Business of DevOps
Saving on AWS Costs with Data Classification
The cloud is becoming a large cost center for many organizations. Though often touted as a cost-saver—and while many cloud migrations are driven by the desire to conserve IT costs—the cloud does ...
Technical Debt: When It Works and When It Doesn’t
Every software team has probably faced technical debt—the accumulation of little development deficiencies that will require rework down the line. Just like financial debt, they accrue interest as they build up, in ...
Verizon’s Legionella Bugs | Bolt’s Dot-Bomb Echo | Yandex’s Russian CEO Quits
Richi Jennings | | A tale told by an idiot—full of sound and fury signifying nothing, Arkady Yuryevich Volozh, Bolt, Russia, The Long View, Ukraine, Verizon, YandexIn this week’s The Long View: Verizon fined for spreading disease, Bolt Financial repeats the mistakes of the past, and the founder of Yandex resigns ...
How to Manage and Engage Remote Engineering Teams
As engineering teams look to remain remote or hybrid, executives need to fundamentally change how these teams are managed. After tackling the tactical aspects of a distributed workforce—like home office equipment, a ...
When DevOps-as-a-Service (DaaS) Meets Security
Jenn Jeffers | | application development, application security, appsec, DaaS, devops, devops adoption, devops culture, devsecops, digital transformation, security, software developmentOne of the most recent IT methodologies to be offered as a service is DevOps, a cultural and practical approach that brings development and operations teams together under one umbrella of work ...
3xFAIL: IPv6 Fails | Fintech Fails | Firefox Fails
Richi Jennings | | a16z, Andreessen Horowitz, Better three hours too soon than a minute too late, browsers, Chrome, Edge, fintech, Firefox, IPv6, Safari, Seth Schoen, startup, The Long View, unicornIn this week’s The Long View: IPv6 gets stabbed in the back, Fintech firms’ valuations are falling, and the latest browser war seems to be over—Firefox lost ...
Broadcom’s Software Strategy: Milk the Cash Cow, Exploit ‘Synergies’
The week began with rumors that Broadcom would acquire VMware and ended with the news that the deal is all but done. The VMware board, along with Michael Dell (who still owns ...
Opportunities and Challenges of Observability
Observability platforms that unify metrics, logs and traces across applications and IT infrastructure are transforming how IT is managed. Most DevOps teams today are able to continuously monitor IT environments using tools ...
Broadcom Acquires VMware to Expand Software Portfolio
Broadcom today pulled the trigger on an acquisition of VMware for $61 billion in cash and stock that could dramatically expand its software portfolio. Tom Krause, president of the Broadcom Software Group, ...
Why DevSecOps Should Be Top Priority
DevOps culture and process are integral to maintaining the pace of cloud-native software development for organizations, especially when code deployments might take place many times a day. The ability to instantly create, ...
Go Language is Popular? | VMware Sells to Broadcom? | Unlimited PTO?
Richi Jennings | | Broadcom, Go, Go language, Golang, Great Resignation, I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it, mergers and acquisitions, The Long View, UPTO, vacation, vmwareIn this week’s The Long View: Golang goes from zero to hero, Broadcom buys VMware, and limitless vacation is still a Thing ...
Could Buying VMware Bring Broadcom Hybrid Cloud Bona Fides?
Dan Kirsch | | acquisition, application virtualization, Broadcom, Cloud Computing, semiconductors, software vendor, vmwareRumors are swirling that Broadcom wants to buy its way into the growing hybrid cloud market by acquiring VMware. The deal won’t come cheap—after news of the potential deal surfaced, VMware’s market ...
