Solving the ‘Automagical’ Apps Automation Problem

October 18, 2018 by Corey Scobie 2 Comments

The DevOps Revolution started with a handful of simple principles. A key one was that systems should be managed by code, not by humans, to eliminate complexity and ensure better security, compliance and scalability. To manage compute infrastructure at any scale, the process should be automated with logic captured in code. And, ideally, automation also […]

Perforce Acquires Perfecto Mobile to Drive DevOps Consolidation

October 10, 2018 by Mike Vizard 2 Comments

Perforce this week announced it plans to acquire Perfecto Mobile, a provider of automated application development tools, in a move that signals a potential wave of consolidation across the DevOps sector. Perfecto Mobile is the fifth acquisition Perforce has made in the last two years, and company CEO Mark Ties said there will be more […]

Splunk Aims to Trigger DevOps Processes

October 4, 2018 by Mike Vizard 1 Comments

Splunk this week at its .conf18 conference continued a campaign to extend the reach of its operational analytics platform into the realm of DevOps through a partnership with Puppet. Spunk also announced the 4.0 release of Splunk IT Service Intelligence (ITSI), which extends a platform for managing IT using machine learning algorithms by integrating it […]

Log Management: What DevOps Teams Need to Know

October 4, 2018 by Keith Kuchler 1 Comments

One of the most important shifts of this decade is the rise of interconnected data across distributed systems. This explosive growth not only sparked the need to rethink cloud and global IT strategies, but it also disrupted traditional development, DevOps and ITOps practices. These changes are pushing requirements for higher-velocity development of features and products—together […]

The Art of Software Performance Testing

September 28, 2018 by Mush Honda 1 Comments

When users turn away from applications or have critical feedback, it’s often because the application is slow, hangs/freezes or, worse, it isn’t available when needed. In this era of limited—or, zero—patience for app instability, delivery teams should ensure that their performance testing capability is sound. First though, let’s start with definitions. Despite popular opinion, performance […]

The Value of APM in Application Building and Management

September 14, 2018 by Wendy Dessler 0 Comments

There are literally billions of smartphone users on the planet. Many of these users interact with apps on a daily basis. With all of the competition in the app market, developers have to stay on the cutting edge of technology to keep their programs both functional and popular. It is imperative that you adequately monitor […]

Moogsoft Extends AI Reach into IT Operations

September 5, 2018 by Mike Vizard 1 Comments

Moogsoft, at a Moogsoft 2018 AIOps Symposium last week, extended the reach of its IT operations analytics software out to where applications are deployed, rather than requiring data to be moved into a Big Data platform. Will Cappelli, CTO and vice president of product strategy for Moogsoft, said Moogsoft Observe, available in beta, discovers anomalies […]