DevOps Chat: Design Thinking w/ Sarah Plantenberg, IBM
We sit down with Sarah Plantenberg of IBM to talk design thinking. Sarah has been featured on several DevOpsTV videos around the Bluemix Garage. But she recently took on a new role at IBM around bringing design thinking to cloud customers. Sarah gives some great background on design thinking and why it can help you. […]
DevZone and Bluemix Garage @ the IBM InterConnect Expo Floor
Things have been so busy here at DevOps.com, I have not really had a chance to report on what a great event IBM InterConnect 2017 was. Once again this year this year the IBM InterConnect expo floor showcased the latest developments in cognitive, cloud, DevOps, security and more. But this year there was definitely a vibe […]
DevOps Chat: ‘The DevOps Adoption Playbook’ by Sanjeev Sharma
Before the recent IBM InterConnect conference I had a chance to sit down and chat with Sanjeev Sharma, CTO of DevOps Adoption at IBM. I have spoken to Sanjeev many times and he is a contributor to DevOps.com, as well as the author of “DevOps for Dummies.” Sanjeev has a new book out called “The […]
DevOps in Legacy Systems: A Mission Impossible?
The word “legacy” evokes mixed reactions from the IT and business crowds alike. For those who depend on legacy systems such as the zSeries and iSeries platforms, it is a way to deliver stable and reliable applications into production. Business stakeholders who may not know the intricacies of the technology often take a view of, “Why […]
IBM InterConnect – CrowdChat, Preview and Panel Discussion
We are just about 2 weeks out from IBM InterConnect, which is shaping up to once again be heavy on DevOps and related technologies. Of course there are other things on the agenda besides DevOps (really?), like cognitive and Watson for instance. There will be plenty of cloud, IoT and more cutting edge technology subjects. […]
DevOps Chat: Why Real Transformation Starts with Culture, Bryson Koehler and Shelbee Smith-Eigenbrode, IBM
While culture is of the utmost importance to enable digital transformation, there are many other milestones in a successful DevOps journey. In this DevOps Chat, join Alan Shimel, Editor-in-Chief, DevOps.com, as he hosts Bryson Koehler, GM, Distinguished Engineer and CTO of IBM Watson and Cloud Platform, and Shelbee Smith-Eigenbrode, Senior Software Engineer/IT Architect at IBM. […]
DevOps Chat: Chris Lazzaro & Peter Klenk, IBM Bluemix and IBM Bluemix Garage
In this DevOps Chat, we catch up with Chris Lazzaro and Peter Klenk of IBM Bluemix and Bluemix Garage. With IBM InterConnect just a month or so away, it is a good time to hear what those innovative Bluemix folks are up to. Peter and Chris give us their take on new IBM Bluemix services, […]
A Six-Step Approach to Enterprise DevOps Transformation
Agility of businesses to transform and adjust to market conditions is perhaps the most important aspect of managing today’s enterprise. With digitization of almost all facets of running an enterprise, it is safe to say that IT agility translates to either the success or failure of such adaptation. Smaller and new-age businesses are better able […]
Mainframes and the Myth of Bimodal in DevOps
Rewind 20 years ago when we lived in a business world where big companies with unlimited resources beat out smaller, more strapped companies. The digital era—also known as the “age of the customer”—is changing all that. Where big once beat small, fast now beats slow. The DevOps approaches of startups often make them more adept […]
DevOps Chat: CJ Paul, IBM, on DevOps, ITSM, Cloud and More
DevOps.com editor-in-chief Alan Shimel sat down to speak with Dr. CJ Paul, Distinguished Engineer, DevOps Methods & Tools, IBM Cloud. CJ is someone we have interviewed previously on video at IBM InterConnect and is always a great source of information. In this interview Dr. Paul discussed DevOps, ITSM, Cloud, Bluemix, Bluemix Garage method and more. As […]
A Panel Discussion On What DevOps Looks Like In 3 to 5 Years?
