DevOps Chat: 2019 Accelerate Report with Dr. Nicole Forsgren
There are many interviews you do as part of the role as editor in chief of DevOps.com. Then there are some that make it all worthwhile. Anytime I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Nicole Forsgren, it makes all of the other things I do worthwhile. She has a clarity of vision borne from […]
DevOps Chat: CI/CD Scalability Lessons with CircleCI
The software development tool needs of a two to three person team can be much different than those of a large enterprise. CI/CD is a common approach nearly all software teams establish. But what needs of a larger software organization do you adopt early on and which simply add more complexity than benefit? Rob Zuber, […]
DevOps Chat: Phoenix OSS Framework with DockYard
Stateless application architecture is the current de facto approach, right? Not necessarily. Stateful applications communicating over TCP sockets can and are successfully built even in today’s age of cloud-native applications. Our guest on this episode of DevOps Chat is Chris McCord, creator of the Phoenix open source software, and architectural engineer at DockYard. Chris came […]
DevOps Chat: Holistic Kubernetes and Cloud-Native App Security, With StackRox
More than ever, application security is a top priority. Beyond secure coding practices, a holistic app security strategy addresses the full application and infrastructure stack. This includes containers, microservices, orchestration, infrastructure software and the cloud. Bolting on the next security tool may not be the answer. Kamal Shah, StackRox CEO, joins us on this DevOps […]
DevOps Chat: Value Stream Management With HCL UrbanCode
Value stream management (VSM) is a term we hear with higher frequency. DevOps, Agile, Lean and contemporary application development are very dynamic. These rapid, dynamic approaches can make the software development process opaque to the broader organization. It’s early in this part of the market, but it’s born out the need for quantifying the business […]
DevOps Chat: Red Hat Developer Experience in the IBM Era
Red Hat Linux is a staple of most enterprise IT organizations’ software diets. Developers and IT leaders all over the world took notice when IBM acquired Red Hat. Will IBM Red Hat change? Will Red Hat continue to operate as it does today or will it be subsumed and disappear into some IBM business unit? […]
DevOps Chat: Data Protection in the Cloud With Druva
As any CIO knows, a data management architecture is essential to caring for one of the organization’s most valuable assets: data. Data management sounds simple but it’s not. Backup and recovery, disaster recovery, data retention, governance and e-discovery are all parts of any effective data protection strategy. As businesses move and grow their presence in […]
DevOps Chat: Splunk Moves Into Microservices With Omnition Buy
Swiftly after announcing its acquisition of SignalFx, Splunk is vaulting into microservices tracing by announcing its intention to acquire Omnition. Tech companies are rapidly making acquisitions to strengthen their position in the DevOps and contemporary cloud-native software stack. Rick Fitz, SVP and GM of Splunk’s IT Markets Group, joins DevOps Chat to share with us […]
DevOps Chat: DevOps and the Programmable Network with Cisco DevNet
Network technology has undergone its own transformation in parallel with cloud infrastructure, how we create software and the adoption of DevOps. SDN, NFV, virtual network appliances and an ever-expanding suite of APIs make network and security technologies much more accessible to developers. Network engineers’ worlds are rapidly changing, too. From highly skilled to associate-level, all […]
DevOps Chat: Hybrid, Multi-Cloud Management for DevOps With CloudBolt
Agile, DevOps, multiple cloud providers, serverless, contemporary cloud native apps, shadow IT using a credit card–it can be daunting for any IT organization to be responsive to the internal customer needs. It’s even tougher to be proactive and get ahead of the curve. Enter Cloud Management Platforms (CMP). On this episode of DevOps Chat, we […]
DevOps Chat: Armory Discusses $28M Funding, Continuous Delivery
The tribe at Armory announced the company‘s $28m series B funding, led by Insight Partners. Armory enables continuous software delivery at enterprise scale, powered by Spinnaker. That is a crisp mission statement, but beyond that Armory is bringing the open source Spinnaker to the enterprise market. As such, they are also helping the entire Spinnaker […]
DevOps Chat: Enterprise Multi-Cloud Backbone With Aviatrix
