Open Mainframe Project Launches Zowe to Advance DevOps

September 5, 2018 by Mike Vizard 1 Comments

The Open Mainframe Project has launched Zowe, an effort to make mainframes running z/OS both more accessible and programmable using REST application programming interfaces (APIs). Announced at the Open Source Summit, the Zowe project is being led by IBM, CA Technologies and Rocket Software. Matt Hogstrom, chief architect for z/OS Systems at IBM, said the […]

A Right DevOps Approach: Assess Organizational Readiness

August 7, 2018 by Veritis 2 Comments

Driving business in this fast-paced world is maddening as owners have to remember customer preferences, beat market competition and similarly cater to different things within the organization’s radius. How a business owner manages all this defines the business success, which is gauged through outcomes in the form of smart products, point-on services and almost-immediate feedback. […]

Can You Implement DevOps in Large Organizations?

August 1, 2018 by Jay Chapel 4 Comments

Trying to modernize workflows through DevOps can be a challenge for any company, but there are different challenges, risks and benefits for bigger companies It is now more or less standard procedure to implement DevOps principles in startups or smaller companies. But what if you’re trying to utilize DevOps in large organizations? This is a […]

Compuware Adds Testing Tools to DevOps for Mainframe Portfolio

July 25, 2018 by Mike Vizard 0 Comments

Compuware is extending its ongoing campaign to bring DevOps processes to the mainframe by acquiring XaTester, a provider of tools for creating unit tests for both batch and CICS-based programs written in COBOL, PL/I and Assembler. In addition, Compuware announced it has formed an alliance with Parasoft, a provider of tools for testing application programming […]

Ops: The Other DevOps

July 10, 2018 by Dominic Wellington 1 Comments

Much of the conversation around DevOps, including right here on DevOps.com, is about helping developers get easier access to production systems, increasing agility by shortening release cycles. Most of the time, this focus on developers leads to a concentration on so-called “Day One” tasks, the Dev side of the equation, to the exclusion of “Day […]

Living in a DevOps World, Part 2

July 3, 2018 by Dave Farinelli 1 Comments

Part one of this article focused on some of the more behind-the-scenes benefits of an Agile DevOps approach. In part two the focus turns to some of the other traditional problems that a well-executed DevOps approach can address, and how doing so can benefit an organization in more ways than just a technical perspective. By […]

Portability Shmortability: Most Applications are Going Nowhere

June 29, 2018 by Don Macvittie 1 Comments

I’m a huge fan of the idea of taking our super-duper applications and deploying them where it makes most sense. I always have been. Those of us in application development spent forever bemoaning the fact that our applications weren’t all that portable between operating systems. In fact, looking back through the history of computers, you […]

DOES UK: Nike Applies ‘Just Do It’ Attitude to DevOps

June 26, 2018 by Landon Shimel 1 Comments

Nike’s DevOps transformation has had a lasting impact on its culture and productivity, while allowing the company to connect with its customer in ways it never could before. Its journey down the path to DevOps was shared at the DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES UK) 2018, in London. For a company of its size and success […]