DevOps Leadership Series: Security at Velocity
If it does not fit, it does not get done. For many DevOps practices, application security falls into the “does not get done” bucket. That’s because for many DevOps-centric organizations, application security has historically been done somewhere else, by someone else, who is slow. Go faster. Shift left. Remove complexity. Reduce rework. All mantras of […]
DevOps Leadership Series: Software Supply Chains
We kicked off this series on Monday with Gene Kim (@RealGeneKim) sharing his views on the big theme for DevOps in 2015: proving that DevOps is applicable for large organizations. Another theme that arose often during our recent “DevOps: Wine-ing, Not Whining” event was the importance of software supply chains. Every software development organization has a software […]
DevOps Leadership Series 2015
We recently hosted the 2nd annual “DevOps: Wine-ing, Not Whining” event in San Francisco to bring together a number of thought leaders and leading practitioners in the DevOps field. We traded stories from the trenches, formed new insights, and offered visions of the future. This week, I’ll be sharing videos captured from the event that […]
Chevy and DevOps: What the Wi-Fi?
In DevOps: Rapid Feedback, Rapid Repair I’m sure you have seen it too. Chevy cars now come with wi-fi. How cool. I want that (and so would my kids). I can only imagine the possibilities. But, this is not all about my needs. Chevy and every other vehicle maker wants this too. And not for the reasons […]
A True Story: DevOps(Sec) Manages Out Elective Risks
A True Story There are over 2000 developers in Bill’s organization. He is a C-level executive for one of the largest insurance companies in North America. Bill boosted developer productivity by 15% last year after taking a closer look at the company’s software supply chain. And this approach isn’t unique to Bill’s organization. Many high performance IT […]
31 Reference Architectures for DevOps and Continuous Delivery
At QCon London, David Farley (@davefarley77) told the audience that “continuous delivery changes the economics of software delivery”. I could not agree more. If you have been drawn to the evangelists like David Farley, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim, you’ll know that high performance IT organizations are seeing a massive payoff in their continuous delivery […]
DevOps: The Last Great Hope for Application Security?
Once upon a time, there was a great battle between speed and security. Development wanted to go fast. But, Security wanted to slow down and be safe. “We must protect our gilded apps”, cried the application security team. “Speed is cherished by our people”, declared the development team. For years, they endured the pain of […]