DORA Again Adds to ‘State of DevOps Report’ Slate
I’m thrilled to announce that Dustin Smith has joined DORA as an author on this year’s “Accelerate State of DevOps Report.” I met Dustin last year, when he joined me in a brainstorming session to discuss research ideas and design considerations. (If you peek back at the 2018 report, you’ll see him in the acknowledgments!) […]
CAP Theorem No Match for Mainframes
One of the biggest problems in modern distributed computing is data management. These days data are spread out all over the place. As a result, getting the data you need, exactly when you need it, becomes a problem. Wider distribution creates more network latency. If you have a system in which some machines are in […]
Game On: Gamification for the Win
Staying competitive in today’s fast-moving digital economy is easier said than done. Operating in a digital environment requires a significant shift in company culture and an agile software environment that accelerates time to value. Creating a DevOps environment helps companies keep pace, but it requires a workforce that is empowered, excited and motivated. Gamification offers a […]
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 […]
Speaking the Language of Applications
I arrived early to a meeting, and the pleasant security guard at AT&T suggested I take a look at their innovation museum while I wait. Among motion picture sound technology and life-size photos of switchboard operators on roller-skates stood a transistor prototype. The transistor was invented in Bell labs in 1947, and it changed the […]
Automated Certificate Management No Longer a Luxury
On December 6, 2018, approximately 32 million customers of the UK telecom provider O2 woke up to a frustrating reality: The most widely used mobile network in the country was experiencing a day-long outage of its 4G mobile network. For some, not being able to check the weather forecast, traffic report or football scores was […]
Focus on High-Level Policy Requirements to Accelerate Network Processes for DevOps
Network operations traditionally has been the missing piece in DevOps processes. It’s not difficult to see why. Network management has lagged behind server and workload automation. Updating network policies and configurations typically requires a great deal of analysis, testing and time, undermining the goal of DevOps agility. But once we shift how network devices are […]
How IoT Security Risks Derailing Robotics
Driven by advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence and deep learning, the mobile robots market is projected to grow to $54.1 billion by 2023 from $18.7 billion last year, according to Markets and Markets. But for robotics to progress, security for the internet of things (IoT) needs to be addressed fast, before the reputation […]
Digital Transformations Fall Short, Survey Claims
What is the nature of digital transformation? Is it a permanent shift in the digitization of business processes, or a race to a known destination? Should organizational investments in data analytics, continuous software development, business processes, culture, machine learning and shifting enterprise technology from a perspective of ownership and control to consumption be judged from […]
How Low-Code and No-Code Solutions Compare to RAD
Low-code and no-code solutions help line-of-business workers to create applications more quickly and advance business needs. But how do low-code solutions compare to the rapid application development (RAD) tools of yesterday for non-developers? Let’s take a look at the drawbacks and advantages of the low-code solutions of today, who should use these solutions and which […]
Consider the Role of Programmers as Storytellers
Every time I speak with the programmers of our team in casual conversation, I ask what they’re working on. Every time, I get the same kind of answer, “I’m building a dashboard,” or “I’m optimizing a database,” or “I’m testing the user interaction.” In other words, I get the same answer as the proverbial masons, […]
3 Reasons Why Ephemeral Access is Best for DevOps
Recently, we worked with a customer, MOST Digital, whose developers were struggling with a common workflow challenge we hear from many companies. The company is in the software robotics automation space—it essentially makes little robots that automate all sorts of business processes for a company, such as HR report filing or routine emails. MOST Digital […]
How Serverless Is Impacting the IT Landscape
Although most users will never realize it, with every digital data entry and exchange servers are consuming substantial quantities of energy to file, store and sustain that data’s availability. While the average consumer or office worker doesn’t consider the economic or environmental impact they have, IT and C-Suite teams are awakening to the problem and […]
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 […]
Product IT Operating Model: The Next-Gen Model for a Digital World
Digitization presents many new opportunities for businesses to create value. At the same time, it forces IT to rethink the way it operates. Modern CIOs need an operating model that understands the blurring lines between IT and business and is designed for agility and speed. The product-centric IT operating model is rapidly emerging as the […]
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 […]
Blockchains Done Right Are the Next Evolution in Open Source
Open source code is more than just a way to create new technology. It’s a disruptive force that changed the way software is built, from taking individual developers and turning them into thriving communities to changing how enterprises do business–building open ecosystems versus restricted walled-gardens. The next evolution of this movement is blockchain technology. Decentralized […]
Debunking Myths Around RASP
Runtime application self-protection (RASP) has taken a fair bit of scrutiny over the last few years. Like many security technologies that pioneer new ways of tackling old problems, people inherently don’t like change. Several companies entered the space early and early adopters helped mature various RASP solutions on the market and the technology has advanced […]
Low-Code Has Taken Development by Storm. Why Not the Web?
For more than a decade, development tools increasingly have made their way into the hands of less-technical people. On the web in particular, we’ve eliminated the webmaster as the middleman with content management systems and moved progressively toward a model where non-technical users could assemble their own sites with little to no coding experience of […]
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics Are Reshaping Manufacturing
Regardless of industry or vertical, companies everywhere are encountering a new generation of customers with ever-evolving expectations. These new demands are forcing brands to redefine the way they do business. Today’s customers overwhelmingly favor the simplicity of subscription models, in which they pay a flat monthly fee for access to a product in the form […]
How Continuous Testing Advances Your Business Goals
The goals of any successful business fit into two broad categories: driving higher revenue and greater operational efficiency. Finding solutions to achieve both of these is an organization’s goldmine. Considering the ease of access to new, alternate products from developers across the globe, competition continues to grow. In the software industry, customer expectations magnify cut-throat […]
Networking: The DevOps Community Deserves Better
Developers of cloud-native applications are at the heart of a process of radical transformation shaking up the business world. Using DevOps and SRE methodologies, modern development teams are bringing a level of agility to the game that is all about freeing enterprises from the shackles of the old, pre-cloud days and letting them take advantage […]
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. […]