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New SaaS plans provide comprehensive code quality and code security visibility for developers, software engineering managers, and business leaders

Global software repository GitHub has released the early results of its two-factor authentication (2FA) requirements for code contributors. This was first announced in 2022 and rolled out across 2023, to secure developer accounts and prevent supply chain attacks.

GitHub vice president for Asia Pacific, India, Japan and China Sharryn Napier has now been in the top job for two years, with remarkable 20% growth year on year as the company leads the charge to AI.

Global software development hub GitHub has announced code scanning autofix is available in public beta for all GitHub Advanced Security customers. The tool helps developers remediate over two-thirds of supported alerts with little or no editing.

GUEST OPINION:  In an increasingly competitive commercial environment, organisations of all sizes are under growing pressure to innovate.

American multinational information technology services and consulting company Cognizant has announced a generative AI (gen AI)-enabled platform - Cognizant Flowsource - that it says aims to fuel the next generation of software engineering for enterprises.

MongoDB and AWS have jointly announced the two companies are optimising Amazon CodeWhisperer to provide enhanced suggestions for application development and modernisation on MongoDB developer data platform, adding to the billions of lines of Amazon and publicly available code that CodeWhisperer is trained on.

Assistive artificial intelligence is emerging all around us, but does it really help or is it a gimmick? GitHub has the answers, after conducting research on its own GitHub Copilot Chat facility - showing that in fact code quality is objectively improved.

Organisations' investments in DevOps automation are delivering significant benefits, according to a survey conducted for observability and security specialist Dynatrace.

Apple has released the visionOS SDK, allowing developers to start work on spatial computing apps for the Apple Vision Pro.

Australian software development start-up JDoodle has received $3.2 million in funding, with the contributions being led by Main Sequence.

Security remains a key priority for organisations amid the growing global threat landscape, with DevSecOps teams becoming more broadly aware of security as a shared responsibility, according to a new report which also reveals rising demand for secuity and efficiency in software development.

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GUEST OPINION: Since it first emerged about two decades ago, agile methodology has become the predominant approach to software development around the world.

GUEST OPINION: Friction that should have evaporated with sustained use of DevOps practices and tools has crept back into software development.

Saigon Technology has been rated as the top software outsourcer in Vietnam by outsourcing ratings and information site softwareoutsourcing.com.

Saigon Technology has been rated as the top software outsourcer in Vietnam by outsourcing ratings and information site softwareoutsourcing.com.

Software development company Buildkite has announced the completion of a US$21 million series B funding round it says will to help the company on its mission to “unblock every software developer” on the planet.

GitHub's AI-powered Copilot was made generally available in June this year. GitHub has investigated and quantified the impact on developer productivity, finding a massive 87% of developers found it preserved their mental energy, and 74% experienced an increase in overall daily workflow satisfaction.

GUEST OPINION: Software supply chain attacks have accelerated in recent years, aiming to hit organisations’ developer environments.