Is DevOps in the Enterprise Real?
Is DevOps in the enterprise real? The short answer is yes, but you may assume it’s only relevant to the world’s leading cloud companies because they’re the ones that make the headlines. DevOps offers the promise of agility, quality and ultimately better-performing software. While DevOps processes can increase agility, and agile approaches are a great […]
Why Did DevOps Become So Popular? 3 Theories
DevOps has now been a thing for a solid decade. As we look back at the history of DevOps, it’s worth asking: Where did DevOps come from, and why did it take off when it did? In honor of the 10-year anniversary of DevOps, I’d like to explore these questions. A Brief History of DevOps […]
DevOps at the Speed of Business: 5 Tips for Success
It’s an exciting time to be an engineer. With companies today moving faster than ever, engineering teams are developing and deploying new code daily, continuously improving and advancing the business. But while the pace of modern development creates new opportunities for engineering teams, it introduces new challenges as well—in particular, making sure new code releases […]
Transforming the Security Team Into a DevOps Partner
Securing DevOps environments is an increasingly important concern for chief information security officers (CISOs) and security teams. While developers often recognize security is important, it is not their top priority. More typically, the DevOps team prioritizes delivering new capabilities and features to the business and customers, often as part of a larger digital transformation initiative. […]
3 Reasons Why DevOps Is More Popular Than Ever
How popular is DevOps? More popular than ever, if Google Trends is to be believed. Here’s a look at how the popularity of DevOps has increased over time, and what has driven the change. The Spiking Popularity of DevOps Here’s what Google Trends tells us about interest over time of the term “DevOps” over the […]
Digital Transformation Drives C-Suite Discord
In the sport of rowing, each crew member has to row in synchrony or the boat risks undesired turns and even potential tipping. It takes practice, communication and discipline for each crew member to raise their oar to the appropriate height and apply the appropriate power. Obviously, those crews who work best together are more […]
What Quality Metrics Matter Most for DevOps?
The way we develop and deliver software has changed dramatically in the past five years—but the metrics we use to measure quality remain largely the same. Despite seismic shifts in business expectations, development methodologies, system architectures and team structures, most organizations still rely on quality metrics that were designed for a much different era. Every […]
DevOps Is Killing the ITOps Engineer (and That’s Bad)
In theory, DevOps is about bridging the gap between developers and ITOps teams. In practice, however, DevOps often can feel as though its real goal is to turn ITOps engineers into developers, without really requiring developers to dive head-first into ITOps work. In this article, we’ll explain why DevOps gives more glory to development work […]
JFrog swampUP: DevOps Culture Is a Powerful Force
The notion that culture is such an important part of DevOps and high-performing IT teams gets plenty of lip service, but not every organization really buys into it. In my years covering the DevOps space, I can count only a handful of companies that truly represent the epitome of “DevOps culture.” One of these companies […]
Top DevOps Challenges at DOES19
I recently attended the prestigious DevOps Enterprise Summit in London. During the three-day event, I asked people what their major DevOps transformation challenge is. I wanted to examine these at global events, asking the same question. I was GamingWorks’ booth boy at the event, which gave me a chance to ask a lot of delegates […]
How DevOps Training and Certification Benefits the Team
Cisco Systems recently announced sweeping changes to its training and certification programs to increase the real-world value of both. Cisco’s move demonstrates a trend by organizations that provide training and certification to place more value on the practical aspects of educating technology professionals—which, in turn, should have a major impact on those looking to build […]
How to Rethink Sprint Retrospectives to Shape a Better Culture
If you have been in a scrum team (or even an agile software development team), you most certainly have had or heard about sprint retrospectives or gone through them. They often happen after the team showcases the work done during the sprint reviews or demos. The original intent behind retrospectives is to help the team […]
6 Traits That Define DevSecOps
How do we define DevSecOps? A combination of DevOps and security is readily apparent, but the philosophy goes much deeper. In a recent eBook, The State of DevSecOps, we asked industry experts to define what DevSecOps meant to them. Below, we’ve condensed their answers into five core attributes. Following these principles, CIOs or CTOs now […]
Collaboration Inside and Out for Innovation
Across all industries today, organizations increasingly are migrating their infrastructures to the cloud in a bid to boost agility, lower the cost of IT ownership and reduce the risk of outages. Firms are under more pressure than ever before to innovate new products to keep up with newer, more agile firms. But before they can […]
The Bumpy Rise of the Tech-Savvy CFO in Healthcare Organizations
The good news? The working relationship between technology leadership and financial officers in health systems organizations is improving. The bad news? Chasms between finance and IT remain, and they are common throughout health systems providers. Market Research firm Black Book Research recently found, in its “2019 Black Book CFO & Financial Leadership Survey,” that chief […]
Leading Business Transformation From the Top
From their inception, new agile digital disruptors have realized the importance of centering their business objectives around value and technology, making it vital for traditional incumbents to follow suit. If waterfall organizations ignore this challenge, their ability to innovate and react quickly to market changes and new customer demands is threatened. To change and succeed, […]
A Golden Age for Developers
There’s probably never been a time since the dawn of programming when there has been more opportunity for developers—individuals and teams—to imagine, create and be successful. Developers are able to do a lot more (and do things a lot faster) with more tools, a better development ecosystem and a tighter connection with the rest of […]
How Systemic Approaches to ITOps Impact the Business Culture
We are at an inflection point in the rise of big data. Enterprise IT infrastructure is producing data at a scale like the world has never seen before. IT operations (ITOps) management has accelerated past the notion of data storage and processing (vis a vis the Hadoop model) and into the world of analytics-as-a-service. We […]
How to Solve Any Problem in 3 Steps Using the Zombie Retrospective
Facing challenges is an inevitable part of life, but how we deal with them can make a big difference. When problems show up, it’s important to focus on the things that unite us—it’s better to have a common enemy than fight internally. Experience in complex software development has taught me that it’s crucial to stop, […]
IT Skills Challenge: Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Hiring Room
There is a glaring skills challenge facing the UK tech industry. It is the perennial concern of business leaders, with the most recent research from the Cloud Industry Forum stating that 52% of UK tech companies lack IT skills in at least one area of their business. The findings, based on interviews with senior IT […]
Developers Have More in Common With Marketers Than They Think
Marketing professionals and developers together are critical in advancing customer experience More than a decade ago, in the early age of digital transformation, industry analysts and insiders began discussing the need for an increased focus on the collaboration between CTOs, CIOs and CMOs to achieve business goals. It was determined that CMOs would spend more […]
The Human Value in Automation-Driven DevOps Testing
Enterprises are embracing DevOps underpinned by automation to ensure the quality of software across all digital touchpoints. In fact, automation has become the crux of continuous integration and delivery, the vital DevOps testing goals. Without automation, DevOps would become a distant dream, and businesses would struggle to keep pace with seamless delivery and integration. However, […]
DevOps Tools Democratize the View From Both Sides
How modern product decisions platforms marry the key metrics of features changes to organizational KPIs In 1967, Joni Mitchell released one of her most iconic songs, “Both Sides Now.” The song was inspired by the book, “Henderson the Rain King,” in which author Saul Bellow writes about flying to Africa and looking out the plane […]