Enterprise DevOps
Chevy and DevOps: What the Wi-Fi?
In DevOps: Rapid Feedback, Rapid Repair I’m sure you have seen it too. Chevy cars now come with wi-fi. How cool. I want that (and so would my kids). I can only imagine the ...
A True Story: DevOps(Sec) Manages Out Elective Risks
A True Story There are over 2000 developers in Bill’s organization. He is a C-level executive for one of the largest insurance companies in North America. Bill boosted developer productivity by 15% last ...
Enterprise DevOps: Standardize for Security
Etsy is a shining example of the success that can be achieved with continuous delivery (CD). By 2014 Etsy had doubled its deployment rate, deploying more than 50 times a day. Today ...
The Top Ten ORA Messages Explained
In the past, data managers operating Oracle data systems had to rely on an unrelenting number of manuals and booklets to figure out how to efficiently maneuver around Oracle errors. The age ...
Is ALM Dead in the World of DevOps?
Has DevOps killed Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)? If the question makes you dizzy, you're probably not alone; after all, it seems like just a few years ago that ALM was a fresh, ...
DevOps across the Enterprise: Fostering Cross-Functional Collaboration
DevOps practices originated at startups, where nimble Development and Operations teams pioneered the concept of cross-functional collaboration to speed up software release cycles. By 2009, DevOps became a recognized industry practice: a ...
What IT expects from SDN is DevOps
There was much excitement in the air when the announcement that Docker had acquired SocketPlane. Not the least of which was emanating from my corner of the world, where DevOps for network ...
Variable Speed DevOps: A Deep Dive
About 2 months ago I wrote an article on "Variable Speed DevOps". To be clear I first heard the term used by Carmen DeArdo, Director of Application Development at Nationwide. It was ...
Webinar: How Nationwide Insurance is Adopting DevOps for Variable Speed IT Systems
To drive towards faster innovation, and also ensure the stability of the core business, the need arises for what is being termed as “two-speed or variable speed IT.” While innovative Systems of ...
Making DevOps Work with External Contractors
On a recent ‘virtual panel’ session, many questions came in real-time from almost a thousand attendees around the globe. I’ll try to cover the most interesting questions in this column over coming ...
Beyond the Darkness of Shadow IT
The concept of consumerization of IT, Bring Your Own Everything (BYOx) and self-service technologies has amplified the amount of ‘Shadow IT’ in development shops. Developers can procure, setup, and start using new ...
Can your DevOps and APM Initiatives Increase Customer Loyalty?
I’ve reached a point where I can rate most services based on the quality of my digital interactions. So much so in fact, that any human interjection into my daily digital consciousness ...

