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Why Nano Updates Only Work if You Begin with the Latest and Greatest Software

Is there a silent threat of technical debt looming in your organization? You probably should take a deeper look. Modern software systems are composed of hundreds of interdependent components. How are you updating those components – system libraries, base containers, and app packages? Do it poorly, and you will trigger unintended side effects, like failing […]

Dustin Kirkland · Oct 23, 2025
Blogs

The Cloud Reset: DevOps Brings Workloads Back to Private Clouds

DevOps teams are leading a “cloud reset,” moving workloads from public to private clouds for greater control, security and cost predictability. As organizations mature beyond cloud-first strategies, hybrid and private cloud environments are becoming the foundation for smarter, more accountable DevOps operations.

Janakiram MSV · Oct 21, 2025
Blogs

Secure By Design, Secure by Default

“Shift left” alone won’t secure software. Real security must be embedded continuously across design, development, and production—not just moved earlier.

Julian Browne · Oct 14, 2025
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Technical Debt: Make Developers Happier Now or Pay More Later

In a survey of over a thousand CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other tech execs conducted by Protiviti, organizations spend an average of 30% of their total IT budgets on managing technical debt. Not only is it costly, but nearly 70% felt that technical debt highly impacted their ability to innovate. Technical debt happens to organizations […]

Ernesto Tagwerker · Oct 10, 2025
AI

How to Eliminate DevOps Toil Using Automation Scripts

Engineering teams spend nearly 15 hours a week on repetitive DevOps toils that drain productivity. This guide explains how to identify high-impact automation opportunities, apply the 15-minute rule, and build sustainable script-based solutions that eliminate toil and free teams for innovation.

Durojaye Olusegun · Oct 10, 2025
AI

Whose Ops is it Anyway? How IDPs, AI and Security are Evolving Developer Culture

It was only a few years ago that perhaps the biggest hurdle for DevOps advocates was convincing leadership that it was worth the investment. That conversation has since shifted. In most organisations today, the value of faster releases, tighter feedback loops, and closer collaboration between development and operations is obvious. The challenge is no longer […]

Olivier de Turckheim · Oct 9, 2025
AI

Developer Experience: Overcoming 6 AI-Induced Challenges

The use of artificial intelligence brings high hopes and expectations in the technological world, promising changes to the way businesses operate. A staggering 79% of companies are now or will be using AI within the next year, according to an August 2025 survey from OpenText and the Ponemon Institute. AI’s rise is especially prevalent in the software development sector, and in particular in the area of developer […]

Yaniv Sayers · Oct 9, 2025
Blogs

Common IaC Security Issues and How to Fix Them

Learn the top five Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security vulnerabilities, their fixes, and best practices to prevent misconfigurations, drifts, and breaches.

Durojaye Olusegun · Oct 8, 2025
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Build vs. Buy: What it Really Takes to Harden Your Software Supply Chain

When it comes to securing the software supply chain, engineering teams often assume that the choice between building their own hardened images or buying a solution is straightforward…until they try to build the images themselves. As the programmer’s credo goes: “We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they’d be easy.” The decision […]

Matt Moore · Oct 3, 2025
AI

Why Automation Fails Without the Right QA Mindset

In the DevOps world, with its faster release cycles and continuous delivery, quality assurance (QA) cannot be sidelined until the end of the process. Companies that actively use automation achieve up to 60% faster release cycles compared to those relying solely on manual testing. However, automation alone is insufficient. Without the right QA mindset, moving faster can […]

Imtiaz Shaik · Oct 2, 2025
Blogs

NLP Tools for Intelligent Documentation and Developer Enablement

Natural language processing (NLP) is reshaping technical documentation and developer enablement. Organizations that select the right tools and integrate them effectively into existing environments streamline documentation workflows, reduce manual effort, and make technical knowledge more accessible to developers at all levels. Unlocking the highest value from NLP tools requires organizations to adapt models to their […]

Anil Kumar Devarapalem · Oct 1, 2025
Blogs

The DevSecOps Career Path: What No One Tells You About Getting Started

DevOps teams across organizations are suddenly finding themselves responsible for security with no roadmap. One day, teams are focused on deployment velocity and infrastructure automation, the next day, they’re expected to understand threat modeling, vulnerability management and compliance frameworks. This shift isn’t happening by choice — it’s happening because traditional security approaches can’t keep pace […]

Philip Piletic · Sep 22, 2025
Blogs

Is the Future of DevOps DaaS?

DevOps as a service (DaaS) is emerging as the next big shift in how organizations build, deploy and maintain their software pipelines. What started as do-it-yourself automation with Jenkins scripts and self-hosted Git servers has now become an increasingly complex ecosystem of tooling, governance and culture. The question now is whether companies really need to […]

Alexander Williams · Sep 19, 2025
Blogs

Why Automation Fails Without the Right QA Mindset

In the DevOps world, with its faster release cycles and continuous delivery, quality assurance (QA) cannot be sidelined until the end of the process. Companies that actively use automation achieve up to 60% faster release cycles compared to those relying solely on manual testing. However, automation alone is insufficient. Without the right QA mindset, moving […]

Imtiaz Shaik · Sep 16, 2025