Software engineering stories - Page 14

Amperity has named Dr Grigori Melnik as Chief Product Officer to drive product innovation and growth in the customer data platform industry worldwide.

Celonis invests in Bloomfilter, enhancing AI-driven process intelligence to improve software development lifecycle efficiency and delivery outcomes.

AWS unveils Kiro, an AI-powered IDE that transforms prototypes into production-ready code with spec-driven development and automated workflows.

GitLab has launched a public beta of its Duo Agent Platform, enabling seamless AI-human collaboration within software development projects for Premium and Ultimate users.

DevOps platforms like Jira and Azure DevOps saw notable surges in outages and security incidents in 2024, causing significant downtime and disruption globally.

Cognition has acquired Windsurf's core assets post-failed OpenAI and Google deals, reshaping the competitive AI coding tools market in July 2025.

Dynatrace tops Gartner's 2025 observability platform report, ranking first in four of six use cases including AI Engineering and Cost Optimisation.

Datadog has been named a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Observability Platforms for the fifth consecutive year, reflecting its strong market position.

vFunction launches GenAI-powered tools integrated with Amazon Q Developer and GitHub Copilot to automate app refactoring and cloud-native transformation.

SmartBear's HaloAI has won the AI Software Development Solution award again for enhancing software development with AI-driven automation and quality improvements.

Tricentis launches AI innovations, including Remote MCP servers and Agentic Test Automation, promising up to 85% time savings in enterprise software testing.

Harness launches AI Test Automation to speed up DevOps testing, cutting test creation time by 90% and boosting automation coverage for faster releases.

FloQast appoints Sri Ramalingam as CTO to lead AI-powered automation strategy, enhancing finance tools for over 3,000 global accounting teams.

Poor DevOps and fragmented developer experiences cost enterprises millions annually through lost productivity, delays, and heightened security risks, says Harness report.

Coralogix launched Olly, an AI agent to simplify observability data access, after securing USD $115 million and a valuation above USD $1 billion.

Almost half of developers using AI report that over 50% of their code is AI-generated, yet a third deploy it without consistent human review, raising security concerns.

Azul and Chainguard have teamed up to offer zero-CVE Java containers, enhancing security and support for enterprise Java workloads with Hardened, source-built images.

Secure Code Warrior has launched free AI Security Rules on GitHub, helping developers secure code creation with AI tools like GitHub Copilot and others.

Deputy has named Ciaran Hale as Chief Technology Officer to spearhead AI innovation and enhance technology for shift-based businesses globally.

Azul and Chainguard partner to deliver secure, commercially supported Java containers, boosting enterprise productivity and enhancing software supply chain security.