Archives for August 2014
Month: August 2014
Being Agile is all about controlling the flow
For businesses, Agile is the new fashionable initiative as was E-business was in the 2000’s, Six Sigma was in the 90’s and Total Quality Management (TQM) was in the 80’s. If we ...
It’s About What Works.
Enterprises have been working through production delays and operational inefficiencies for decades. Don’t get sucked in too deeply to the ever-present mantra of “this time is different”. There is a lot of ...
Four open source tools to help keep you cooking with Chef
If you’re even a little familiar with DevOps concepts, you’ve probably heard of Chef. If you’ve started experimenting with or implementing DevOps, there’s a pretty good chance you’re using Chef. Chef is ...
Testing in the Agile Age
The Agile Age For a business to survive or, dare I say, thrive in the “Agile Age”, it must adopt agile methodologies. The term agile may ring some bells with those of you ...
The DevOps Litmus Test: Is Your Company’s Culture Ready to Get Agile?
New ideas don’t come to those who are afraid of breaking the rules. Improving something usually means you’ll have to push the status quo aside and try something that hasn’t been done ...
First speakers announced for Camp DevOps Houston, October 28th
We are very happy to announce the first group of speakers for Camp DevOps Houston on October 28, 2014 at the Norris Conference Centers. There are still a few days left to ...
SoftLayer Bare Metal Servers: Does the Cloud have to be virtual?
SoftLayer announced new service level and features to their Bare Metal Servers today. Continuing their march towards delivering dedicated servers at virtual server pricing and service levels, SoftLayer announced that they will ...
Is Docker leaving Immutable Infrastructure?
According to Chad Fowler's definition, Immutable Infrastructure can be defined as: “[S]ervers (or whatever) are deployed once and not changed. If they are changed for some reason, they are marked for garbage ...
Internet of Things (IoT) poses challenges for DevOps and security
One of the hottest things in tech today is the Internet of Things (IoT). Everything will be connected including every gadget, kitchen appliance, wearable device and vehicle. But one of the biggest ...
Specialists vs. Generalists for Enterprise DevOps
Welcome back to the DevOps.com series, 'Enterprise DevOps Q&A.' I have a backlog of Q&A in store, but don't let that stop you sending in more! If I can't answer them myself, ...
Using DevOps to Achieve Business Agility – A Webinar with Rally Software and Chef
We are kicking off our DevOps.com webinars with a real blockbuster! Join Colin Campbell of Chef and Jonathan Chauncey and Jeff Smith of Rally Software as they discuss: Using DevOps to Achieve Business Agility In ...
Transition to a new human ecology? We still need managers
Recently I replied to an article "DevOps Cuts Out The Middleman" that excoriated Middle Managers as a cancer. I commented that I disagreed. Nicely, I was invited to make further comment as ...
