For DevOps, (Organizational) Size Matters

June 7, 2018 by Chris Tozzi 1 Comments

When it comes to DevOps, size matters. The number of people in your organization, as well as the size of its infrastructure, play a huge role in shaping how and why you adopt DevOps. The importance of company size may come as a surprise. Few conversations about DevOps mention the role of organizational size in […]

Blockchain: A Threat to DevOps—and How Engineers Can Respond

May 30, 2018 by Chris Tozzi 11 Comments

Blockchain is one of the hottest topics in the IT world today—and that creates a challenge for DevOps professionals. Here’s why, and what DevOps engineers can do to remain relevant. Blockchain, Fat Protocols and a New Generation of Applications To understand why blockchain threatens to decrease the role played by DevOps engineers in software platforms, […]

Making Software Maintenance Cool Again with DevOps

December 22, 2017 by Chris Tozzi 0 Comments

What makes DevOps so important? Part of the answer lies in how DevOps encourages more appreciation for and investment in software maintenance. Traditionally, the IT industry has been like the construction industry. People who design new things (architects or software developers) are at the top of the value hierarchy, whereas the folks who build and […]

How Blockchain Tech Can Make DevOps Better

December 12, 2017 by Chris Tozzi 5 Comments

DevOps and blockchain are among the hottest topics in today’s technology world. However, you rarely hear the two discussed in tandem. Going forward, that may change. Here’s why. On the surface, the two may not seem to have much to offer each other. DevOps is a set of cultural principles and practices designed to improve […]

Self-Healing Service Management and the Future of DevOps

April 18, 2017 by Chris Tozzi 3 Comments

How can DevOps teams take continuous delivery to the next step? Part of the answer lies in self healing, which could optimize performance management and monitoring and underpin the software delivery pipelines of the future. Self healing means the ability of systems or environments to detect and resolve problems automatically. It eliminates the need for […]

5 Ways DevOps Can Help Improve IT Security

January 23, 2017 by Chris Tozzi 0 Comments

You already know DevOps can make software delivery faster and more efficient. But did you know it can help to keep software more secure, too? Here’s how. DevOps refers to a set of practices and cultural priorities related to the way software is designed, produced and deployed. It emphasizes collaboration between developers (the people who […]

Everything Ops: Are DevOps Principles Being Applied Too Broadly?

January 17, 2017 by Chris Tozzi 1 Comments

From big data to storage to security, the DevOps concept is being applied to every field of IT operations under the sun today. This “Everything Ops” movement reflects the popularity of DevOps—but is it also diluting DevOps’s significance? DevOps itself focuses on software delivery. It’s about designing, building, testing, deploying and managing software applications. If […]

How Open Source Can Help Your CD Chain

January 13, 2017 by Chris Tozzi 0 Comments

What can you do to make continuous delivery work better? Consider moving to open source software solutions. Here’s why. Many DevOps teams already may be using open-source platforms for reasons not related to continuous delivery. They might like the cost-efficiency or interoperability that usually come with open source. Or maybe they just like the open-source […]