DevOps Practice
A Deep Dive Into AI for IT Operations
Traditional IT administration and management techniques are reforming. By employing artificial intelligence (AI), IT operations are taking an interesting turn in the field of advancements. The term "AIOps" stands for Artificial Intelligence ...
Don’t Let ‘Hindsight 2020’ Be Your DevOps Strategy
Sridhar Asvathanarayanan | | Blockchain, CI/CD, democratization of IT, devops, DevOps strategy, DevOps trends, full-stack engineers, hyperautomation, IoTThe idea of DevOps originated a little over a decade ago with a desire to ensure efficiency in the overall software development and delivery process. Constant operational hurdles that have been hampering ...
You Still Have to Make Time for Maintenance
Don Macvittie | | Automated Data Center, Data mobility, data storage, devops, hardware maintenance, maintenance, software maintenanceI’m going to take a side trek today into home computing with applicability to IT. Bear with me. We maintain a pretty complex home network, as home networks go. With three NAS ...
The Right Toolchain Is the One You Build
Don Macvittie | | application deployment, application release automation, automated cloud deployment, Continuous Test, devops toolchainOne of several iterations that IT likes to go through is corporate standards for technology versus best tool for the job. We like to have standardization because it allows staffing portability between ...
What Developers Should Take Away from the Iowa Caucus App Debacle
Jon Scolamiero | | application development, application testing, developers, Iowa caucus, Low Code, software developmentIn the wake of the recent Iowa caucus, vote-counting software has fallen under suspicion after a smartphone app built by Shadow, Inc., brought chaos and delays to the first 2020 Democratic caucuses ...
Observability-Driven Development: From Software Development to DevOps and Beyond
Avi Shalisman | | devops, observability, Observability-driven development, ODD, SaaS, software as a service, software developmentIn today’s world of cloud platforms and applications, typically delivered as SaaS (Software as a Service), it is critical for organizations to ensure efficient collaboration between software development and operations teams. The ...
Why BizOps Is Becoming Important and How It Can Help Your Teams
Every 20 seconds, $1 million is wasted on IT investments that don’t align with business strategy. How much is your business wasting? To align business, development and IT operations, your teams need ...
The Definition of Faster in the Age of App Capital
Lori MacVittie | | API, CI/CD, containers, continuous deployment, digital transformation, faster development, orchestration, public cloudBusinesses want speed. One of the impacts of digital transformation—and the associated pressure to succeed in an app economy—is the desire to move at speed. Nearly half (48%) of organizations are driven ...
Automation Hacks for DevOps Teams
Gilad David Maayan | | Asana, automation, automation hacks, code review, compliance, devops, hybrid cloud, JIRA, Slack, TrelloDevOps teams are expected to do more work in less time. They need to plan, test, build, secure and release applications at a fast-paced rate. Of course, the DevOps team needs to ...
Six Routing Challenges When Managing Microservices in Production and How to Avoid Them
Manuel Zapf | | load spikes, managing microservices, microservices, monitoring, Multi-cloud, routing solutions, routing technologies, securityEven experienced DevOps teams can struggle with the nuances of managing microservices in production–where a greater spotlight on network communications can introduce new operational challenges beyond those common to traditional architectures. But, ...
Survey: Internal IT Teams Embrace ‘DevOps Inspired’ Processes
Mike Vizard | | devops adoption, DevOps Survey, digital transformation, hybrid IT environment, multi-cloud environmnentThe "2020 State of Application Services" survey published today by F5 Networks suggests more IT organizations than ever are adopting some elements of DevOps principles to manage an increasingly diverse application portfolio ...
The Fallacy of Move Fast and Break Things
Ever since Mark Zuckerburg uttered the phrase “move fast and break things,” it has become the motto of many development teams. Companies wanting to be the next unicorn decided this must be ...
