Better Together: Why Software-Development Toolmakers Should Embrace Integration
It’s getting harder for businesses that are building technology tools to get attention, traction and ultimately widespread adoption. You can’t just launch an amazing new developer tool and hope developers will find you; providers need to zero in on a specific use case that empowers developers while also ensuring those developers will still have access […]
Take the 2020 DevOps Institute Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Survey
Everyone is talking about upskilling but how do you know which skills are considered a must-have, nice to have and not as important these days? What are the hiring trends within the industry including the most sought after roles and plans? With the vast array of tools, technologies, process frameworks and human/soft skills, it is […]
Why ITOps Is Moving to the Cloud
There’s been a lot of movement in the IT operations management (ITOM) business lately, from the acquisition of SignalFx by Splunk to the PagerDuty IPO, and all signs point to a Datadog IPO in the future. What’s with all this consolidation? I believe we’re seeing the rise of a future-state of ITOM; that is to […]
The State of DevOps Report 2019 Is Out
The Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2019 is out like every other year. Now, let’s talk about the key findings of this year’s survey: The Industry Continues to Improve, Particularly Among the Elite Performers: Proportion of high performers have tripled, now comprising 20% of all teams. This shows the improvement is real for those who […]
Agile QA at Scale: Software Testing Strategies for Enterprise Teams
Change is hard; it’s a universal truth not many people would disagree with. When you’re forcing (or strongly encouraging) change in a group of people, it’s especially hard. Even if that group is small, there’s bound to be miscommunication, disagreement and other friction points that make the change hard to implement. Now, multiply those difficulties […]
Radical Transparency in DevOps and ITSM Helps Achieve Excellent Customer Experience
Here’s what I’ve noticed after spending several years in service management: DevOps is coming up more in the conversations I’m having with service desk leaders. Usually, these conversations start with one of the similar questions: DevOps is going to be the death of ITSM, correct? Alternatively, some consider DevOps as a challenge, and ITSM doesn’t […]
5 Tips to Eliminate Knowledge Gaps in Dev and QA
To create and release high-quality software, the software development lifecycle (SDLC) was established using different roles and processes designed to work seamlessly together. This approach is of critical importance because it spans the initial planning phase, all the way through production release and monitoring. Roles vary within projects but typically include designers, business analysts (BA), […]
Best Practices for Software Change Assessment
Business spending on enterprise software has been on a constant rise over the past decade with 64% of businesses spending more on IT operations in 2018. It is estimated that in 2019, the number will reach $462 billion worldwide. This not only includes the procurement or development of new software and digital innovations, but also […]
DOES London 2019: Better Value, Sooner, Safer, Happier (BVSSH)
One of the key themes for this year’s DevOps Enterprise Summit in London was BV-S,S,H. It stands for Better Value, Sooner, Safer, Happier. It gets to the heart of what DevOps is trying to do: Deliver better value, sooner, safer and it results in happier people and organizations. Gene Kim mentioned this several times on […]
Successful Transformation: Challenge the Status Quo
If enterprises are going to succeed in their digital transformations, they need to be able to shake-up and challenge the status quo within their organizations. In fact, not being able to challenge the status quo is one of the biggest barriers to successful digital transformations. Yet, challenging the status quo is always a risky move […]
Three Insights from the World’s Leading IT Organizations
IT is in a state of change on a consistent basis, but never more so than now. With the increasing importance of the digital customer experience across all industries, technology is at a new inflection point in how it can fundamentally impact executive priorities. And while nobody can speak for the direction of IT as […]
Why DevOps Implementation is Often Unsuccessful – and How to Fix It
Much like “blockchain” and “big data,” the term “DevOps” is another buzzword currently being thrown around the IT departments of large organizations. Many have identified the need for faster software development life cycles; a more precise process closely aligned with business objectives, allowing for clearer workflow and collaboration between the development and operations teams. DevOps […]
How to Transition to Become a DevOps Engineer
You’ve either heard the buzzword or you’ve seen the extensive list of rewarding aspects that come with being a DevOps engineer. Whatever the reason you’re here, this guide should help with taking the right steps toward becoming a DevOps engineer, whether this is your first job after graduating or an opportunity to reskill leveraging your […]
Leadership Drives Digital Transformation Success
When it comes to near-term survival, organizations know they are fighting for their digital existence. Still, despite 80% of organizations moving forward with their digital transformation efforts, very few have experienced the heights of success they hoped. In Digital Transformation: Coming from Behind, we reported consultancy McKinsey & Company found less than one-third of digital […]
DOES London 2019: Give Repos the Respect They Deserve
Think about it. could we have a DevOps or even agile without code repositories (repos)? Repos allow for version control, team collaboration, testing on check in and more. So much of what we do today around software development and DevOps is based on the repo. For a long time and even today, the repo was […]
Why Modernizing Security is Like Visiting a Fast-Food Restaurant
Fast casual restaurants are taking over the food industry. Today’s consumers want quality and speed, and the brick-and-mortar model offering immediate service paired with quality ingredients perfectly fits the bill. It’s the new, modernized dining experience. You can also argue that the same modernization taking the food industry by storm is happening in the security […]
Embracing the Product Development Cycle
Nowadays, a truly successful product calls for purposeful investment in the people that will ultimately use it in their specific environments. We all know technological development is hyperactive and unpredictable. Ultimately, we want to be able to create cutting-edge tech, deploy it wherever it’s needed and have it operated by skilled staff that understand all […]
A Culture-Driven Approach to DevOps Transformation
One of the most challenging aspects of a DevOps transformation isn’t automating and overhauling technology. The biggest challenge of DevOps is changing an organization’s culture and purpose. You can’t “buy a DevOps.” DevOps demands the involvement of people, process and tools working together. Unfortunately, I’ve seen too many companies get carried away with the latest […]
Principles Systems and Tools – What Shingo Can Teach Us About DevOps
In my last post, The Power of a Game: What I Learned from Facilitating the Phoenix Project Simulation, we explored how DevOps and Agile practices are built on underlying Lean principles that go back decades to a time before the Toyota Production System. When you look into the history of Lean, it is almost impossible […]
The SRE Pressure Cooker: Balancing Velocity Against Risk
Delivering fast, reliable digital services today is a lot like Olympian alpine skiing. These services must deftly maneuver a series of perilous passages en route to end users, all while maintaining the astounding speed we now take for granted. In an SRE’s world, those passages are today’s increasingly complex and interconnected internet infrastructure through which […]
Aim to Be a Top 12% Global Testing Team
We know that you’re thinking, “Really? Another fluff post about the top people in my profession and what I need to do to be just like them?” Listen, we hear you, but this is not some fluff piece with vague ideas of what might (or might not) work. In case you missed it, on May […]
DOES 2019: Understanding the Effects of Burnout
If you work in the IT field, cybersecurity, the startup world or any other high-pressure job, you or someone you know has probably suffered from burnout in one form or another. If so, you already know that burnout is a real condition with significant consequences. In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently recognized burnout […]
DevOps India Summit 2019 (DOIS19)
DevOps India Summit 2019 (DOIS19) is a platform provided by Xellentro in India to meet and learn from the top technology and business leaders from across the globe for two days of immersive learning. Experience the DevOps journey from these leaders who are helping to drive this transformation in organizations of various sizes at various […]