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Canary Release: A Strategy for Seamless Software Deployments

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Any development process must include the deployment of new software versions or features. It does, however, present risks and uncertainties, making it a daunting task. The user experience and system disruption caused by new releases are things that organizations work to prevent. Canary releases become important at this point.

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What is software composition analysis? How SCA helps reduce risks associated with open source software

Dynatrace

The growing popularity of open source software presents new risks associated with vulnerable libraries. In response, organizations have adopted additional security tools, such as software composition analysis, that scan code libraries for vulnerabilities. What is software composition analysis?

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Transparent and confident software delivery with Dynatrace Release Analysis

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This is the question that drives many of us who work along the software-product lifecycle. Answering this question requires careful management of release risk and analysis of lots of data related to each release version of your software. What risks does this release present compared to existing versions that are already in production?

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7 Tips for Effective Cybersecurity Training for Developers

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Cybersecurity is an ever-present concern for organizations across all industries. Using updated and relevant security knowledge, your software developers can be the first line of defense. Set Goals for Developers Writing code can be a time-consuming process.

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Web Application Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide

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It’s an underlying web application architecture that makes this process possible. An Overview of Web Application Architecture A web app architecture presents a layout with all the software components (such as databases, applications, and middleware) and how they interact with each other.

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Dynatrace ensures continuous software quality by combining synthetic monitoring and automatic release validation

Dynatrace

Organizations can now accelerate innovation and reduce the risk of failed software releases by incorporating on-demand synthetic monitoring as a metrics provider for automatic, continuous release-validation processes. The ability to scale testing as part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) has proven difficult.

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How Dynatrace protects its software development and delivery life cycle against supply chain attacks

Dynatrace

Recently, some organizations fell victim to a software supply chain attack, which led to loss of confidential data. This article explains what a software supply chain attack is, and how Dynatrace protects its customers against such attacks by applying: Risk management and business continuity planning. It all starts with the code.

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