Dibbe Edwards, VP Rational Software Development at IBM, On Standardizing Tools, Process, and Technology to Build DevOps Success
We had the pleasure, for IBM InterConnect 2015, to speak with Dibbe Edwards, vice president, Rational Software Development about the success IBM has had in implementing DevOps processes within their organization. In her current role, Edwards is responsible for leading Rational’s development business that includes application lifecycle management and reporting, quality and requirements management, systems […]
IBM to the Enterprise: It’s Time to Glue All of Your Clouds
According to the research firm IDC, more than 65 percent of enterprises will commit to a hybrid cloud by 2016. With that change in architecture, organizations will face new challenges when it comes to accessing data on their legacy systems and public clouds: from having visibility into the applications across various clouds systems to ensuring […]
IBM InterConnects DevOps & Systems of Record/Systems of Engagement
There are many planes and points-of-view from which to examine how DevOps changes development. One way to look at it is to cut an application down the (more or less) middle, dividing it between its system of engagement and its system of record. Briefly, the system of engagement interfaces with the customer while the system […]
Enterprises using mobile dev to dive into DevOps
As increasingly more enterprises investigate how to begin their DevOps transformations, many of them are finding mobile development (mobile dev) a perfect test bed for instituting continuous delivery practices. While speed-of-delivery has become top-of-mind for most IT applications today, it is paramount for success in the world of mobile apps. “The rapid pace of how […]
Reaching Millennials with new Mainframes and agile technology
“I’ve been with IBM for 25-years and been with the mainframe. We hear either that the mainframe is dead or that it will be retired in one or two years,” says Mike Fulton, IBM DevOps for Enterprise Systems CTO, and blogger at https://makingdeveloperslivesbetter.wordpress.com/. But IBM and Fulton have built bridges from the largely new and […]
Inside the mind of a true DevOps evangelist
IBM InterConnect is imminent. Next week more than 20,000 people will descend on Las Vegas and take over the north end of the strip for IBM’s massive event. One of the primary topics attendees will be focusing on is DevOps. IBM’s Rosalind Radcliffe—a respected evangelist for DevOps—will be there to share her passion and knowledge […]
Comparing DevOps to traditional IT: Eight key differences
You can make the argument that in the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) value is created in two places. First, when the software is created (development) and second, when the software is delivered to the customer and feedback received. The rest is transportation. The faster one can move code from the hands of the developer […]
Mapping out your DevOps journey
I am writing this on a flight from Washington, DC to Austin, TX. How long does it take me to get to Austin, you may ask? The flight is 3 hours and 3 minutes long. The time it takes me, however, is much longer as I do not live at the airport (although it surely […]
IBM InterConnects Intuitive Themes to DevOps Challenges
IBM DevOps Evangelist, Eric Minick will leverage his slots at IBM InterConnect 2015 to help you surmount continuous delivery and automated deployment DevOps challenges, three of which include: balancing a continuous delivery pipeline; deployments in hybrid cloud scenarios; and, fitting in trickier deployments. DevOps.com spoke with Eric about these challenges and the central themes that […]
Healthcare information provider streamlines deployment with DevOps
Streaming music and online shopping are just two of the ways technology and the Internet have changed our way of life. One of the other major shifts in culture has been the ability to research symptoms and self-diagnose medical conditions. One online healthcare information provider recently teamed up with IBM and embraced DevOps to streamline […]
#IBMInterConnect CrowdChat
Date: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 Time: 3pm eastern standard time (NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED*) CrowdChats are FREE. To participate in a CrowdChat LIVE, a Twitter Profile is required Guests: @bobegan @marshacollier @therab @paladorbenjamin @ashimmy @tron @ibminterconnect Jules Louis
Variable Speed DevOps
I was lucky enough to be the host of a Google Hangout last week with some very smart folks who will be speaking at IBM InterConnect 2015. One of the topics that we discussed was Two-speed IT or as Carmen DeArdo of Nationwide called it, variable speed DevOps. What is meant by this term is […]
5 Ways to Connect with me at IBM InterConnect2015
Well, I am an IBMer and going to IBM InterConnect2015 is a part of my job. And the best part about this event is that I will get the opportunity to meet all my clients and colleagues at one location instead of going to three different conference events which we use to call PULSE, IMPACT […]
Google Hangout: InterConnect 2015 preview from IBM & Synchrony Systems on #DevOps for Enterprise Systems
Join us for another exciting Google Hangout* with a distinguished panel of guests as we deep dive into the multiplatform application development challenges related to: Integrating Systems of Record (Mainframe) with new Systems of Engagement (Mobile). Take this opportunity to find out how Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) leveraged a DevOps approach to deliver an […]
5 best things going on at InterConnect 2015
With IBM InterConnect 2015 less than a month away, here is a quick guide to the 5 Best Things Going on at InterConnect 2015 [seoslides embed_id=”70823b380482″ script_src=”https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud/embed-script/5-best-things-going-interconnect-2015/3998/” overview_src=”https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud/slides/5-best-things-going-interconnect-2015/” site_src=”https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud” site_title=”devopsy.kinsta.cloud” title=”5 Best things going on at Interconnect 2015″ /] You can stay up to date with the latest InterConnect news by following #ibminterconnect DevOps.com will […]
Google Hangout: InterConnect 2015 preview from IBM & Nationwide on #DevOps
Join us for a Google Hangout* with a distinguished panel of guests as we discuss: Adopting DevOps for Two-Speed IT. With IBM InterCnnect 2015 just a month away, three featured presenters will give us an Interconnect preview *Google Hangouts are FREE. To participate in a Google Hangouts LIVE, a Gmail or Google Profile is required. Date: […]
DevOps Resolutions For The New Year
As we welcome in the New Year, it’s natural for us to set both personal and professional goals. While many are adding the obligatory eat healthier, spend more time with family, and exercise more to their personal list, some of our client are adding DevOps resolutions to their professional goals. During a recent customer roundtable […]
Does Automating Application Release Mean the Same that it Used to?
Over the last ten years, we have seen a shift towards automation in how applications have been released. Automation has been encouraged first by agile’s embrace of continuous integration and delivery, and now the broader move to DevOps. As deployment automation left the sphere of the individual development team, another trend has emerged. The understanding […]
DevOps: As critical for the Systems of Record as for the Systems of Engagement
There is a lot of talk about DevOps, and how it improves the process of delivering business value. Much of the discussion of DevOps has been focused on web based companies such as Facebook, or the mobile and distributed development teams. But DevOps principles apply just as well to the traditional Systems of Record, z/OS […]
Transforming applications with Cloud and DevOps – one hybrid solution for multiple challenges
Are you on cloud yet or clouded? The answer lies in how you have adopted the transformation. Today, the world is Hybrid. For large enterprises and organizations, it always has been. Almost no enterprise is monolithic when it comes to their environments. They may already have different distributed environments and/or mainframes in their ecosystem. The […]
Eight critical DevOps practices: innovate, deliver, repeat
DevOps has been garnering a lot of interest for some time. Discussions and debates on forums like DevOps.com are improving our collective understanding of the right approach and now we are seeing concrete proof points of fast-movers applying DevOps practices to disrupt entire industries with rapid-fire, digital-innovation based on Cloud, Big Data and Mobile technologies. […]
Enterprise DevOps: organizational change a must
There has been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere, including here at DevOps.com, lately about the challenges of adopting DevOps in the Enterprise space. These challenges at the end boil down to the need for organization change. There are organizational structures that appear to hinder DevOps adoption in large enterprises, that are inherent to […]