5 Mistakes to Avoid When Chasing DevOps Transformation
In less than a decade, DevOps has become a buzzword of the IT industry, and enterprises are already reaping its benefits. But the implementation part still remains a question for many firms, considering the key mistakes that many organizations report in their very approach to DevOps. Most firms are also unsure about what outcomes they […]
What Can Automation Learn From DevOps?
A recent Capgemini survey revealed that while enterprise-scale automation is still in its infancy, IT automation projects are moving along. IT is starting to view automation less tactically and more strategically. The Capgemini survey also showed that IT automation can be responsible for several quick wins, including self-healing, event correlation, diagnostics, application releases, cybersecurity monitoring […]
Python’s Popularity Continues: Examining the Top Use Cases
Python continues to be one of the most popular coding languages in use. In fact, the TIOBE index of programming language popularity named it the 2018 Language of the Year. Its usage and adoption continue to grow and proliferate into additional use cases. Python’s popularity and growth are in part because it’s flexible and easy […]
HybridOps: Driving Better Collaboration and Productivity in IT
Over the past 10 years, enterprise technology has experienced an enormous amount of upheaval. Developers started self-servicing, leading to “shadow IT.” The DevOps movement and alignment with Agile methods started gaining popularity, and thought leaders started making statements about how DevOps is the future and ITIL/ITSM and other traditional practices are the past. With all […]
Building Amazing Apps, Part 3: Optimizing the Network
This is part three of a series of three articles on building and delivering amazing apps at the edge. Read part one here, and part two here. Introduction There are millions of apps available today, and it’s incredibly easy for any user to download and install any of them with just a few taps on […]
Focusing on the True DevOps North Star: Continuous Improvement
When we look beyond the fundamentals of tearing down silos and establishing greater collaboration, communication and transparency, DevOps is a label assigned to a framework of best practices and technologies that organizations leverage to deliver systems faster, more efficiently and without sacrificing quality. The best practice within that framework is continuous improvement, which provides stakeholders […]
Monitoring the DevOps Toolchain
DevOps has grown in popularity among many companies seeking greater agility and higher-quality code. When using different tools for automation, these organizations need monitoring and tracking of these tools and metrics from different portals on a common dashboard. Toolchain monitoring helps to bring all reports into a common portal. Enabling monitoring tools from a centralized […]
Tax Day IT Lessons, or How to Avoid Wiping Out on Your Biggest Day of the Year
This time last year, as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) geared up for its biggest day of the year, a firmware bug deep in its storage network was waiting to take down the system. When Tax Day arrived, the onslaught of last-minute filers triggered a systemwide outage that lasted 11 hours and forced the IRS […]
Developing Simple and Stable Machine Learning Models
A current challenge and debate in artificial intelligence is building simple and stable machine learning models capable of identifying patterns and even objects. Is it possible to know which models will work best or to simply see the data? It is possible, and the question is figuring out how to get there. Simple models are […]
5 DevOps Trends Worth Knowing in 2019
DevOps today is more than the buzzword it was 10 years ago. Back then, the idea of combining development with production in your IT infrastructure was not common; the logistics were nonexistent and most of the time businesses decided it was far too much effort. However, if the last nine years has taught us anything, […]
6 Considerations for Secure Cloud Migration
Planning a secure cloud migration? Here are some tips to help make the process smooth. Three out of every four organizations on the planet have some sort of cloud presence. According to a 2018 IDG survey, 77% of enterprises now have at least one application or some portion of their enterprise computing infrastructure in the […]
Using Jira Software Search to Accelerate DevOps Workflows
Imagine driving down the highway and seeming to get a traffic jam at a distance. You realize your car is equipped with GPS to have clear visibility into what’s next and can show exact directions for alternative routes and estimated travel time. It is very easy to pick the fastest and most favorable route to […]
xMatters Looks to Meld DevOps and ITIL
With the launch today of a flow design tool from xMatters, the divide between DevOps and ITIL-based approaches to managing IT is narrowing. xMatters Flow Designer is a drag-and-drop graphical tool that either developers or IT operation teams can employ to create incident management workflows on top of xMatters incident management software. Doug Peete, chief […]
TypeFox Ties Cloud-Based IDE to GitHub
TypeFox has launched a GitPod.io service that melds the integrated development environment (IDE) based in the cloud from TypeFox with the open source GitHub repository. Sven Efftinge, co-founder of TypeFox, said this level of integration will make it easier for developers to navigate multiple projects from which they pull code from GitHub into an Eclipse-based […]
How to Modernize Mainframe Applications
It’s easy to understand the current disillusionment around the term “digital transformation,” as it has been thrown around vaguely as the ultimate answer to business innovation without much recognition of the nuances of technological change. When it comes to mainframe systems, the issue here most likely can be traced back to the word “transformation.” The […]
Autonomous Testing’s Role in Agile DevOps
DevOps testing, as an Agile methodology, is key to delivering testing and integration on a continuous basis, including continuous feedback, to enable better collaboration and quality. For too long, testing has progressed by small incremental steps, creating a quality assurance (QA) winter. We think it’s time for a revolution, so we have written and published […]
Gremlin Brings Chaos Monkey Testing to Spinnaker CD Platform
Gremlin this week announced it will integrate its hosted chaos engineering service with continuous delivery platforms starting with the open source Spinnaker project developed by Netflix. Chaos engineering traces its roots to a resiliency testing philosophy that posits applications should be able to keep functioning regardless of any service or infrastructure failure. Most IT organizations, […]
Cloud Visibility Remains a Top Challenge for Many Organizations
A number of enterprises have a love/hate relationship with cloud computing. Because of its low upfront costs, the expense for cloud is lower, especially in the early years. But historically there has been another cost: the challenge of obtaining good visibility into applications, users and network traffic. I thought advancements in cloud management and security […]
Using Jenkins Configuration as Code
Using the following code, we can configure Jenkins Master to integrate Sonar, Nexus and Jira and manage them as a code. Code as configuration is a plugin in Jenkins, which is very popular and simple to use. First, we need to install plugins from Jenkins Market place. Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Advance After […]
Using Product Experimentation for Continuous Improvement
Organizations are embracing product experimentation as a tool for continuous improvement Companies that embrace product experimentation are able to capture highly accurate data about markets and product ideas and gain intelligence about market trends. As a result, these companies are able to continuously deliver innovation and measure business outcomes. Industry leaders such as Netflix, Instagram […]
Apply Balance and Critical Thinking for Greater Agile Success
In an ideal world, implementing DevOps practices and Agile methodologies would be the key building blocks organizations need to realize rapid, high-quality releases. The ability to iterate on a product with a high volume, velocity and level of quality is the ultimate goal of the modern enterprise; every CEO wants a faster time to market. But […]
Integrating Maven and Nexus for Continuous Delivery with Jenkins
This article demonstrates how to integrate Maven with Nexus repositories and deploy snapshot and release artifacts automatically during the build process. It also helps to understand version uptick using Maven. In this article we’ll cover: Creation of a hosted repository for snapshots and releases. Creation of a proxy repository pointing to Maven Central. Creation of […]
What Building a March Madness Bracket Teaches About DevOps
Applying the lessons learned from the NCAA tournament to DevOps in your organization. ‘Tis the season for filling out brackets, secretly checking your favorite team’s livestream at work and watching your ranking rise and fall in the office pool. Unless you’re this guy, your bracket is already busted. However, there’s always hope for next year, […]