With all of the hype around DevOps, I wanted to return to a topic that I was lucky enough to moderate a terrific panel on at IBM InterConnect this past February. The panel was an all star one anchored by Gene Kim, moderated by myself and we were joined by Dan Berg of IBM, Michael […]
DevOps Journeys of Large Enterprises Highlights
I read a recent comment to an article made by my friend Rob England (the IT Skeptic). Rob took exception with the authors point of view about that DevOps was so widely adopted. Rob asked the author of the article, “How many of the Fortune 500 are DevOps shops?”. My reaction to this was “Rob, not […]
Multi-Speed IT versus Bimodal IT
I wanted to continue our revue of the recent IBM InterConnect conference in Las Vegas last month. We kicked off the revue with the release of our first videos from the show on Monday. Since then we just updated the YouTube playlist of videos available with a new batch. We will be adding to these […]
IBM InterConnect 2016: Sounding Off
This years IBM InterConnect in Las Vegas was spectacular. Our DevOps.com team covered as many of the 300+ DevOps tracks and sessions that we could. We have been editing video and getting ready to report on the show since then. Finally, we have enough ready and the time to give our full report. The last […]
Preview of IBM InterConnect Speakers
Next week DevOps.com will be in Las Vegas to cover IBM’s InterConnect Conference. With over 200 DevOps related sessions, there is something for just about everyone on the schedule. We thought it would be useful to give you a peek at some of these presenters. Below are interviews of some InterConnect speakers from their recent […]
DevOps Chat: Dan Berg on Open Technologies and the Open Enterprise
I had a chance to speak with Dan Berg, distinguished engineer at IBM. Dan and I discussed open technologies, open enterprise and open tool chains. A whole lot of open there. We also talked about how open technologies will be part of the upcoming IBM InterConnect event. Below is the stream of our conversation and […]
Google Hangout: Innovate Like a Startup, Scale for the Enterprise
It’s what keeps your CEO awake at night – your industry getting disrupted by a competitor you can’t see today. The winners are quick to adapt, fast to innovate. But how do you act like a startup – nimble, energetic and creative – at enterprise scale. DevOps, fused with open technologies, hybrid cloud and design […]
Google Hangout: DevOps for Multi-Speed IT
Whether you call it two-speed IT, bi-modal IT or variable-speed IT, it is a reality as teams, projects and divisions within organizations deliver business capabilities. These business capabilities are composed of services and applications that, when orchestrated, deliver business value to users. Lines of business that need these capabilities do not care how these individual […]
DevOps Chat: Rosalind Radcliffe and Bimodal IT
I had the pleasure of sitting down with IBM distinguished engineer Rosalind Radcliffe the other day to talk about bimodal IT, systems of engagement, variable speed DevOps and IBM’s upcoming InterConnect 2016 event. I have interviewed Rosalind many times over the last few years and it is always informative and interesting. I hope you find […]
Google Hangout: What will DevOps look like in three to five years?
DevOps seems to be everywhere today. But what does the future hold for today’s tech darling? Will the principles and patterns of DevOps still be recognizable in three to five years? Or will the next new wave come along wipe out what seems to be a major change to the way software is developed and […]
Kicking Off InterConnect 2016
Our InterConnect 2016 coverage kicks off with online events Once again this year DevOps.com will be providing extensive coverage of InterConnect. InterConnect 2016, features hundreds of sessions and tracks around DevOps. We think InterConnect offers more DevOps related tracks than any conference in the world. We are kicking off our InterConnect 2016 coverage with some […]
DevOps Chat: Randy Newell, IBM InterConnect 2016
Last week I had a chance to sit down with Randy Newell, Marketing Director for DevOps at IBM. We talked about the buzz starting to build around InterConnect 2016 this February in Las Vegas. The call for speakers is open until September 25th. Randy and I spoke about last years event and what to expect […]