New Relic: Observability Tops 2022 DevOps Agenda
If 2021 was the year when IT organizations became aware of the need for observability, then the coming year should see observability aspirations realized. A report published by observability platform provider New Relic postulates that there are no less than 11 factors converging in a way that will make observability an absolute requirement for organizations. […]
Best of 2021 – Why DevOps Will Cease to Exist
As we close out 2021, we at DevOps.com wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the twelfth in our series of the Best of 2021. Nowadays I feel like there is no need to explain why DevOps as a methodology exists, as it is widely understood and accepted. But the […]
Best of 2021 – The ‘Great Resignation’ in DevOps? Bah, Humbug
As we close out 2021, we at DevOps.com wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the tenth in our series of the Best of 2021. Like me, you have probably heard a lot about the “Great Resignation” lately. I’ll admit—at first I did not think it had anything to with […]
Best of 2021 – From Agile to DevOps to DevSecOps: The Next Evolution
As we close out 2021, we at DevOps.com wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the ninth in our series of the Best of 2021. As the workforce shifts to remote locations, networks are becoming more diffuse as the edge gets farther away. At the same time, the number of […]
Best of 2021 – The Next Evolutions of DevOps
As we close out 2021, we at DevOps.com wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the seventh in our series of the Best of 2021. As society continues to recover from the global COVID-19 pandemic and some semblance of normal starts to return, technology continues to move forward. The pandemic […]
Only 30% of Orgs Fully Implement DevSecOps
With the pressure to release more rapidly, security is shifting left within the continuous development pipeline at most organizations. This imperative is increasing with the rise of cyberattacks. Yet both a lack of training and poor visibility are stalling many DevSecOps rollouts, a recent CSA study found. DevSecOps is still a relatively new practice and […]
Best of 2021 – Seven Reasons You Shouldn’t Hire a DevOps Engineer
As we close out 2021, we at DevOps.com wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the fifth in our series of the Best of 2021. DevOps is a culture, not a title. Therefore, companies should follow DevOps principles, rather than hiring one savant to fix an entire organization’s delivery model. […]
Rails 7 FTW | WFH is SOP | 586M Passwords Dumped
In this week’s The Long View: Ruby on Rails 7.0 is go, working from home is still de rigueur, and HIBP gets far, far bigger.
Bridging the AppSec and DevOps Disconnect
Research estimates that cybercrime is going to cost the world $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, so it is no surprise that cybersecurity has become a top priority for business leaders. Today, security teams are striving to harden their systems against cyberattacks and improve their resilience through more employee security training, incident response programs and the […]
Log4j: It’s All About the Supply Chain, Baby!
In 2021, the security story in DevOps and DevSecOps has been the supply chain. So, it’s only fitting that we are currently experiencing the mother of all supply chain issues with the Log4j Log4Shell RCE vulnerability to close out the year. I won’t waste your time rehashing what Log4j is, why it’s so dangerous and […]
When, How and Why to Build a Developer Relations Team
The developer role is changing. More and more often they are being rightfully viewed as key stakeholders who aid in setting company direction in this product-led world that we live in. For many technology vendors, earning the trust of developers is critical to their short-term and long-term success, but this presents a challenge. Developers have […]
Extending GitOps to the Enterprise
GitOps is a relatively new term, but it continues to gain momentum as more organizations embrace the paradigm. In DevOps, GitOps lands on the software engineering side of the development and operations continuum. Even though GitOps is more likely to be adopted by smaller organizations, larger enterprises can successfully implement GitOps with just a few […]
Stacklet Embeds Collaboration in Compliance-as-Code Platform
Stacklet has added collaboration capabilities to its security and compliance platform that automatically groups related notifications, routes them to the right stakeholders and integrates with existing workflows and collaboration tools. The Stacklet platform is based on Cloud Custodian, an open source project that provides access to a domain-specific language that enables an IT team to […]
Reflections: A DevOps Christmas Carol
“Marley was dead, to begin with.” So begins my DevOps Christmas Carol. In this reflection, I am visited by the ghosts of DevOps past, present and future. I hope that, after hearing my story, you will have a better understanding of where DevOps is going based upon where it came from and where it is […]
5 Ways Low-Code Accelerates Digital Transformation
Organizations traditionally have struggled with build-versus-buy decisions when digitizing their internal operations and processes. While the build option offered the benefit of using internal teams or outsourcing to external vendors who could satisfy requirements, the downsides are a long wait, higher costs and the constant change and maintenance applications require. On the other hand, buying […]
CI/CD Is Still All About Open Source
One of the lessons I’ve learned in my years at the helm of DevOps.com is that the heart of DevOps is CI/CD. And at the heart of CI/CD is open source. While the names have been changed to protect the innocent (and the obsolete), these lessons are as true today as they ever were. CI/CD […]
API Sprawl a Looming Threat to Digital Economy
New estimates say the total number of public and private APIs in use is approaching a whopping 200 million. APIs are becoming increasingly crucial to the global digital economy. They are the backbone of many digital platforms and drive the composable enterprise model. But this ubiquity presents sprawl issues. F5 recently released a study that […]
22 Engineering Leaders Weigh in on APIs
Every business today is a digital business … and if it’s not, it will be soon. A recent survey by Deloitte found that digitally mature companies are better able to navigate rapid change and, as a result, perform much better financially. Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents asserted that organizations that don’t digitize in the next […]
Is TypeScript the New JavaScript?
While JavaScript is frequently the language of choice for all sizes of frontend and backend applications, it’s not the only option; nor is it necessarily the most efficient or cost-effective. Increasingly, TypeScript is becoming the go-to language for app development—particularly for larger apps. The time- and cost-saving benefits are significant enough that some organizations are […]
Bridging the Developer Experience (DevX) Gap
They say our past experiences have an impact on how we view life and our general outlook. Routine behaviours and patterns become a program that we follow day in, day out. We stop using our minds to their fullest potential and become trapped in unquestioning, continual cycles of process and emotion. The same could be […]
Will Automation Fill Gaps Left by the ‘Great Resignation’?
Between burnout, job-hopping and the ongoing pandemic, labor shortages will surely get worse before they get better, and automation is increasingly sought after as a way to mitigate the ripple effects of understaffed IT departments. For DevOps, automation has several benefits, from freeing up employees to work on more constructive tasks to minimizing software bugs […]
Fugue Marries Compliance-as-Code Tool to AWS Well-Architected Framework
Fugue has infused the best practices defined by Amazon Web Services (AWS) within its software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering for provisioning infrastructure using its infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform. Fugue CEO Josh Stella said that IT teams can now evaluate templates for provisioning AWS infrastructure that were created using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform tools to ensure they comply with […]
FinConDX: Leveraging DevOps in FinTech
The FinTech industry has experienced remarkable growth during the last couple of years as consumers increasingly turn to online shopping and contactless payments. Financial services organizations are adopting DevOps practices to enable faster software releases, improve quality and fulfill customer expectations. On Dec. 9, financial services and tech leaders will come together at FinConDX Virtual […]