Mike Vizard

New York

Chief Content Officer at Tech Strong Group

Chief Content Officer at Security Boulevard

Chief Content Officer for Techstrong Group, publisher of https://t.co/799DaDAYmu, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, https://t.co/2XFXIJyVJ3 and co-host for Techstrong Gang

Articles

GitLab and AWS Deliver on Generative AI Integration Promise

5 days ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

GitLab this week made generally available a version of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) framework for software development that includes AI agents developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS). David DeSanto, chief product officer at GitLab, said GitLab Duo with Amazon Q gives organizations that are building applications on the AWS cloud the ability to create more tightly integrated DevOps workflows using both AI frameworks.
Spacelift Applies Generative AI to Infrastructure Automation

6 days ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

Spacelift, this week, added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its platform for automating the management of IT infrastructure provisioned using code. Company CEO Pawel Hytry said Saturnhead AI adds a set of AI capabilities that can, for example, be used to identify issues and suggest potential remediations to make it easier for DevOps teams to troubleshoot complex IT infrastructure environments.
Postman Adds Hub to Centralize Management of APIs

6 days ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

Postman this week added a Spec Hub platform to its portfolio that makes it possible to centralize the design, management and maintenance of application programming interface (API) specifications. At the same time, Postman is also now enabling Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) Encryption capabilities to secure data being accessed via APIs. That approach ensures that encryption keys are only controlled by the organization that creates them.
MSPs: Building resilience in the midst of uncertainty

1 week ago | smartermsp.com | Mike Vizard

Regardless of how business and IT leaders view tariffs as economic policy, one certainty is that nearly every organization, including managed service providers (MSPs), will be affected. Many MSPs and the organizations employing them are already scrambling to purchase everything from smartphones to servers before potential price hikes take effect. Additionally, many will reassess their IT strategies.
Symbiotic Security Unveils AI Coding Tool Trained to Identify Vulnerabilities

1 week ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

Symbiotic Security, this week, launched a tool that leverages a large language model (LLM) specifically trained to identify vulnerabilities via a chatbot as application developers write code. Company CEO Jérôme Robert said Symbiotic Security version 1 reduces the current level of DevSecOps friction that exists by identifying issues long before flawed code finds its way into a production environment.
Report: Commerical Software Just as Vulnerable as Open Source

1 week ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

An analysis published by ReversingLabs, a provider of tools for securing application development environments, suggests that commercial software used in software supply chains is just as vulnerable as open-source code.
Heroku Extends PaaS Reach to AI Application Development

1 week ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

Heroku, a subsidiary of Salesforce, is piloting support for inference capabilities within its platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment in addition to tightening the level of integration it provides with artificial intelligence (AI) agents developed by its parent company.
AWS Adds Support for Multiple Languages to Amazon Q Developer

1 week ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added support for Arabic, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish to the generative artificial intelligence (AI) agents it makes available for application developers. Expanded language capabilities are now available in both the integrated development environment (IDE) and command line interface (CLI) for Amazon Q Developer, with support coming to the AWS Management Console soon.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

1 week ago | devops.com | Mike Vizard

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Docker, Inc. Makes Invoking LLMs Simpler for Application Developers

1 week ago | cloudnativenow.com | Mike Vizard

Docker Inc. this week added an ability to make it possible for application developers using its tools to build cloud-native applications to run large language models (LLMs) on their local machines. Available in beta, Docker Model Runner achieves that by embedding an AI inference engine into Docker Desktop using an open source llama.cpp library to make the LLM available locally using the OpenAI application programming interface (API). As a result, no extra tools or setup is required.