This month in the Ortus Solutions ecosystem was marked by major releases, enhancements to core tools like BoxLang and ColdBox, and strategic content focused on modernization, security, performance, and team optimization. It also featured advancements in AI, new integrations and developer resources, along with important announcements around Into the Box 2026, specialized webinars, and upcoming events. A packed edition full of innovation, learning, and momentum for the CFML and BoxLang community.

Product Releases & Tools

• ColdBox The Framework Powering Modern CFML Applications

  ColdBox continues to be the backbone for building scalable, maintainable CFML applications. This article highlights its role in powering modern development, emphasizing convention over configuration, modular architecture, flexible event routing, and a rich ecosystem of tools that accelerate enterprise web and API projects.

• TestBox, Write Better Tests, Build Better BoxLang & CFML Apps

  This article highlights how TestBox enables stronger testing practices for BoxLang and CFML projects, with expressive specs, mocks, assertions, and automation workflows that improve code quality, catch errors earlier, and boost confidence in deployments.

• SocketBox, Security, Authentication, and Authorization

  This blog post dives into securing your SocketBox applications, explaining authentication flows, authorization strategies, and best practices for protecting WebSocket connections. It provides practical guidance on implementing secure real-time communication in BoxLang and CFML environments.

Ortus News and Updates

• Why Legacy CFML Applications Block Innovation

  This article examines how aging CFML systems can stifle innovation, from outdated architectures and technical debt to slow release cycles and talent shortages, and explains why modernizing to platforms like BoxLang or updated CFML stacks can unlock agility, performance, and competitive advantage.

• Why Your ColdFusion Server Keeps Slowing Down, And How to Fix It for Good

  This article breaks down common reasons ColdFusion servers degrade over time, such as resource leaks, inefficient queries, bloated sessions, and outdated JVM tuning, and offers practical fixes to improve performance, stability, and responsiveness in production environments.

• Is Your Legacy Application a Real Risk to Your Organization?

  This article explores the hidden dangers of running outdated systems, from security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps to rising maintenance costs and talent shortages, and explains why evaluating and modernizing legacy applications is critical for long-term organizational health and resilience.

• In-House Development vs. Staff Augmentation, The Cost-Effective Solution for Your Business

  This article compares traditional in-house development with staff augmentation models, outlining the cost, flexibility, and expertise trade-offs, and showing how bringing in specialized talent can accelerate projects, reduce risk, and improve outcomes for CFML, BoxLang, and modern web applications.

• Why UK Financial Institutions Are Reassessing ColdFusion Licensing

  This article examines why major UK financial organizations are reevaluating their ColdFusion licensing strategies, driven by rising costs, shifting regulatory demands, and the need for more flexible, modern development platforms, and what it means for enterprises balancing legacy systems with future-ready architectures.

• Is Your JVM Build Pipeline Slowing Down Your Entire Organization?

  This article digs into common bottlenecks in JVM build pipelines, from inefficient task orchestration to unoptimized CI/CD workflows, and offers actionable strategies to speed up builds, improve developer productivity, and reduce costly delays across teams.

• ColdFusion Security Isn’t Optional, 7 Hidden Risks Lurking in Mature CFML Environments

  This article highlights critical security risks that often go unnoticed in established CFML applications, from outdated patches and weak default configurations to exposed admin interfaces and unchecked dependencies, and offers practical steps to harden your server and protect your data.

• The Role of Staff Augmentation in Enhancing Web Application Security

  This article explains how staff augmentation, bringing in experienced security engineers, can strengthen your web application defenses. It covers common risks teams face, how external expertise improves threat mitigation, and strategies to embed security best practices into CFML, BoxLang, and modern web stacks without hiring full-time specialists.

