Not my problem (NMP) - (n) 1. a statement, or position, of apathy expressed by those who perceive they are external and unaffected by a negative predicament. While sometimes warranted, it is ...
I spend virtually all day, every day, speaking with IT leaders who recognize that their bottom line ultimately rests on their ability to accelerate the delivery of innovative software. That’s why they’ve ...
Enterprises transforming to a DevOps-oriented organization often note three key drivers: manage cost, increase agility and improve business value. Many of the challenges organizations are facing today can be directly mapped to ...
Continuous delivery (CD) is increasingly becoming the norm in software development, with companies releasing updates more and more frequently. Those that aren’t are exploring how they can catch up. But in all ...
Clayton Christensen, in his bestseller, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” first outlines how innovation occurs, and then why large incumbents often fail to recognize, leverage and invest in new innovations in their industries. What ...
In Part One of my article on big, bad mistakes in configuration management, I reviewed the dangers of using the wrong tools for the configuration management job. Provisioning management tools, application release ...
Configuration problems come in many flavors. Some are mere nuisances. Often though, configuration errors can lead to more serious mishaps like application performance problems, policy compliance violations or even security vulnerabilities. They ...
In Part One of this series, I provided a high-level overview of what an efficient incident response process entails from start to finish, including general framework for an incident response team. Now ...
There are many areas of Development and Operations toolchains that are clear to understand and compartmentalize. CI/bBuild, source control, artifact repositories, log management, APM and others each are relative easy to comprehend ...
Do you remember when the business imperative was improving feature cycle time? As if we just needed to deliver more stuff faster to win in the marketplace. I wouldn’t say that times ...
