Pivotal Software Previews Automation Framework
At the North America Cloud Foundry Summit 2019 conference, Pivotal Software announced it is beta testing an automation framework that promises to keep its distribution of the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment continuously updated. In addition, Pivotal revealed it will be adding support for open source technologies including Envoy load balancing and Istio service mesh software developed […]
F5 Networks Acquires NGINX to Meld NetOps with DevOps
As part of an effort to better align DevOps and network operations (NetOps), F5 Networks plans to acquire NGINX, a provider of widely employed open source loading balancing software. The two companies revealed in a call with financial analysts that the primary goal of the $760 million deal is to meld the two companies’ combined expertise […]
DevOps Chat: Container Security and Aqua 3.5 with Rani Osnat and Andy Feit
In just a little more than three years Aqua Security has set its mark in the container security space. With its major new release of Aqua 3.5, the company has again raised the bar with serverless and container encryption upgrades and feature sets. I sat down with the Aqua Enforcer himself, Rani Osnat, and “Boston” […]
Containers: All Your Base are Belong to Us
The world is still changing. No surprise there, but the direction and velocity have been modified by the growth of container usage. Back in 2015, we at devopsy.kinsta.cloud showcased a survey we performed that said container usage was staged to take off. That it did, with a vengeance. No matter the category—pilot programs, test, production—it […]
You Have a Box: The Impact of Containers on DevOps
To continue the discussion from my last blog post, you have a box. Increasingly, you only have to ask, “What do we want to put in it?” It is interesting to see the growth and change in IT over time. The advent of containers is the focus of this particular blog, but there are many […]
DevOps and Containers: A Network Divided
The growth of DevOps and containers has created some interesting split responsibility scenarios. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it is something that bears watching and fixing when it becomes problematic. Today’s topic is networking. Plenty of bits have been spewed about the situation, but it persists and is even getting more […]
Portability Shmortability: Most Applications are Going Nowhere
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 […]
Jump-Start Your Kubernetes Journey with JenkinsX
Containers are very quickly being adopted as the stable way of deploying services. More and more organizations are adopting immutable architecture and containers provide an excellent way to achieve that. But along with the stability comes the complexity of deployment, along with managing workload, scaling and updating. That’s in addition to having to create a […]
Reducing Risk in Applications Using Docker Containers
Docker. It seems like in this day and age you are either using Docker containers or you are going to use Docker containers. If you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, check out a previous article, “Docker: The New Ordinary.” If you are on the wagon or are thinking about it but have concerns about […]
Shippable Extends Scope and Reach of CI Service
One of the attributes of building a continuous integration (CI) platform on top of Docker containers is that it’s highly portable. Shippable is making good on that promise by delivering versions of its namesake CI platform that can be employed on Mac OS X, CentOS and Windows platforms as well as to the Ubuntu distribution […]
How to Isolate Development Environments: Vagrant vs. Docker
“It works on my machine.” This line has become an excuse often overused by developers to escape the burden of having to investigate problems experienced by end users that they are unable to replicate on their development machines. While this may excuse developers—after all, they didn’t experience the problem during development and therefore couldn’t have […]
Persistent Storage: You’ll be Hearing More
As containers take over the IT environment, a problem that has existed since virtual machines (VMs) became popular has become more urgent: how to keep persistent storage, and keep it consistent. Just as a business designed for foot traffic of 50 to 100 people per hour does not work well when it sees 500 to […]
DevOps Gets More Exciting in 2018
As 2017 winds down and the IT industry prepares for 2018, there are a number of DevOps trends that everyone should be keeping their eyes on. It’s not so much that something incredible and explosive is expected in the new year. Rather, 2018 will be a time when DevOps starts to mature alongside other trends […]
DevOps Predictions for 2018
The new year is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: outrageous tech predictions! This year, we have a few that are easy to believe and a few that are completely off-the-wall. See if you can pick them out. Serverless Overtakes Containers Serverless is the future and containers are dead. Some (or maybe […]
Axway Extends API Management Reach
With application programming interfaces playing a larger role in the DevOps environment, Axway has added to its API toolkit for developers. The company expanded its AMPLIFY API management platform to include a visual tool for composing and integrating APIs and enhanced its API Manager tool so that it now can be invoked to scale resources […]
Core Factors Influencing Java Memory Consumption
Java is known for having an insatiable appetite for resources, requiring strict controls to not exceed budget limits. However, the latest JDK updates and other developments have helped to make Java runtime extremely flexible in terms of memory usage. When configured smartly, Java can be cost-effective for different types of applications—cloud-native or legacy, microservice or […]
IBM Brings Cloud-native Environment to Private Clouds
New IBM Cloud Private software – based on containers, microservices and APIs –bridges Public Cloud and traditional IT environments ARMONK, N.Y. – 01 Nov 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new IBM Cloud Private software platform to help companies unlock billions of dollars in technology investment in core data and applications and extend cloud-native […]
The Need for Speed Demands New-Era APM
Applications have become the primary conduit by which customers experience a brand, making the application experience critical to business success. As such, continuous delivery and highly available systems that deliver optimal end user experiences at lightning speed have become top priorities for organizations. Modern IT is all about speed, efficiency and customer experience. Simply put, […]
Finishing the Pipeline: Monitoring, Tools, Automation and …
It is true that DevOps has grown to be the beast in the room. I’ll co-opt the “cloudwashing” term to call it “DevOps-washing” because it seems every tool you’ve ever used to develop and deploy applications now has a DevOps angle to it. For example, the Jenkins update center is kind of overwhelming. While I […]
With Distelli Technology, Puppet Expands DevOps Portfolio
At its PuppetConf 2017 conference, Puppet made it clear its ambitions now extend well beyond its namesake IT automation framework for IT infrastructure. On the heels of acquiring Distelli in September, the company announced it is adding several products to its portfolio based on technologies developed by Distelli. The new offerings include Puppet Pipelines for […]
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) […]
Platform9 Brings Workflows to Serverless Computing
Serverless computing frameworks are widely regarded as the next big thing in enterprise IT because they are based on an event-driven architecture that makes servers, storage and networking resources dynamically available as needed using a programming construct known as functions. But DevOps teams are challenged in finding a way to orchestrate all those functions in […]
Continuous Deployment and Monitoring of Microservices
Continuous deployment and continuous monitoring have grown up in DevOps, and microservices have grown up as a delivery platform. While all are relatively stable concepts at this point, there are still a fair number of practitioners that are struggling with the merging of these concepts to create a holistic environment that allows for deep understanding […]