What Does AIOps Mean for SREs?
It seems SREs are of two minds when it comes to AIOps. On one hand, AIOps’ potential is pretty exciting. By automating complex workflows and troubleshooting processes, AIOps could make your life as an SRE much easier. But on the other hand, some SREs may choose to view AIOps with disdain and distrust. They might […]
Survey Finds Widespread Adoption of DevOps in Mainframe Sites
A survey of IT leaders by the market research firm Global Surveyz found a full 100% of respondents are modernizing their mainframe applications, but the reasons behind and approaches to achieving that goal vary widely. The research was conducted on behalf of Model9, a provider of tools for migrating mainframe data, and polled 100 companies […]
Tackling CostOps When You’re a Developer
The implementation and successful execution of IT initiatives often comes down to developers. From those working with commercial vendors to those working with open source projects, cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, managed service providers (MSPs) and internal teams, they all play an important role in the successful running of IT and operations teams. One challenge developer and […]
What is DevSecOps?
While traditional development practices have long separated security and compliance, DevSecOps as a series of best practices integrates security into every phase of the DevOps software development life cycle. DevSecOps introduces and automates security in the earlier phases of the software development life cycle rather than bolting it on at the end. The approach saves […]
What is MLOps? DataOps? And Why do They Matter?
Let’s look at three distinct disciplines—DevOps, MLOps and DataOps. In 2011, Marc Andreessen famously proclaimed that software was “eating the world.” A little more than a decade later, it’s all but impossible to argue with his premonition as software has embedded itself into virtually every industry. But now another shift is underway and AI is gobbling […]
CircleCI Acquires Ponicode to Gain AI Testing Tool
CircleCI today revealed it has acquired Ponicode to gain control over a unit testing platform infused with artificial intelligence (AI) that makes it simpler to review application code prior to uploading it into a build. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jean-Philippe (JP) Leblanc, senior vice president of engineering at CircleCI, said the […]
DevOps and Containers
“Works on my machine!” We’ve all had that co-worker. I have had one at pretty much every company I’ve worked for. At several jobs, it devolved into a running joke. There is a belief that containers alleviate this issue. And they may—or they may simply mask the issue. The choice is up to IT. Inevitably, […]
7 Steps to Unleashing Your Citizen Developers
As digital transformation accelerates, organizations are searching for ways to enable all their employees—not just IT, development or DevOps teams—to design, build, iterate and launch new processes and applications as per their requirements. This democratizing approach is called citizen development—where business users are empowered to create their own processes and apps with only minimal supervision […]
Guide to Privacy Management for Developers
Privacy has taken on an unprecedented level of importance in 2022, primarily online privacy. There are multiple reasons behind this increase. The primary one is that users online are now more educated, informed and concerned than ever before about the collection of their personal data and, perhaps more importantly, how the website collecting this data […]
Secure Software Summit Series: Focus on Preventative Readiness
The connected world economy and the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to accelerate digital transformation. Sophisticated cybercriminals have seized this forced acceleration to lay the groundwork for cyberwarfare. In reaction to recent attacks ranging from the SolarWinds breach to the recent Log4Shell exploits, many companies have quickly isolated and patched their systems. However, these reactive fixes […]
Pulumi Adds Business Critical Edition to Infrastructure Management Platform
Pulumi today added a Business Critical edition of its Cloud Engineering Platform that provides large enterprises with additional security and compliance features, premium 24×7 support, training, professional services and a self-hosting option. In addition, the company announced that Pulumi Enterprise and Business Critical editions are now available via the online marketplace run by Amazon Web […]
4 Reasons Software Developers Need a Bill of Materials
The recent Log4j/Log4Shell vulnerability was a wake-up call that threats aren’t going to wait until the industry gets up to speed on software supply chain security. While the Log4j open source component vulnerability caught us all off guard, it did highlight the need for software vendors to be more proactive in disclosing the composition of […]
Tabnine, GitLab Build Custom Apps Faster With AI
Tabnine today revealed it has integrated its code completion tool with the GitLab continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform. Tabnine’s platform employs artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate application development. Brandon Jung, vice president of ecosystems and business development at Tabnine, said the goal is to make it easier for developers to automatically write code based on […]
Linux Foundation Lists Top Open Source Libraries
The Linux Foundation today published a report that provides access to eight lists of the top 500 open source libraries being used by organizations as part of an ongoing effort to help better secure software supply chains. The Census II of Free and Open Source Software—Application Libraries report is based on usage data from providers […]
Ukraine Asks for DNS Censorship | Ukraine Snapchat Staff Danger | #BoycottKaspersky?
In this week’s The Long View: Censoring the Russian internet, Snap fears for hundreds of Ukrainian employees, and Eugene Kaspersky acts like a ****.
Where Has All the Testing Gone?
Testing has long been a problem child of IT in general, AppDev in particular, and now it is DevOps’ problem. There are things that DevOps can do to improve the chances of tests actually occurring for your application(s). Interestingly, there are some that think we no longer need testing; the argument is that because new […]
Shifting Engineering Priorities for 2022
Nearly every aspect of the software development process is accelerating, from the increasing speed of programming languages to the expectation of faster delivery. This has resulted in the misconception that speed and efficiency should be a DevOps team’s or engineer’s top priority. Though agile transformations have been a central strategy for most organizations in recent […]
Boosting DevOps Productivity Requires Visibility, Automation
Engineering teams continue to struggle with roadblocks and bottlenecks during the development process, according to Software’s recent 2021 Code Time Report. The study, which is based on feedback from more than 250,000 developers using the Code Time plugin, found the median code time per developer is 52 minutes per day, or four hours and 21 minutes of […]
How to Build an Effective API Security Strategy
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) enable organizations to grow their businesses and drive innovation. APIs allow applications to easily transfer data to external third-party developers, business partners and internal departments. Since APIs have access to valuable and sensitive data, they have increasingly become a target for cyberattacks. At the API Security Summit, taking place on March […]
What to Expect When Transitioning to DevSecOps
How do you ensure your DevOps pipeline is secure? Does DevSecOps protect you against serious breaches or is it just a way to allay the concerns of stakeholders about security in DevOps? A data breach can cost an average of $3.92 million USD, as per IBM’s study Cost of a Data Breach. In this report, […]
How SREs Benefit From Feature Flags
When you think of who uses feature flags, your mind most likely goes to software developers. In general, feature flags are closely associated with software engineering. But site reliability engineers (SREs), too, can benefit. SREs may not be the ones to create feature flags, but they should work closely with developers to ensure that the […]
Akamai: Buying Linode | Firefox: Not OK | Gone: Google Vaccine Mandate
In this week’s The Long View: Linode bought by Akamai, Firefox market share “measly,” and Google brings staff back to the office.
Top Nine Skills for SREs to Master
It’s easy to talk at a high level about what site reliability engineers do: They ensure that IT systems achieve availability and performance requirements. But which skills, exactly, do SREs need to do to perform their jobs? That’s a more complicated question. To answer, let’s look at the top nine site reliability engineer skills that […]