Enterprise DevOps
DevOps and the Near-Decapitation of Variability
Not all automation scales. One of the chief impediments of delivering an enterprise-class DevOps service is the decentralization of tooling choices—or worse, the methodologies within the tool for delivering CI/CD. If the ...
Embracing a DevOps Culture, Part 1
DevOps is popular right now. So it should come as no surprise that organizations across all industries are eager to embrace the “DevOps culture.” However, unlike ITIL, implementing DevOps into an organization ...
An Engineering Think Tank to Change the World
In his famous book "Mythical Man Month," Fred Brooks says, “Techniques proven and routine in other engineering disciplines are considered radical innovations in software engineering.” While being very fond of engineering on ...
Designing A DevOps Strategy: A Balanced Scorecard Framework
Despite all the hype about DevOps, little has been written on a formal DevOps strategy. Too often DevOps initiatives starts with tooling discussion and gets stalled in technology. The larger vision is ...
Shouldn’t DBAs Be Part of the DevOps Inner Circle?
DevOps is changing the culture of IT. This movement is bringing application development and operations teams to the same table and the same time, working to understand and overcome the challenges facing ...
An Inconvenient Truth about DevOps
In a company's early stage, the focus is on producing features for the customer. When the focus is tangible value, it's natural for a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup to fill its ranks solely ...
How DevOps Can Effect Culture Change to Improve Business
The rift between Dev and Ops teams has long been one of the main obstacles for organizations managing their IT capabilities. Overcoming it can be crucial for a successful business. In fact, ...
DevOps Debates: Image-Driven or Build-Driven Delivery
In the last 12 months, Docker and the containerization paradigm has challenged the foundation of some of the software delivery principles. People are resorting to things that were unheard of 18 months back and are ...
In DevOps, Business and Operations Metrics Both Matter
Proponents of adopting a complete DevOps approach to application delivery and deployment often note that DevOps includes a change in culture. And not just a change in lateral change in culture—improvements in ...
IT Governance at DevOps Speed: Time to Shift Gears
Technology plays an incredibly important role in the idea economy, where business innovation is dependent on the software that powers the business. Speed and agility in IT are key to a competitive ...
IT DevOps: One Size Does Not Fit All
As absurd as this may seem, some in IT may be longing for the good old days of the mainframe. After all, the hulking machine, with its dumb terminals and thousands of ...
Are You Ready for Your DevOps Transformation?
You're done with missed release deadlines, long release cycles and risky releases. If your objectives are continuous application delivery to achieve fast feedback loops and reduced waste, DevOps practices provide the means to ...

