs are copyrightable, the impact will be felt by software developers across the globe

By Hannu Valtonen

Oct 7, 2020 7 mins

Java Software Development Technology Industry

4 common C programming mistakes — and 5 tips to avoid them

The awesome power of C cuts both ways. Here’s what to watch out for, and how to keep your C programs on the straight and narrow.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Oct 7, 2020 7 mins

C Language Software Development

Python 3.9: What’s new and better

Major Python update brings a faster release schedule, performance boosts, handy new string functions, dictionary union operators, and more consistent and stable internal APIs

By Serdar Yegulalp

Oct 5, 2020 6 mins

Python Software Development

Where to find free and open data sets on the web

From government, health, and finance data to weather, baseball, and Star Trek, countless collections of free data are available to scratch your analytical itch

By Peter Wayner

Sep 30, 2020 9 mins

Analytics Data Science Machine Learning

How to run Cassandra and Kubernetes together

Kubernetes runs distributed applications, and Apache Cassandra provides a distributed database environment. Here’s how you can run them together

By Patrick McFadin

Sep 30, 2020 9 mins

Databases Software Development

Learn Python: 5 great Python courses for beginners and beyond

Whether you're just getting started with Python, or you need a deep dive into machine learning or web development, these free and low-cost courses have you covered

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 30, 2020 4 mins

Python Software Development

7 low-code platforms developers should know

Low-code platforms for enterprise developers integrate with the devops toolchain to speed the delivery of applications, modernizations, automations, and more

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 28, 2020 8 mins

Development Tools No Code and Low Code Software Development

How MariaDB achieves global scale with Xpand

A new MariaDB storage engine provides distributed SQL and massive scalability with a shared nothing architecture, fully distributed ACID transactions, and strong consistency

By Shane Johnson

Sep 23, 2020 9 mins

Cloud Computing Databases SQL

14 open source tools to make the most of machine learning

Tap the predictive power of machine learning with these diverse, easy-to-implement libraries and frameworks

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 23, 2020 8 mins

Analytics Machine Learning Software Development

10 MLops platforms to manage the machine learning lifecycle

Machine learning lifecycle management systems rank and track your experiments over time, and sometimes integrate with deployment and monitoring

By Martin Heller

Sep 21, 2020 9 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Machine Learning

The 2020 Enterprise Architecture Awards

The 2020 Forrester and InfoWorld EA Awards contest winners focus on business architecture, digital transformation, and governance

By Gene Leganza

Sep 21, 2020 19 mins

Analytics Careers Cloud Computing

How BT is shifting its engineers into the fast lane

BT’s head of software engineering excellence lays out the telco’s route to streamlining development, modernizing applications, automating deployments

By Scott Carey

Sep 17, 2020 7 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Why you should use Presto for ad hoc analytics

A federated SQL query execution engine created at Facebook, Presto brings interactive querying to all of your data — no matter where it resides

By Ashish Tadose

Sep 16, 2020 9 mins

Analytics Data Management SQL

What are deepfakes? AI that deceives

Deepfakes extend the idea of video compositing with deep learning to make someone appear to say or do something they didn’t really say or do

By Martin Heller

Sep 15, 2020 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Software Development

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft take their clouds to the edge

As enterprises ramp up edge computing deployments, the big three clouds are ponying up a surprising array of edge options for a broad range of needs.

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 14, 2020 6 mins

Analytics Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Using OPA to safeguard Kubernetes

Open Policy Agent addresses Kubernetes authorization challenges with a full toolkit for integrating declarative policies into any number of application and infrastructure components

By Tim Hinrichs

Sep 9, 2020 8 mins

Cloud Computing Security Software Development

What is quantum computing? Solutions to impossible problems

Quantum computing has great promise to solve problems that are too hard for classical computers to solve in reasonable amounts of time, but they are not yet practical

By Martin Heller

Sep 9, 2020 11 mins

Analytics Machine Learning Quantum Computing

Will work from home be permanent? Many developers like the idea

The pandemic forced almost everyone in tech to work from home. That accelerated the trend of allowing developers to eschew expensive tech hubs and work wherever they like.

By Scott Carey

Sep 8, 2020 7 mins

Careers Software Development