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• What is observability? Software monitoring on steroids

  Observability is an increasingly vital consideration for software engineers looking to build better, more stable applications.

• How networking software can ease multi-cloud management complexity

  Cloud providers offer security and networking tools that third-party platforms can abstract to make management simpler for enterprise IT teams.

• How to measure developer productivity (and how not to)

  If you’re using software development productivity metrics to evaluate developer performance, then you’re doing it wrong.

• Should you work in developer relations?

  If you love technology, learning, and meeting people, developer relations could be right for you. It’s definitely a job in high demand.

• Upheaval at Google signals pushback against biased algorithms and unaccountable AI

  As the use of AI grows, workers in the very companies that make the tools of algorithmic management are beginning to push back.

• SAP rolls out RPA, low-code tools to help cut dev debt

  At its annual developer conference, SAP rolled out not one but three new automation technologies, hoping to recruit citizen developers to its platform.

• Don't fly-by-wire with AI until you know the controls

  Software developers should approach AI-driven programming controls with zeal and cautionary awareness in equal measure.

• Cisco upgrades software to simplify hybrid cloud management, operations

  Cisco has upgraded core software packages to help customers manage, control and automate functions in hybrid and multi-cloud data centre environments.

• 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.

• SAP ASE leaves sensitive credentials in installation logs

  Two vulnerabilities in SAP ASE's Cockpit component leaves some sensitive information available to anyone on the network.

• 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, modernising applications, automating deployments.

• ServiceNow makes platform ambitions clear with new workflow tools

  ServiceNow is doubling down on its move to become a digital workflow platform with its Paris code release, adding applications for industry verticals to push beyond its ITSM roots.

• Thai chemical manufacturer streamlines ERP through Accenture and SAP

  Accenture and SAP have been selected to help Indorama Ventures Limited “design, develop and deploy” a streamlined ERP system.

• Fujitsu strikes managed cloud services deal with Singapore University of Social Sciences

  SUSS has deployed managed cloud services delivered by Fujitsu to kick-start digital transformation efforts, underpinned by a new ERP solution.

• SAP promotes Verena Siow to run Southeast Asia, targets digital growth

  SAP has appointed Verena Siow as president and managing director of Southeast Asia, tasked with driving growth and digital transformation.