EP 23: Bringing Chaos to DevOps
“Bringing Chaos to DevOps” – Chaos engineering has become a critical part of DevOps to help build better and more effective applications. It is the process of intentionally injecting harm into a computing system to test how the system responds to unexpected disruptions in order to improve its resilience. Bringing chaos to DevOps helps teams […]
EP 22: DevOps Got Me Through It
“DevOps Got Me Through It” – Organizations all around the world went through an overnight digital transformation due to a worldwide pandemic and the shift to remote work. The businesses that embraced DevOps methodologies were able to pivot much faster with their digital strategy, allowing them to drive innovation, speed and adaptability, while providing greater […]
EP 21: Leading a DevOps Transformation – Lessons Learned
Alan: Hey everyone. Welcome to another edition of Devops Unbound. Devops Unbound is a biweekly video series featuring relevant topics in devops. We go wherever we think develops is going and what we need to shine a light on. Devops Unbound is sponsored by our good friends at Tricentis and we thank them for their […]
EP 20: DevOps for Low-Code – Friend or Foe?
Low-code development has become increasingly popular since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Low-code technologies allow organizations to build and customize fully responsive, easy-to-deploy applications with little to no coding. It accelerates digital transformation and empowers citizens developers. In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Derya Sousa (Kianda), Andrew Manby (HCL) and Brian ven den Blink (Valori) to discuss the benefits of low code and how it is transforming software development. The video is below and a transcript of the conversation follows.
EP 19: How AI/ML are Used in DevOps Today
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) help improve the performance of DevOps teams by automating repetitive tasks and eliminating inefficiencies across the SDLC. By using AI, teams can test, code and check software faster and more efficiently. In this episode of DevOps Unbound, Brian Dawson, Judith Hurwitz, Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley discuss how AI and ML are transforming DevOps and what new use cases await AI and ML in 2021 and beyond.
EP 18: Does Standardization Disrupt Innovation?
Although everyone has their own definition of DevOps, it all comes down to creating better software faster, empowering development and operations teams and delivering value to customers. However, there really isn’t a standard approach to DevOps.
EP 17: Lies, Damn Lies and Metrics
In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Helen Beal of the DevOps Institute, Viktoria Praschl of Tricentis, Frank Ohlhorst, principal analyst with Accelerated Strategies Group and Alex Hidalgo of Nobl9 to discuss how to use DevOps metrics effectively to improve delivery performance and help teams become high-performing with a culture of continuous improvement. The video is below and a transcript of the conversation follows.
EP 16: How DevOps has Changed Testing Forever
DevOps has changed the game in almost every aspect of testing: who, what, when, where and even why. What’s working, what needs to change immediately, and what challenges—and opportunities—lie ahead?
EP 15: Why Testing is so Frustrating
In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Adam Kalsey of Tricentis, Brian Dawson of the Linux Foundation and Caroline Wong of Cobalt to discuss why testing is considered the most frustrating bottleneck for developers and engineers. Panelists will explain the benefits of testing early on in the SDLC and how to accelerate the feedback cycle with automated and continuous testing, as well the pros and cons of testing, the value of shift-left testing and how to effectively balance quality and speed. The video is below, followed by a transcript.
EP 14: What Have We Learned?
The past year-plus has brought disruption and opportunity to businesses and software teams all over the world. Change is inevitable, but 2020 was a year of massive change: businesses pivoted, supply chains were disrupted, customer expectations shifted to contactless services, digital transformation projects accelerated, new digital experiences were created, the move to the cloud jumped into high gear and our ability to create and deliver software was elevated to an essential capability for business.
EP 13: Observability and Performance Testing
In this episode of DevOps Unbound, Alan Shimel is joined by Christine Yen of Honeycomb, Paul Bruce of Tricentis and Mitch Ashley from ASG/MediaOps to discuss how to effectively test the performance of your applications and how bringing observability into testing environments helps DevOps teams identify and resolve issues early in the SDLC. The video is below, followed by a transcript of the conversation.
