DevOps Chat: IBM z14, Built for DevOps from the Ground Up, with Hayden Lindsey
IBM recently GA’ed perhaps its biggest zSystems mainframe release in the last decade or longer. The z14 mainframe from IBM has also been designed from the ground up to be DevOps-empowered. From APIs and other integrations to language support, the z14 is IBM’s most advanced mainframe ever. I had a chance to speak with Hayden […]
DevOps Chat: The Continuous Delivery Map w/ Scott Wilson, Automic
Wouldn’t it be nice to have the entire continuous delivery topography laid out in a nice map that shows how they are all interconnected? Sort of like a subway or metro map? Well now you have it and it is interactive! The good folks at Automic, a CA Technologies company just released their Continuous Delivery […]
DevOps Chat: Chef Update with Ken Cheney, Chef CMO
There are always new developments going on at Chef. We caught up with Chef CMO Ken Cheney to give us an update. Last time we spoke with Ken was right after ChefConf. Since then, Chef continues to move forward on several fronts including Habitat, Automate and INSPEC. We speak to Ken every other month or […]
DevOps Chat: DevOps and the Road to Cloud with JT Giri, CEO, nClouds
For many of us in the IT industry, migrating to the cloud is old news. Even the concept of how DevOps can help on the road to the cloud is not a novel idea. However, we need to remember that while many organizations have some cloud-based infrastructure, the real migration to the cloud is still […]
5 Can’t-Miss DevOps Sessions at Jenkins World
In less than a month many Jenkins users and DevOps professionals will gather in San Francisco for Jenkins World, taking place Aug. 28-31. With more than 60 sessions to choose from, covering a wide range of topics, it can be difficult to narrow down your schedule. That’s why it’s important to go into the show […]
Jenkins World Preview: Q&A with Jez Humble
As we approach Jenkins World, scheduled for later this month in San Francisco, we sat down with Jez Humble, author of “Continuous Delivery” and one of the best-known names in DevOps. Jez will be keynoting this year’s event, along with CloudBees CEO and founder Sacha Labourey. Here’s what he had to say. Alan Shimel: What […]
DevOps Chat: Jenkins World Preview with Cloudbees CEO, Sacha Labourey
Jenkins World, at the end of the month, promises to be the biggest and best yet. There could be upwards of 2,000 people at this year’s event. With a schedule full of training, sessions, keynotes and more, it is a don’t-miss event if you are into Jenkins, DevOps, CD and more. We sat down with […]
Jenkins World: Q&A with CloudBees CEO Sacha Labourey
The Jenkins Community and DevOps professionals around the world are excited for Jenkins World, coming up in just a month, Aug. 28-31 in San Francisco. CloudBees, the hub of enterprise Jenkins and DevOps, is the lead organizer and premier sponsor of the event. We sat down with CloudBees CEO Sacha Labourey to discuss everything Jenkins […]
Why Your Manager Will Want to Send You to Jenkins World 2017
Jenkins World 2017 is right around the corner. The conference will be held in San Francisco Aug. 28-31 and will be the biggest event of the year for Jenkins users, with approximately 2,000 people expected to be in attendance! You will not want to miss out on this event, full of learning and networking opportunities. […]
DevOps Chat: Rundeck, Putting the Ops in DevOps, with Damon Edwards
In this DevOps Chat we speak with Damon Edwards, co-founder and chief product officer of Rundeck. What I like to say about them is, Rundeck putting the Ops in DevOps. But Damon needs no introduction to those who have any familiarity with DevOps. He is one of the early leaders of the DevOps community and […]
DevOps Chat: DevOps, Cognitive, IoT & Blockchain
In this DevOps Chat we sit down with Cliff Utstein, director of Offering Management, IBM Cloud DevOps and CJ Paul, distinguished engineer and chief architect, IBM Cloud DevOps. Cliff and CJ give us some insight into how some of the biggest trends in technology today—DevOps, cognitive, IoT and blockchain—are connected. It is a great discussion […]
DevOps Chat: Developers and Security with Pete Chestna, Veracode