Our podcast guest believes the world changed “on a Tuesday” six months ago when the enterprise move to the cloud became imperative, not just an aspirational goal. That eureka moment was enough to pull Steve Mullaney off the sidelines and back into the game as CEO of Aviatrix after successful executive gigs at Palo Alto […]
DevOps Chat: Mayhem Testing With ForAllSecure
Secure software depends on people finding vulnerabilities and deploying fixes before they are exploited in the wild. This has lead to a world of security researchers and bug bounties directed at finding new vulnerabilities. As dedicated as security researchers are, there is a vast ocean of software in existence, waiting for someone to find and […]
DevOps Chat: Chaos Testing With xMatters
Introducing chaotic, unpredictable test software into your methodical testing regime is a good idea, right? Yes, it’s a branch of testing called Chaos Engineering, or Chaos Testing. Netflix’s Chaos Monkey famously introduced many of us to the idea that resilient systems, networks and software become more resilient and less brittle if we use chaotic testing […]
DevOps Chat: Global Intelligence for AWS GuardDuty, With Sumo Logic
Wouldn’t it be helpful to know if other cloud users are seeing the same or similar attacks that you are? Security intelligence about cloud applications beyond just those you own and operate as an enterprise opens up a new dimension in attack visibility against even large sets of cloud apps. During AWS re:Inforce 2019, Sumo […]
DevOps Chat: ‘War, Peace & IT’ With Marc Schwartz
Marc Schwartz is one of those rare individuals who is not only a great IT exec, but he also can analyze what works and doesn’t work and write it up in a way that helps others. His “A Seat at the Table” is still one of my favorite DevOps books. Marc’s new book is called, […]
DevOps Chat: Enterprise DevOps Adoption, with Micro Focus’ Mark Levy
Adopting DevOps means changes from how you build software to organizational processes and cultural behaviors. Large enterprises have even greater challenges to overcome, including supporting a large number of applications and addressing technical debt while also taking on new development initiatives like digital transformation. What can we learn from experienced DevOps practitioners? In this DevOps […]
DevOps Chat: We Are Devo, With Walter Scott
If you have massive amounts of data, Devo wants to help. The Madrid-based company specializes in the handling and processing of massive amounts of data. In this DevOps Chat we spoke with Devo CEO Walter Scott about the use cases for Devo in a data-crazy world. Walter is a seasoned CEO in the tech sector. […]
DevOps Chat: OPA and the CNCF, With Torin Sandall
The Open Policy Agent (OPA) was accepted for incubation by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. In this DevOps Chat we spoke with one of the founders of the project, Torin Sandall, about OPA and why the CNCF is the right place for OPA. We also discuss the company he works for, Styra, which works with […]
DevOps Chat: ChefConf Update with Chef’s Nell Shamrell-Harrington
2019 is shaping up as a “coming home” year for Chef. After recently reaffirming its commitment to an open source strategy, the company is gearing up for the best ChefConf yet. ChefConf, scheduled for May 20-23, is coming home to Seattle and many of the Chef favorites including Adam Jacobs, John Willis and more will be […]
DevOps Chat: Digital Transformation with Exadel’s Jonathan Fries
In this DevOps Chat, Jonathan Fries, VP of Engineering and Digital Transformation at Exadel, tells us about the new Innovation Lab by Exadel—a place for organizations to accelerate their transformation. We also talk about the state of IT in general from his perch at Exadel, a company with 20 years of empowering IT. You can […]
DevOps Chat: Future of the ‘Accelerate: State of DevOps’ Report with Nicole Forsgren
“Accelerate – The State of DevOps Report” by Dr. Nicole Forsgren and the folks at DORA (now part of Google) is far and away the most widely cited research in the DevOps field. Dr. Nicole and her team have brought scientific rigor to the survey over these past six years and the results show it. […]
DevOps Chat: Performance Testing with SmartBear’s Keshav Vasudevan
In this DevOps Chat we speak with Keshav Vasudevan, product manager for performance testing at SmartBear. Keshav talks about the move to “end-to-end DevOps,” the importance of shifting left with testing and the latest state-of-the-art in performance and load testing with SmartBear. As usual, the streaming audio is immediately below, followed by the transcript of […]