BoxLang Updates

• BoxLang v1.100, Functional Arrays, Elegant Loops & Distributed Locking

  BoxLang v1.100 introduces powerful functional array utilities, cleaner and more expressive looping constructs, and distributed locking support that simplifies concurrency control. These enhancements make everyday data manipulation and parallel workflows more elegant and robust in BoxLang apps.

• BoxLang AI v2.10 Enterprise-Grade Multi-Tenancy, OpenSearch, and AWS Bedrock Support

  BoxLang AI v2.10 advances enterprise AI capabilities with built-in multi-tenancy support, seamless OpenSearch integration for scalable search and analytics, and AWS Bedrock compatibility, making BoxLang apps smarter, more scalable, and easier to integrate with modern AI infrastructure.

• Announcing Cloud-Native BoxLang for 5-Month

  Ortus Solutions introduces Cloud-Native BoxLang for 5-Month, a curated program designed to accelerate modern app development with cloud-optimized BoxLang tooling, scalable deployment patterns, and production-ready infrastructure support, packaged into a focused 5-month initiative.

• BoxLang Neovim Plugin Released

  The new BoxLang Neovim plugin brings first-class editor support to Neovim, including syntax highlighting, code navigation, autocompletion, and project tooling, making it easier than ever to write and explore BoxLang code in a lightweight, powerful editor.

• BoxLang Homebrew Installer Released

  The BoxLang Homebrew Installer makes it easier than ever to install and manage BoxLang on macOS using Homebrew, simplifying setup, updates, and version control for local development environments.

Ortus Upcoming Events & Webinars

• Build Secure, Scalable WebSocket Applications with SocketBox & BoxLang

  A past live session focused on building secure, scalable WebSocket apps using SocketBox with BoxLang. The webinar covered real-world architectural patterns, authentication practices, clustering behind load balancers, and how to deliver interactive real-time experiences with resilient backends.

  • Online event
  • Friday, Mar 20 from 10 am to 11 am CST

  Register for Free

• Into the Box Sessions, Round 2 Is Now Out

  The second round of Into the Box sessions has been released, introducing new talks, hands-on labs, and expert-led content covering modern web development, serverless architectures, UI design, cryptography, and more, giving attendees an expanded look at the upcoming conference agenda.

First Round of the Into the Box 2026 Agenda Is Live

The initial session lineup for Into the Box 2026 has been published, showcasing talks and workshops on BoxLang, ColdBox, CFML modernization, AI, WebAssembly, real-time workflows, and more giving attendees a first look at what to expect from the conference program.

• Speaker Featuring, Round 1

  The first round of featured speakers for Into the Box 2026 has been announced, highlighting expert presenters and session leaders across topics like BoxLang, ColdBox, AI, cloud architectures, and modern CFML tooling.

• Into the Box 2026 is Here: Learn All the Details!

  This edition of the conference themed “Modernization in Motion: Building a Dynamic Future” is now open for early registration

  Here’s what to expect:

  • A multi‑day in‑person event (Apr 29th to May 1st, 2026) in Washington, DC.
  • Deep‑dives into modernizing with the BoxLang ecosystem, including cloud‑native, micro services, AI, WebAssembly, real‑time UIs, DevOps and security.
  • Exclusive perks for attendees: premium swag, networking (Happy Box event), optional workshops, lunch/snacks/beverages, lifetime access to recordings and slide decks.

• CFCamp Pre-Conference Workshops Led by Ortus Solutions

  Ortus Solutions is hosting hands-on pre-conference workshops at CFCamp, designed to give developers practical experience with CFML, Ortus tools, and best practices before the main event kicks off.

  Save your Spot

Stay connected and keep building—there’s plenty more innovation and community momentum ahead.

Ortus Past Events & Webinars

• Build Agents, RAG Pipelines & Multi-Model Workflows with BoxLang AI (Webinar)

  A live webinar that dove into building AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, and multi-model workflows using BoxLang AI. Speakers walked through practical examples and architectural patterns for orchestrating advanced AI services within BoxLang applications.

  
  
  

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