Doin’ DevOps
DevOps is Dead! Long Live DevOps!
Some are seekers on the quest for the one, true DevOps. They were misled. I'm here to say: Give it up. Whatever you find at the end of that journey isn't it. That ...
When IT Disaster Strikes, Part 1: Resolving Incidents
As a developer or operations team member, there is nothing quite like the dread you feel when you hear the familiar ringtone of your on-call page at 3 a.m. Being on call ...
Using DevOps for Non-Code Artifacts
Figure: Linking various aspects for an article that can be connected through the “DevOps way of working” Innovation lies at the intersection of two or more otherwise-non-related areas. A very intriguing such ...
The Elusive Definition of DevOps
How do you define DevOps? If you went out and asked IT professionals at other organizations, could you guarantee their answer would be the same? In most cases, the answer to this ...
The State of DevOps Adoption and Trends in 2017
DevOps has come a long way, and we see a tremendous increase in adoption in the recent years. To outrank your competition and be ahead in the growth curve, it has become ...
Swarms: Adapting Guilds To Scale Agility
In my first article in this series, "Using Guilds to Combat Information Silos," I reviewed the adoption of guilds at xMatters. As our company has grown, we’ve used guilds to keep critical ...
DevOps: Making the Boring Things Stay Boring
“I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords,” is the title of Mykel Alvis’ (@mykelalvis) session at the 2016 All Day DevOps Conference. He wasn’t trying to curry favor with the new robot rulers, ...
Defining DevOps: Not Theory, nor Implementation
Ask a dozen engineers, developers, testers or their managers what their definition of DevOps is and you will get likely very different answers from each of them. Some may say it’s primarily ...
Puppet Launches 2017 State of DevOps Survey
It’s that time of year again! We at Puppet have kicked off the 2017 annual State of DevOps. survey. Now in its sixth year, we have once again teamed up with DevOps ...
Everything Ops: Are DevOps Principles Being Applied Too Broadly?
From big data to storage to security, the DevOps concept is being applied to every field of IT operations under the sun today. This "Everything Ops" movement reflects the popularity of DevOps—but ...
35+ Tools Every DevOps Expert Must Know
List of DevOps tools and resources: Here is the set of tools and resources that help every DevOps enthusiast must know. Learn coding: Code academy: Learn to code interactively, for free. Code school: Interactive programming ...
Time, Training: How to Implement DevOps Effectively
Successful implementation of DevOps solutions requires two very important investments: time and training. New technologies have always transformed how the commercial world operates. The steam engine for example, fueled the industrial revolution ...

