We Still Haven’t Solved the Logging Problem
At a company I previously worked at, I helped build out the initial infrastructure to support a large cloud security product. It was one of the first times I had the opportunity to build something from nearly the very beginning. Like many operations professionals, so much of my career prior to this experience had been […]
How to Find and Hire Android Developers in 2018
A brilliant app idea demands no less a brilliant mobile development team. That means you have to take the time to search and recruit skilled Android developers and, correspondingly, overcome lots of challenges for this. Here are some tips to help you overcome the difficulties and mitigate possible problems in finding qualified Android developers. Roles […]
DevOps Experience: Agenda and Speakers Announced
DevOps Experience is coming up quickly, offering up the best in DevOps knowledge and capabilities in a completely virtual environment. That means no traveling, no missed or cancelled flights due to hurricanes named Florence, no lumpy hotel mattress, no substandard conference food. All the of the learning, none of the hassle. MediaOps—the company behind DevOps.com, […]
6 Ways AI and ML Will Change DevOps for the Better
There’s been a lot of media attention in recent years about how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are going to change the world—how they’re going to create new and interesting applications in fields as diverse as education, law, health care and transportation. This may happen. But if I had to bet on a […]
DevOps Experience: Learn a Lot without Leaving Your Spot
The great thing about conferences is they can be hotbeds of learning: keynote presentations, seminars, one-on-one sessions, networking … the list goes on. The drawback, however, is the travel: delayed flights, the dreaded middle seat on the airplane, lost luggage, jet lag … the list goes on. That’s why virtual conferences are now my first […]
The Move to Platform: Unleashing a Wealth of Opportunities in Fintech
Closed, legacy systems and requirements around availability and security remain major obstacles to innovation in the financial services industry. But there’s now an appetite for change and a growing recognition of the benefits to be gained from a platform-based approach. This article explores the legacy challenges that still plague financial services, examines the case for […]
SUSE Preps Independent DevOps Path
Once SUSE completes a separation from Micro Focus sometime next year, the goal for the again independent company will be to drive continued investments in a range of open source technologies that collectively advance DevOps. Michael Miller, president of strategy, alliances and marketing for SUSE, said the acquisition by EQT, a private investment firm, is […]
TechRepublic’s Bombshell Survey: A DevOps Fiasco?
This month, I chose to share the findings of a TechRepublic’s recent survey on DevOps not only because it’s a bombshell within the IT community, but because it brings out two eye-opening facts: Seventy-eight percent of organizations haven’t fully implemented DevOps because “they don’t get it” Only 22 percent of organizations have merged their teams for […]
Are You a Product Team in Name Only?
A simple litmus test can help determine whether a product team is the real thing or wearing a different name. Marketers have been trying to dress up spam, ever since the odd can-shaped meat was invented. It has been called “special processed American meat,” “shoulders of pork and ham” and even “spiced ham.” But, no […]
DOES London 2018: The Excitement is Building
DOES London 2018 is on the horizon. Are you ready? Holy Cow! We’re only a few weeks away from DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 and I can’t begin to describe just how excited I am for our third event in Europe. I never learn as much in short period of time as I do during my days spent […]
Microsoft Is Acquiring GitHub for $7.5B, Becomes Steward of Leading Open Source Repository
As part of its effort to get even closer to the developer community, Microsoft is acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion. GitHub controls the open source repository that is at the center of millions of DevOps processes and is home to up to 28 million developers worldwide. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said GitHub will remain an open […]
Continuous Testing and Business Assurance
As development moves ever faster, continuous testing can help further reduce the risk of introducing errors In IT circles, “risk management” implies information security. But in the business as a whole, risk management is a function that spans the organization. The risk that an application will negatively impact corporate image, sales or employee morale is […]
The Past, Present and Future of DevOps Infrastructure
Infrastructure automation enables organizations to set up operating frameworks that allow smooth functionality with enhanced usage, minimal scope for error and faster deployment of code. The process of infrastructure automation eases development and operations processes by introducing good deployment practices such as computerized testing and versioning. The need for automation was realized when the demand […]
Watch Your Language: Behavior Driven Development
There are two basic design methodologies in the software development world: top down and bottom up. In bottom up, the goal is to piece functionality together to “build up” to the desired result. In top down, the goal is to break the problem into smaller and smaller parts until you have implementable pieces. Both have […]
Time to Rethink Infrastructure Operations in Enterprises
“Business is technology and technology is business” seems to be the new mantra as the rules of corporate strategy are being rewritten across industries. According to IDC’s survey in 2017, “Two-thirds of global CEOs will have digital transformation as part of their corporate strategy.” That’s CEOs—not CIOs—who will have digital transformation as part of their corporate […]
Transition to DevOps Increasing Across IT Firms
Demand for faster product development and quick market release created a need for increased collaboration between Development (Dev) and Operations (Ops) teams, which eventually led to “DevOps.” With this, transition to DevOps has become one of the key points of discussion across many IT firms. This article gives you an overview of the demand and […]
Overcoming the Awkward Teen Years of DevOps Adoption with Process-Centric IT
DevOps adoption is all over the map. Just last year, xMatters and Atlassian surveyed more than 1,000 companies on their DevOps maturity and found only 65 percent were getting the benefits from their DevOps initiative that they expected. Sixty-six percent described their maturity level at or below intermediate. And another 1,000 organizations were excluded from […]
‘Let the Developer Choose the Language’: Too Much of a Good Thing
As more and more enterprises drive into the DevOps space, this is less of an issue, but you still hear stories that make one cringe. The idea of DevOps (and, by extension, agile) is to get products to market faster and spend less time managing/fixing. Some take the idea to be freedom to choose—and it […]
2018 Database DevOps Survey: Crises Still Prevalent, Mostly Avoidable
DevOps is not just a buzzword anymore, it’s a reality. With the unfolding evolution of automation and continuous delivery, DevOps practices have become an industry standard. Adopting technologies for rapid deployment has become essential for companies that wish to maintain their status as serious players in their industry, both from cost and production standpoints. But […]
Maturity Models Help Measure the DevOps Journey
DevOps professionals often encounter clients who struggle with sorting through the “what”s and “how”s of where they are in their journey, and how they can either get started with—or improve upon—their current practices. As a project progresses, we often find that diving into a technical solution up front without taking a holistic view of where […]
Cloud Foundry Study Confirms Accelerated App Development
When it comes to accelerating the development of applications, having a standard set of runtimes can make all the difference. A new study of 753 IT professionals conducted by ClearPath Strategies on behalf of the Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF) finds a marked decrease in the time it takes organizations using the Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) […]
AIOps: Managing the Second Law of IT Ops
Or, why IT systems keep breaking The tension between the two halves of DevOps is long-standing, going back long before the term was even invented. What underlies the split between Development and Operations is a fundamental difference, like an actual physical law. Let’s explore that analogy together. IT Ops is fundamentally a constant fight against […]
Sprinting in a DevOps Marathon: Tips for Success
Remember the good old days of 2007, when Heroku was the shiny toy everyone wanted? Thanks to Moore’s law and the evolution of tech, 2007 seems like a lifetime ago. In fact, 2015 seems like a lifetime ago, now that machine learning has advanced for artificial intelligence to “wake up”—but I digress. DevOps and building […]