Tricentis, QASymphony Merge: The Age of Continuous Testing Is Upon Us
Big news in the world of continuous testing today as continuous testing market leader Tricentis announced it is merging with QASymphony. Tricentis, a leader of continuous testing, is adding QASymphony’s leading testing automation platform to the mix. The full text of the press release is below. With the worldwide testing market pegged at more than […]
DevOps Chat: How Cyxtera Uses DevOps to make AppGate SDP Better
In this DevOps Chat, we speak with Kurt Glazemakers of Cyxtera. Kurt is the CTO of the Software Defined Perimeter group within the security and analytics group at Cyxtera. Kurt discusses how his group uses a DevOps approach to making AppGate SDP better and how that, in turn, makes it better for DevSecOps-enabled organizations. In […]
DevOps Chat: SRE w/ Stig Sorensen of Bloomberg
Many people say that site reliability engineering (SRE) is “putting the Ops in DevOps.” In this DevOps Chat, we speak with Stig Sorensen of Bloomberg’s SRE team. Stig tells us how SRE is helping Bloomberg keep pace with the fast moving world of news and information. Great discussion with a real-life practitioner about how SRE […]
DevOps Chat: Post-DOES Workshop w/ Gary Gruver & Helen Beal
Gene Kim’s DevOps Enterprise Summit UK is just a few weeks away, June 25-26. While DOES UK this year is shaping up to be a must-see event, there are also some great events taking place around DOES. One is sponsored by Electric Cloud (also a founding sponsor of DOES). It is a post-DOES workshop, featuring […]
DevOps Chat: The Kitty Hawk Venture & Continuous Testing w/ Aruna Ravichandran
A great new book on DevOps is coming out called “The Kitty Hawk Venture.” In the vein of “The Phoenix Project,” it is a novel about one fictional company’s journey specifically with continuous testing. Based on a real-life airline company, the book is great case study and learning experience around continuous testing and its importance […]
DOES18: Discussing DevOps with Gary Gruver and Helen Beal
It’s hard to believe that DevOps Enterprise Summit London ( DOES18 ) is right around the corner! The conference, which takes place June 25-26 at The InterContinental – O2, is guaranteed to provide two jam-packed days of learning around architecture, next-generation operations, spanning business and technology divides and much more. If you haven’t already registered, […]
DevOps Chat: Trends in Cloud Service Management – ML/AI, ITSM, DevOps, ITIL & SRE w/ Sinead Glynn
In this DevOps Chat, we speak with Sinead Glynn of IBM about some coming trends in Cloud Service Management, ML/AI, ITSM, DevOps, ITIL and SRE. A lot of buzzwords in there, but there is also some good information here. Sinead is a great interview. As usual, the streaming audio of our conversation is directly below, […]
DevOps Chat: DevOps for Databases, a DBmaestro Update
DevOps is coming to databases. While there are several companies who have been dedicated to this over the last few year, by all accounts DevOps for databases has been catching stride as more DBAs and organizations realize the benefits of DevOps for databases. In this DevOps Chat we sit down with Yaniv Yehuda, co-founder, CTO […]
DevOps Chat: DOES London Session, ‘Compliance and Audit Readiness: The DevOps Killer?’
The DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) is coming to London at the end of June. DOES London boasts an incredible lineup of speakers and presenters. One DOES London speaker is Ann Marie Fred, who will be presenting, “Compliance and Audit Readiness: The DevOps Killer?” In this DevOps Chat we caught up with Ann Marie to find […]
DevOps Chat: Modern Apps in DevOps w/ Andrea Martinez Crawford, IBM
Andrea Martinez, now Andrea Crawford, is the CTO for DevOps for IBM Hybrid Cloud. In this DevOps Chat we had a great discussion on what is “modern apps in DevOps,” how to upgrade your legacy apps, what to do if your legacy apps are not upgradeable and what this all means for DevOps. Great discussion […]
Appian World Recap: Low Code, BPI, Hackathon & The Woz
I had a chance to attend my first Appian World a few weeks ago. It was right in my backyard, at the iconic Fountainbleau in Miami Beach. I brought a video crew with me and had a chance to do some deep dive interviews with customers, partners and Appian execs. I will highlight those further […]
ChefConf 2018: Chef Grows Beyond Infrastructure to Apps
Here I am in Chicagoland for my third ChefConf. I caught the keynotes today with Nathan Harvey, Barry Crist, Adam Jacob, Corie Scobie and more. The big news at this year’s event is that Chef is focused on more than just infrastructure and compliance—Chef is bringing automation to apps and the entire software delivery life […]
DOES18 Video Panel: DevOps Transformation Patterns and Practices
There may be nothing more difficult in a DevOps transformation than aligning the business with its technology organization—and vice versa. Dealing with skills gaps and information gaps, while addressing communication breakdowns and cultural hurdles can keep even the most seasoned practitioners and leaders up at night. How do we align disparate business units accordingly? What […]
DevOps Chat: The Modern Software Factory and CD Pipelines w/ Scott Willson, CA Automic
This DevOps Chat features Scott Willson of CA Automic talking about CD pipelines and the modern software factory. The concept of a software factory may be new to some, while others may have heard the term but not really thought about what it means and still others may be very familiar with the term and […]
Appian World CEO Keynote: Low Code for Sophisticated Applications
Here I am at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for Appian World 2018, where the theme is “Transform.” The event, which is the biggest one yet with 1,500 registered attendees, is all about low code, and in his keynote address, CEO Matt Calkins emphasized that low code app-building isn’t for unsophisticated, simple apps—we don’t need powerful […]
DevOps Chat: Prem Chandraskearan, VP of Software Engineering at Barclaycard
In this DevOps Chat we spoke with Prem Chandraskearan, VP of Software Engineering at Barclaycard. Prem led the DevOps transformation there. He sums up his learning thusly: The best way for an organization to approach DevOps is from a collaborative angle. When development and operations experts actively work together in a cohesive effort, solutions are […]
DevOps Chat: The CEO’s View with Derek Langone, XebiaLabs
This DevOps Chat features “the CEO’s view” as seen by XebiaLabs CEO, Derek Langone. Derek is one of my personal favorite CEOs in the DevOps space because he is very articulate, to the point and sharp. I think all of these characteristics come through in this DevOps Chat. As CEO of XebiaLabs, Derek is leading […]
Devops Chat: Interop China Features DevOps and DevSecOps Tracks
Interop China has been growing steadily since its inception in 2013. It is part of the Cloud Connect conference in Shanghai. This year the conference will feature both DevOps and DevSecOps tracks and talks. Jayne Groll of the DevOps Institute is the DevOps track chair and Alan Shimel of devopsy.kinsta.cloud and Security Boulevard is speaking […]
IBM Think 2018: DevOps Integrated Everywhere
With the onset of conference season I have been running a bit ragged. But something I noticed at the recent IBM Think 2018 Conference really needs to be called to attention: DevOps was still a prominent theme at IBM Think. But instead of having a dedicated DevOps theater or DevOps section of the show floor, […]
DevOps Chats: Jim Gochee, Chief Product Officer, New Relic
In this DevOps Chat we speak with Jim Gochee, Chief Product Officer, New Relic. In his role at New Relic, Jim has seen years and years of evolution in digital transformations. Jim and I spoke about a number of topics including about how to succeed with DevOps, the rise of SRE and APM. Great discussion […]
Hackathon: DevOps Q&A with Appian VP Malcom Ross
Hackathons are a great way to demonstrate the value of a platform. I had the chance to speak with Malcolm Ross, vice president, Product at Appian to share a bit more about Appian’s virtual hackathon to correspond with its upcoming user conference. Full disclosure: I’ll be one of the judges attending Appian World to judge […]
DevOps Chat: The State of Alerting & On-Call Survival for IT Ops, with OnPage CEO Judit Sharon
In this DevOps Chat we sit down with Judit Sharon, CEO of OnPage. OnPage has been providing alerting and incident management services primarily to the healthcare industry since before DevOps was called DevOps. As DevOps has exploded on the scene, the security and functionality built into OnPage was a perfect fit for IT Ops and […]
DevOps Chat: Continuous Testing with Sandeep Johri, CEO, Tricentis
In this DevOps Chat we take a dive into the continuous testing market, which is one of the most dynamic in the DevOps space. Our guest is Sandeep Johri, CEO of Tricentis, a leader in the space. Sandeep gives us his own personal background, as well as the history of Tricentis. The company is not […]