In this DevOps Chat we speak with Pete Chestna of Veracode about the roles and opinions of both developers and security pros about how and who should be working on security in the enterprise. Much of the discussion centers on a survey Veracode conducted with consulting firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Pete is always a […]
DevOps Chat: AI Log Analysis with Gabby Menachem, CEO, Loom Systems
Log analysis has become a big data issue. As we collect and want to analyze more and more information, the amount of data to analyze seems to grow by leaps and bounds. One answer to this issue is AI Log Analysis (apply artificial intelligence). While I will spare you the obligatory “machine learning” references, there […]
DevOps Chat: Design Thinking w/ Sarah Plantenberg, IBM
We sit down with Sarah Plantenberg of IBM to talk design thinking. Sarah has been featured on several DevOpsTV videos around the Bluemix Garage. But she recently took on a new role at IBM around bringing design thinking to cloud customers. Sarah gives some great background on design thinking and why it can help you. […]
Q&A: Michael Beckley, CTO/CCO, Appian
Recently I had the chance to speak with Michael Beckley, chief technical officer and chief customer officer at Appian, about his company’s move to go public and the DevOps space in general. For those of you who don’t know Michael, he is a founder of Appian and leads the company’s technology vision and oversees customer […]
DevOps Chat: Waterfall Will Not Disappear, with Flint Brenton, CEO Collabnet
One of the perks of being editor in chief of devopsy.kinsta.cloud is I get a chance to meet with so many leaders of the DevOps and IT industry. You can really learn a lot by listening to what these folks say. This DevOps Chat is a perfect example. I sat down with Flint Brenton, CEO […]
DevOps Chat: Value Stream Mapping with CollabNet’s Eric Robertson
This DevOps Chat features Eric Robertson, VP of product and engineering at CollabNet. We discuss value stream mapping, which comes from Lean methodology and has been around for a while. But do you actually know what value stream mapping is? How can it help your DevOps transformation? Eric does a good job of explaining. As […]
DevOps Chat: Puppet Extends Enterprise Credentials with Michael Olson
Puppet made three major announcements today around new versions of their flagship products, new products independent of Puppet Enterprise and a major expansion of partner programs and offices in the face of record growth over the last 12 months. As I detailed in my article on these announcements, these 3 taken together paint a clear […]
Puppet Solidifies Enterprise Provider Status With Bevy Of Announcements
Puppet has been maturing from a company with an enthusiastic base of users of an open source tool, to a leading provider of enterprise DevOps solutions for the last few years. Things really accelerated with the appointment last year of Sanjay Mirchandani, as CEO and the group of experienced, A+ players he brought to the […]
ChatOps: Has the Fat Lady Already Sung?
One of the sometimes unsung stars of the DevOps scene is ChatOps. I have heard lots of folks use the term, but what does it really mean to you? ChatOps is a phenomenon that started, perhaps not surprisingly, inside of GitHub. It was only natural that developers leveraging the repository to share and build better […]
DevOps Chat: Taking Care of Your People with Rob England, IT Skeptic, DOES Speaker
In this DevOps Chat we speak with Rob England, the IT Skeptic. Rob joins us from New Zealand (you have to love the internet). Rob is going to speak at this year’s DevOps Enterprise Summit London, June 5-6, about the importance of taking care of your people in the DevOps transformation process. Rob is always […]
DevOps Chat: BlueOcean Puts CD Pipelines Within Reach of Every Team
Blue Ocean brings easy-to-use continuous delivery for teams to everyone. Years in the making, Blue Ocean is a major project built from the ground up for Jenkins Pipeline. I had a chance to speak with two of the key contributors from CloudBees and the Jenkins community, James Dumay and R. Tyler Croy. Tyler is on […]
DevOps Chat: State of DevOps Report 2017, Nigel Kersten, Puppet
The results and analysis of the State of DevOps Report 2017 report are due out in early June. just in time for the DevOps Enterprise Summit London June 5-6. In this DevOps Chat we speak with Puppet exec and one of our favorite interviews, Nigel Kersten. Of course, Nigel and the folks over at Puppet […]