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Mike Vizard

Mike Vizard is a veteran IT journalist with more than 25 years of experience covering the technology industry, having previously served as Editor-in-Chief of both CRN and InfoWorld and as editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he oversaw titles including eWEEK, CIO Insight and Baseline. Over his career he has also edited or contributed to a wide range of enterprise technology publications, including IT Business Edge, Channel Insider, ComputerWorld, TMCNet and Digital Review, and he later led editorial for CTOEdge.com. His reporting and analysis span software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, IT channel strategy and, more recently, artificial intelligence and DevOps practices. A recognized voice in enterprise IT journalism, Vizard is known for tracking emerging technology trends as they move from early adoption into mainstream enterprise use. He now serves as Chief Content Officer for Techstrong Group, where he oversees editorial strategy across the full network — DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, Digital CxO, Techstrong.ai, TechStrong.IT, Techstrong Semi and PlatformEngineering.com — in addition to writing and hosting content for Techstrong TV and the Techstrong Gang podcast.

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Survey Surfaces More Focus on Software Security Testing and API Security

A global survey of 828 enterprise IT professionals conducted by the Futurum Group finds well over a third of respondents expect their organization to increase spending on software security testing (39%) and application programming interface (API) security (36%) over the next 12 to 18 months. Overall, about 35% said they also plan to make some […]

Mike Vizard · Feb 4, 2026
AI

Perforce Adds MCP Support Across Entire DevOps Portfolio

Perforce Software is making the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that artificial intelligence (AI) tools and agents invoke to access data available across its entire portfolio of DevOps platforms. Jake Hookom, executive vice president of product for Perforce, said the code management, application testing and infrastructure management tools and platforms the company provides will now all […]

Mike Vizard · Feb 3, 2026
Blogs

Survey Surfaces Disconnect Between DevOps Metrics and Business KPIs

A survey of 418 DevOps professionals finds that while DevOps teams closely monitor and observe the performance of applications, not nearly as many are able to correlate the value of those efforts to the business. Conducted by Catchpoint, a unit of LogicMonitor, the survey finds more than two-thirds (67%) believe application degradations are either always […]

Mike Vizard · Feb 2, 2026
Blogs

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

Explore top DevOps job opportunities from companies like Technology Resource Experts, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Regeneron, Mutual of Omaha, and Macquarie Global Services. Advance your career with our weekly DevOps jobs report!

Mike Vizard · Feb 2, 2026
AI

Opsera Report Highlights DevOps Challenges Created by AI Coding Tools

An analysis published today by Opsera, a provider of a DevOps platform, finds that while adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools has increased developer productivity they also create more duplicate code, resulting in 15 to 18% more security vulnerabilities per line of code compared to code created by a human developer. Overall, the Opsera […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 29, 2026
Blogs

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

This week, DevOps.com spotlights open roles at NVIDIA, Travelers, Tessera Labs, Sherwin-Williams, and ThinKom Solutions to help engineers advance their careers.

Mike Vizard · Jan 26, 2026
AI

Futurum Group Survey Sees Increasing Investments in AI to Deliver Software

A global survey of 628 enterprise IT leaders conducted by the Futurum Group finds that increasing investment in generative artificial intelligence (AI) (40%), followed closely by AI and machine learning (ML) technologies (39%) and applying AI to IT operations (37%), also known as AIOps, are expected to be the top three drivers for accelerating software […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 23, 2026
Blogs

Legit Security AI Tool Uses Threat Feed to Identify Risks to Software Supply Chain

Legit Security this week added a threat feed that DevSecOps teams can use to instantly determine if a newly discovered vulnerability impacts their software supply chain. Built using the Legit VibeGuard tool, the threat feed added to the company’s application security posture management (ASPM) platform also enables DevSecOps teams to take advantage of “vibecoding” techniques […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 22, 2026
Video Interviews

AI Is Forcing a Rethink of Software Testing and QA

SmartBear vice president of AI and architecture Fitz Nowlan explains why maintaining software integrity in the age of artificial intelligence requires organizations to double down on testing and quality assurance. He discusses how AI-driven development increases risk and why stronger QA practices are essential for reliable software delivery. Nowlan argues that AI-driven development increases risk […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 22, 2026
Video Interviews

Postman Bets on Better API Documentation with Fern Acquisition

Postman CEO Abhinav Asthana explains how the acquisition of Fern will significantly improve the quality and consistency of documentation generated for application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs), as well as the impact on developer experience and modern API-driven development. Fern, Asthana explains, has built momentum by helping companies generate higher-quality SDKs and […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 22, 2026
Blogs

DevOps: The Never-Ending Story

A reflective take from Alan on why DevOps endures, adapts, and remains a human-centered practice in an era of platforms and AI.

Mike Vizard · Jan 22, 2026
Blogs

Harness Adds AI Agent to Help Investigate Incidents

Harness today added an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to its portfolio that has been specifically trained to help DevOps teams investigate events that occurred prior to an incident. Tina Huang, vice president of product and engineering for AI SRE at Harness, said the Harness Human-Aware Change Agent leverages large language models (LLMs) to analyze comments […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 20, 2026
Blogs

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities

Discover top DevOps job opportunities this week from JP Morgan Chase, SpaceX, BBR Partners, Fox Corp, and Veeva Systems, designed to help professionals advance their careers.

Mike Vizard · Jan 20, 2026
Features

Meet the 2025 DevOps Dozen Award Winners

When we first launched DevOps.com, the goal was never just to report on tools or trends. It was to elevate the people, ideas, and communities shaping how software is built and delivered. The DevOps Dozen Awards exist for that exact reason. Each year, these awards recognize individuals, teams, technologies, and community efforts that move DevOps […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 16, 2026
AI

GitLab Delivers on AI Agents Promise to Automate DevOps Workflows

GitLab today made generally available an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform that automates software engineering tasks ranging from planning to application security. Coinciding with the release of version 18.8 of the core GitLab platform, the GitLab Duo Agent Platform initially provides access to seven AI agents that DevOps teams can assign a range of tasks […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 15, 2026
Video Interviews

The Next DevOps Frontier: Governing Models, Agents and Code

Anaconda CEO David DeSanto explores what it takes to make AI-native development practical, secure and scalable for modern engineering teams. DeSanto reflects on his journey from leading product at GitLab to stepping into the CEO role at Anaconda, and why the next wave of software delivery will be shaped by the intersection of open source, […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 15, 2026
Video Interviews

60% of Code Is AI-Generated—Are We in Trouble?

Jonathan Rende, chief product officer at Checkmarx, tackle’s one of the most urgent questions in AppSec right now: what happens when AI starts writing the majority of your software? With estimates that as much as 60% of code is being generated by AI in some environments—and that AI-authored code is already finding its way into […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 15, 2026
AI

Yes, We Know AI Isn’t a Person

Let’s get the obvious out of the way right up front. AI isn’t a person. Thank you, Captain Obvious. We’re all on the same page. And yet, when we announced that AI is Techstrong’s “Person of the Year” for our Predict 2026 virtual event on January 15, a few folks felt compelled to remind us […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 14, 2026
AI

Cursor Allies with 1Password to Secure AI Coding Secrets

Cursor has partnered with 1Password to better protect secrets as applications are developed using an artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool. Nancy Wang, senior vice president and head of engineering for 1Password, said a Hooks Script provides application developers with a secure, just-in-time way to ensure only required secrets are made available to Cursor AI agents […]

Mike Vizard · Jan 12, 2026