

What the Dev?
SD Times
What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software development.
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Apr 14, 2020 • 14min
All you need to know about continuous SQL - Episode 28
Companies are increasingly expecting more reliant analysis from their data and that data that's coming in is only expected to grow at a rapid pace. In order to capitalize on streaming data as well as scale to meet growing business demands, organizations are looking more towards continuous SQL to simplify and accelerate that process. In this week's episode, we spoke with Kenny Gorman the cofounder and CEO of Eventador which offers an enterprise-grade stream-processing-as-a-service platform.

Apr 7, 2020 • 17min
All about the NIST cybersecurity framework with OWASP cofounder Jeff Williams - Episode 27
In this week's episode we talked to Jeff Williams, the cofounder and CTO of Contrast Security and the cofounder of OWASP, about the updated cybersecurity framework from the National Institute of Standards and T echnology.

Mar 31, 2020 • 22min
How to solve the complexities of open source - Episode 26
Open source software is the backbone of software development today, but it can be a large and complex area to navigate through. In this podcast we talk to VM (Vicky) Brasseur who wrote the book Forge Your Future with Open Source. Brasseur explains what open source means, what it entails and how you can contribute.

Mar 24, 2020 • 17min
Why web developers should care about SEO - Episode 25
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) may not sound like a web developer's problem, but there are a lot of things they can do with SEO that can improve the performance of their website. To learn more, we talked to Britney Muller, senior SEO scientist at SEO software provider Moz.

Mar 17, 2020 • 21min
All you need to know about RPA - Episode 24
In this week's episode, we talk about robotic process automation (RPA) with Burley Kawasaki, the chief product officer at business process automation company K2, and Wayne Ariola, general manager at Tricentis RPA.

Mar 10, 2020 • 18min
The top 6 cybersecurity considerations for 2020 - Episode 23
In this week’s episode of What the Dev? we spoke to Caleb Queern, the Director of KPMG Cyber Security Services about the top 6 cyber considerations including:Preparing security teams for a rise in cloud-based threatsAutomating essential security tasks to reduce spend and drive a more effective programBuilding trust into consumer authentication while offering a friction-free experienceIncreasing security team business acumen to help evolve the team to being seen as a strategic, forward looking resourceBracing for more regulations across the board and who should help oversee the regulatory compliance programAligning business goals with security needs to drive an effective security program

Mar 3, 2020 • 22min
The challenges and benefits of multicloud-- Episode 22
In this week's episode, we speak to the CEO of cloud provider Gravitational about the challenges of multi-cloud and what the benefits are.

Feb 25, 2020 • 16min
The ups and downs of Kubernetes - Episode 21
Kubernetes continues to grow year after year with many companies rethinking their current strategies to take advantage of its new use cases and capabilities. However, Kubernetes is not a silver bullet and companies should be careful about exactly how they re-strategize their Kubernetes efforts. In this episode, director at Canonical Stephan Fabel talks about the value of Kubernetes as well as some challenges still plaguing the project.

Feb 18, 2020 • 19min
How we got to the 20th anniversary of SD Times-Episode 20
SD Times is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. News Editor Christina Cardoza talks to Editor-in-Chief David Rubinstein and Publisher David Lyman about how the industry has evolved over the last 20 years and where the magazine is going.

Feb 11, 2020 • 23min
How MySpace accidentally helped spawn citizen developers-Podcast 19
MySpace was once a popular social networking platform that users flocked to connect with their friends and meet new users. We remember Tom, and we remember the painstaking hours trying to decide our "top 8," but we forget about the ability to express ourselves through customized code. In this podcast, we talk to former CTO of MySpace and now CEO of the Koji web development platform Dmitry Shapiro about how My Space accidentally spurred this idea of citizen developers, and if there will ever be another platform like that again.


