ElasticBox enhances Container support with new release
ElasticBox announced a new version of their product today that enhances Container support. In yet another example of how important Containers are becoming to today’s software development scene, ElasticBox will now allow you to define microservices as Docker files in containers. Other enhancements include (from the press release) : UI Enhancement: Tags now make it […]
Visualizing and defining requirements comes to DevOps
We have all seen the nice circular diagrams of a DevOps methodology for application lifecycle management (ALM) like the one above. We interject some automation, make the two halves work closer together, get some feedback loops going and go as fast as we can. But lets look at those first two steps in the diagram, […]
There is only one DevOps Connect
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that is true I guess the folks over Informa Telecoms and Media Ltd are very, very sincere. Why else would they change the name of their DevOps Conference from “DevOps Summit” (which name they “borrowed” from the Sys-Con folks) to DevOps Connect Europe. No […]
ClusterHQ and devopsy.kinsta.cloud survey show Containers poised for mass adoption
devopsy.kinsta.cloud and ClusterHQ, conducted a survey on Container usage that shows an overwhelming majority of users have either already using, testing or investigating Container usage. With 285 respondents representing a wide range of organizations, it shows that Containers will be part of many production environments in the very near future. Currently, only 38 percent of […]
CA beefs up DevOps offerings with Grid-Tools acquistion
After a relatively long hiatus from the M&A scene CA seems to be back with bang. Following on the heels of its nearly half a billion buy of Rally Software, CA yesterday announced the acquisition of Grid-Tools. Grid-Tools is a test data management market leader. Prior to the acquisition they were a partner of not […]
Jenkins User Conference and CD Summit: Calling all London DevOps
I wanted to give a quick shout out to the large, vibrant and supportive London DevOps community. Later this month (June 23rd and 24th), there will be a joint conference at the Hilton Metropole, London. Combining the Jenkins User Conference and Cloudbees CD Summit, it is two days of CD/CI/DevOps learning. Speakers include: Kurt Bittner, […]
DevOps Connect: SecDevOps @RSA the videos
Back in April we were proud to partner with RSA Conference, IT Revolution, Sonatype, TheNexus and RuggedSoftware.org to bring DevOps Connect: SecDevOps to the Moscone Center. It was a full day of great DevOps and Security presentations. For me personally it succeeded beyond my wildest dreams of highlighting the intersection of DevOps and Security. The […]
What is DevOps to you? New survey by ElasticBox and devopsy.kinsta.cloud
What is DevOps to you? Now that is a loaded question. For so long DevOps has defied definition. How can then we quantify it? How do you know if it is working? What do you spend on it? What exactly do you do when you do it? What tools do you use? While the folks […]
Budgeting for DevOps Success
One concept that seems to be universal across all IT departments is the admins lament of “how do I convince my boss that we should spend the money.” Whether it is security, QA or development tools, technical professionals have a difficult time talking the language of the business to justify the expenditure of always scarce […]
DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps @Infosecurity Europe
We have assembled another top flight list of speakers for our DevOps Connect event @Infosecurity Europe. While pre-registration is sold out, if you are one of the 15,000+ attendees of Infosecurity Europe, you can still come to DevOps Connect on a first come, first serve basis. Details and schedule are below: When: Thursday 4th June, […]
Container Usage Survey
Is there any topic in IT hotter than containers today? Hard to make a case that there is. Whether it is Docker or Rocket, LHX or something else, it seems everyone is talking about them. But what are people actually doing with them? devopsy.kinsta.cloud and ClusterHQ are conducting a survey on actual and planned container […]
Documenting DevOps: Agile, Automation and Continuous Documentation
Chris Riley former GigaOm analyst, O’Reilly author, devopsy.kinsta.cloud featured writer and founder of Fixate I/O has written an outstanding report on the key role documentation must play in the modern software development lifecyle. Agile or DevOps, automated or not, we live in a continuous IT era. So why shouldn’t documentation be continuous as well? Riley’s […]
What lane do you travel on the DevOps highway?
Last week we kicked off our webinar series on Variable Speed DevOps. The discussion was lively and informative. For myself as moderator the webcast was as comfortable as an old pair of slippers. Two of the three panelists, Carme DeArdo of Nationwide and Sanjeev Sharma of IBM are both friends and people I have had […]
IT doing more faster is the DevOps way
My friends at JumpCloud asked me to contribute to an Ebook they wrote on “Doing More Faster now with IT control”. The idea was to take the concept made famous by David Cohen and Brad Feld in a book and as the mantra for Techstars and apply it specifically to IT. I was part of […]
The DevOps Donkey represents the rest of us
Yesterday I wrote about a session that I wanted to see by Michael Cote’ called The Coming Donkey Apocalypse. In my article I said on its face I didn’t agree with calling the mainstream adopters Donkeys. I also felt that their adoption would not result in an apocalypse. I also said that you can’t judge a […]
My picks for opening day of DevOpsDays Austin
As we wrote earlier, we are happy to be attending and sponsoring DevOpsDays Austin 2015. The opening day morning is chocked full of great sessions with the afternoon dedicated to openspaces as is the norm. While everything from breakfast to Damon Edwards keynote through JJ Ashgar’s session on Chef before lunch look tasty. Here are […]
We are sponsoring DevOpsDays Austin. Why?
I am really happy to announce that we have signed on as a media sponsor for DevOpsDays Austin, May 4-5. While we have served as media sponsor for any number of events over the last year, this is the first time we have signed on to sponsor a DevOpsDays event. I am going to Austin […]
Welcome to the ADC (After DevOps Connect) era of DevOps and Security
I was speaking with Britta Glade of RSA Conference after our DevOps Connect conference at RSA Conference Monday. She congratulated us on putting together a great day of tracks and sessions (kudos to Gene Kim and Josh Corman). But then she said something else that really struck me to my core. She said after today […]
Are You Embedding Security for a Rugged DevOps Experience?
As security thinkers try to wrap their heads around what’s broken in today’s security architecture and processes, DevOps and continuous delivery patterns may seem like yet another potential problem for already overwhelmed risk managers. But once security gurus get past the intimidation of working within a cycle of fast iterations, they could well find that continuous delivery model could […]
Live Blogging DevOps Connect @RSAC
We will be live blogging the DevOps Connect: SecDevOps event from RSA Conference on Monday, April 20th. Stay tuned for updates Alan Shimel
DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps @ InfoSecurity Europe
Following up on the tremendous demand we have seen for DevOps Connect @RSA Conference, we are taking this concept across the pond to Europe’s largest InfoSecurity event. DevOps Connect: Rugged DevOps @ InfoSecurity Europe will be on June 4th, 2015 at the Olympia in London. Partnering with the InfoSecurity Group and Reed Exhibitions, DevOps Connect will […]
Docker Secures $95M in Series D Funding to Meet the Unrivaled Demand for Its Open Source Platform
Burgeoning Ecosystem Standardizes on Docker to Transform How Applications Are Built, Shipped and Run in the Modern Datacenter SAN FRANCISCO – April 14, 2015 – Docker, Inc., the organization behind the open platform for distributed applications, today announced that it has raised $95 million of Series D funding. This latest infusion builds on the successful […]
Continuous is the new Black
We have gone from the city that never sleeps to a world that is continuous. That’s right, it seems along with the world shrinking, it is always on, someone is always watching or doing. Continuous has become the new black. Nowhere is this more true than in IT. We have Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Continuous […]