DevOps Database Platforms Slash DX Bottlenecks
An enterprise with many databases and various data requirements for DevOps continuous delivery presents a problem. For example, test data provisioning is a challenge today, particularly in pre-release testing of database updates. Standard practices involve shared database environments that need to be maintained from one test to the next, slowing test cycles and generally not […]
Stop Hiding the Cloud From Your Developers
If you say a person or organization “goes to great lengths” to achieve something, it means they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things to accomplish their goal. One example I’ve seen is that of more traditional companies “going to great lengths” to “hide” the cloud from their pool of potential technical consumers doing […]
Programmability is Key to Agile Transformation
Enterprise agility has rapidly become one of the most crucial variables for a business’s long-term resiliency. With the COVID-19 pandemic, never-ending disruptions to the global supply chain and nearly every industry’s typical processes flipped upside down, there has never been a more important time to prioritize agility than now. While the rewards of agility are […]
Could Full-Stack Observability Help Lessen IT’s Burden?
The year 2020 was a landmark year for many reasons, other than the obvious. The IT world saw the first time that cloud service revenues dwarfed spending on data centers. Across the board, budgets have been increasing around cloud adoption. And in this ‘new normal,’ digital experiences are slated to remain just as crucial of […]
Puppet Survey Suggests DevOps Adoption is Stagnant
Puppet today published an annual State of DevOps report that suggests overall adoption of DevOps practices has stagnated. The survey of 2,650 IT, development and information security professionals finds 83% are implementing DevOps practices, to a degree. However, only 18% of respondents are working for organizations that have highly evolved, automated DevOps processes in place. […]
Cycloid Brings Open DevOps Framework to the US and UK
Cycloid, a Paris, France-based provider of an open framework for implementing DevOps best practices, today announced it is expanding its operations into the U.S. and United Kingdom. Benjamin Brial, founder of Cycloid, said the Cycloid framework provides a lightweight approach to striking a balance between enabling developers to employ the tools they prefer and the […]
3 Reasons Your Digital Transformation Stalled
The more a company modernizes, the more value it gets from the cloud, but not all digital transformation efforts are created—and executed—equally. According to Gartner, “87% of senior business leaders say digitalization is a company priority, yet only 40% of organizations have brought digital initiatives to scale … [and] without a shared vision across the […]
Don’t Look at This! IT’S A SECRET!
To continue the discussion about secrets after perusing this excellent report by GitGuardian—last time I went a little nuts about the number of secrets exposed in IT folks’ personal repositories. And it is a lot. I mean a lot of secrets. But you know what is scarier than, “A lot of secrets are leaked in […]
Why IT Should Focus on Quality Over Velocity
Quality assurance (QA) isn’t a new phrase for developers. Most know it as a staple part of the software process that is crucial for producing quality code. But throughout the pandemic, with extreme pressure for businesses to digitally transform quickly, it’s a discipline at risk of being dismissed by organizations and tech leaders as a […]
Engineering Applications for DevOps (Part 6)
This blog series explains how to engineer applications for DevOps. Topics covered in this blog series include: • Factors used to decide whether an application is a good candidate for DevOps. • Practices to engineer designs for DevOps. • DevOps applied to enterprise apps and software services. • DevOps applied to COTS systems. • DevOps […]
Visualize Logs to Get More Value from Data
Why do you keep logs? Regardless of the type of logs we’re talking about, you keep them because you expect them to provide some value for the organization. Maybe the logs will help you improve profitability; perhaps they will help you recover from downtime or perhaps they are expected to alert you to a security […]
Engineering Applications for DevOps (Part 5)
This blog series explains how to engineer applications for DevOps. Topics covered in this blog series: • Factors to decide whether an application is a good candidate for DevOps. • Practices to engineer designs for DevOps. • DevOps applied to enterprise apps and software services. • DevOps applied to COTS systems. • DevOps applied to […]
Engineering Applications for DevOps (Part 4)
This blog series explains how to engineer applications for DevOps. Topics covered in this blog series: • Factors to decide whether an application is a good candidate for DevOps. • Practices to engineer designs for DevOps. • DevOps applied to enterprise apps and software services. • DevOps applied to COTS systems. • DevOps applied to […]
Engineering Applications for DevOps (Part 3)
This blog series explains how to engineer applications for DevOps. Topics covered in this blog series: • Factors used to decide whether an application is a good candidate for DevOps. • Practices to engineer designs for DevOps. • DevOps applied to enterprise apps and software services. • DevOps applied to COTS systems. • DevOps applied […]
4 Ways to Manage Up for Automation
IT decision-makers understand how important a role process automation can play in a post-pandemic recovery. In a recent survey, 68% of these leaders said remote work caused key business processes in their organizations to break down. In the same survey, 97% described process automation as being vital to digital transformation and an important factor in […]
Engineering Applications for DevOps (Part 2)
This blog series explains how to engineer applications for DevOps. Topics covered in this blog series: • Factors to consider when deciding whether an application is a good candidate for DevOps. • Best practices for engineering designs for DevOps. • DevOps applied to enterprise apps and software services. • DevOps applied to COTS systems. • […]
Engineering Applications for DevOps (Part 1)
This blog series explains how to engineer applications for DevOps. Topics covered in this blog series: • Factors to consider when deciding whether an application is a good candidate for DevOps. • Best practices for engineering designs for DevOps • DevOps applied to enterprise apps and software services • DevOps applied to COTS systems. • […]
A Data-Driven Approach to DevOps: Tips for Improving Speed and Scale
Data has an undeniable power in a business context — it can sway stakeholders, help identify pain points, and demonstrate how changes are making an impact on the company. As the creator of Jenkins, Kohsuke Kawaguchi has noticed from his conversations with business leaders in the industry that implementing a data-driven mindset can be a […]
7 (More) Security Considerations for CI/CD
CI/CD orchestration has become increasingly popular in DevOps practices. It facilitates faster deployment of software and product delivery. Through the use of automation when building, testing and deploying applications, CI/CD bridges the gap between development, operation activities and teams. However, there are many security considerations to keep in mind with frequent deployment. From quality automation […]
A New DevOps Database Platform is Needed
The diverse number of database platforms, deployment environments and data variants needed to support the plethora of applications and services required for rapid DevOps continuous delivery lead times, coupled with the challenges of integrating database changes for application pipelines, is a growing challenge for many organizations as they strive to accelerate their DevOps transformations. When […]
BMC Extends DevOps Reach from the Mainframe
BMC today announced it has extended its DevOps platform for mainframe environments to provide integrations with GitHub Actions, a framework for managing workflows, and HCL Launch, a continuous delivery platform from HCL Software. BMC gained the DevOps platform with the acquisition of Compuware in June 2020. John McKenny, senior vice president and general manager for […]
Big Gains Are Made In The ‘Last Mile’ of DevOps
A new study by mabl found a correlation between complete, fully automated test coverage and a significant increase in customer happiness and DevOps maturity. In contrast, those with moderate DevOps maturity and nearly automated testing coverage tend to experience a sharp decline in end-user satisfaction. Mabl recently released its 2021 State of Testing in DevOps […]
Bringing Continuous Testing Into the Software Delivery Pipeline
For any highly competitive industry that relies on a smooth and stable user experience, it is vital that their development teams accelerate release cycles, lower operating costs and ultimately reduce risks. Continuous testing is one way companies can achieve these objectives. As a subset of software testing, continuous testing (CT) is valuable because it uncovers […]