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Are Companies’ Digital Transformations Near Complete? The C-Suite Thinks So
Enterprises have been busy in their digital transformation efforts for a number of years. They’ve been using data and software in efforts to renew and attempt to rejuvenate entire lines of their ...
Putting Ops Back in DevOps
What Agile means to your typical operations staff member is, "More junk coming faster that I will get blamed for when it breaks." There always is tension between development and operations when ...
DevOps: Commoditizing Infrastructure
Kristian Nelson | | containers, enterprise devops, innovation, Open Standards, QA, quality, speed, testingHardware vendors face a quandary. How do you distinguish yourself as superior from your competitors if you are unable to continue to grow a distinct architecture as your competitive advantage? But this ...
Integrating ARA into traditional RM
Kristian Nelson | | application release automation, ara, Build, deploy, enterprise devops, QA, release, release management, Release Orchestration, RM, testingApplication Release Automation (ARA) is terminology that includes several DevOps constructs from a singular, application-centric point of view. In essence, ARA implies the automation of a single app from build through deployment ...
Machine Learning Put to Work in the Digital Economy
George V. Hulme | | cognitive computing, digital economy, google, ibm, IBM Watson, machine learning, Macy's on CallIBM’s Watson already has a new retail job lined up to get a head start saving for its holiday spending this season. (Hey, even artificial intelligences appreciate buying gifts.) And Macy’s is ...
On Building Self-Driving IT
George V. Hulme | | automation, cloud, continuous delivery, continuous integration, enterprise devopsMore CIOs than ever are moving their data centers to the cloud. Some have decided to maintain their on-premises data centers and move cloud-first with all new deployments, while others are moving ...
Top 10 Emerging Technologies Enterprises Should Know
George V. Hulme | | 2D materials, ai, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, Blockchain, emerging technologies, Internet of Things, IT department, nanothings, optogenetics, organs on chips, perovskite solar cells, power source, systems metabolic engineeering, World Economic ForumThe momentum behind the adoption of new technologies underway is no less than astounding. Those enterprises that not only adopt, but learn to master, emerging technologies will be the clear winners in ...
User Identity in Focus as Cloud, Device Use Grows
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending SailPoint’s Navigate ’16 identity management conference. I've always been interested in the identity management aspect of security. Many of the first wave of identity management ...
Q&A: CircleCI’s Kevin Bell on Continuous Delivery
George V. Hulme | | circleCI, continuous delivery, continuous integration, devops, QA, software deployment, testingThere’s been a lot of talk and momentum lately when it comes to continuous delivery. And it seems every enterprise has moved part, or all, of its development efforts to continuous delivery—or ...
The Persistence of Enterprise Tech Failure Rates
During a recent dinner conversion with a CIO friend, I was surprised to learn that his organization was having challenges delivering the applications and IT services on a timely enough manner that ...
Tales of DevOps Discovery Part 2: Definitions Matter
Brian Dawson | | continuous delivery, Continuous In, continuous integration, Cultural Change, devops, devops culture, devops process, enterprise, enterprise devops, transformationDefinitions Matter: Step Two in a DevOps Transformation The first post in this series on DevOps Discovery discussed the importance of asking fundamental questions of stakeholders to facilitate alignment on priorities and ...
Putting the ‘Biz’ in DevOps
I was having a conversation with a client recently and we both came to the conclusion that DevOps, as used in some conversations, is misnamed. DevOps, by virtue of its name, implies ...