EP 12: DevOps Unicorns
What should you look for when choosing a DevOps vendor? What criteria are others in your industry using to inform their decisions? How do you choose a vendor that is a good fit for your organization? And how do you know if you made the right choice? In this episode of DevOps Unbound, host Alan Shimel welcomes Larry Maccherone of Comcast, John Willis of Red Hat, Ravyn Manuel of the Smithsonian, Garima Bajpai of Capital Carbon Consulting and Mitch Ashley of Accelerated Strategies Group for a panel on DevOps unicorns. The video is below, followed by a transcript of the conversation.
EP 11: Unburdening Developers
Every app development need seems to ultimately fall to developers to fulfill. Build in security. Shift testing left. Provide users cooler, more customized experiences at cloud speed and scale. And do it all faster, of course. How do we accommodate the rising expectations without burning out developers? What can other team members do to lighten the load and allow developers to focus on the creative work they require to thrive? In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitchell Ashley are joined by panelists Adam Kalsey of Tricentis, Tracy Ragan of DeployHub and Justin Hutchings of GitHub to talk about unburdening developers.
EP 10: Observability & Continuous Improvement
Observability at enterprise scale brings with it additional application life cycle management requirements. Success requires knowing which changes result in improvements and which don’t produce positive results and how that information must make it back to the DevOps team through feedback loops. In this episode of DevOps Unbound, Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley talk with Kurt Chase, senior director, global release management at Tricentis, Charity Majors, co-founder at Honeycomb and Ravyn Manuel, senior application manager at the Smithsonian as they discuss observability and continuous improvement.
The Future of Cloud Testing
Roundtable 10: Cloud-native application development has helped organizations stay ahead by delivering faster time to market. The growth in cloud computing has also presented new testing challenges – traditional testing isn’t enough to address security holistically for cloud-native apps. Alan Shimel
Digital Transformation – Escaping the Event Horizon
Roundtable 9: Those who survive, and even thrive, during disruption successfully escape the event horizon, creating innovative new business, product and operational models. They also leverage and harness technology in new and innovative ways through digital transformation. Not escaping the event horizon leaves companies who languish in survival mode, or worse. AWS Builder Community Hub
The Human Side of DevOps – Upskilling for the Digital Transformation
Roundtable 8: DevOps is all about people, process and tools. People, or humans, are critical to DevOps success. Just as we invest in tools and build processes, software leaders recognize it is vital to invest in DevOps skills for their people and software teams. AWS Builder Community Hub
EP 9: The Road to GitOps
GitOps takes DevOps best practices for development and applies them to infrastructure automation. In short, GitOps delivers a hermetic, immutable deployment. So, is GitOps replacing DevOps?
EP 8: Testing Is Not a Monolith
With DevOps comes implementation of CI/CD, automation and testing. Is this sufficient to achieve “shift left testing”? Or does testing need to shift further left? Do we need new or additional tests for acceptance (ATDD) or behavioral testing (BDD)?
EP 7: Accessibility and Usability
In episode 7, we discuss strategies for incorporating accessibility and usability into DevOps and software creation processes.
Is GitOps Replacing DevOps?
Roundtable 7: Much of what we think of as DevOps is happening now within GitOps. Is GitOps the next stepping stone from DevOps? Will organizations go directly to GitOps? What does this mean for organizations working to implement CI/CD? AWS Builder Community Hub
Avoiding SolarWinds-Like Threats: The Impact Across DevOps Teams
Roundtable 6: The SolarWinds and FireEye compromise demonstrated the devastating effectiveness of a supply chain cybersecurity attack. How should CISOs, cybersecurity organizations and application delivery professionals prepare? Will suppliers be required to disclose or validate supply chain security measures? AWS Builder Community Hub
Day 2 DevOps
Roundtable 5: Most enterprises are either contemplating or have already begun their DevOps adoption/digital transformation, but once started, the next logical question is “What’s next?” Welcome to Day 2 DevOps, now…what’s next? AWS Builder Community Hub