Like many IT innovations, edge computing began with engineers as a natural extension of technology to address a growing need. The concept isn’t new; distributed computing has been around for decades. But, ...

In traditional DevOps, there are the complimentary forms of development operations (that I call DEVops), and development operations (that I like to call devOPS). Between them they automate the toolchain and bring ...

Thanks to the efforts of DevOps teams, rapid application and feature development are increasing the pace of innovation and having an increasing impact on business revenue. Top-performing DevOps teams are key contributors ...

As I hinted in this post, the state of no-ops is not anywhere near no-ops for most use cases. The closest we have today would be software as a service (SaaS), which ...

It seems that every once in a while, we in high tech get wrapped up in the next thing that will eliminate work and/or jobs. Sometimes, as is the case with DevOps, ...

There is quite a bit of conversation about tools versus culture, and sometimes, those constantly involved in the back-and-forth forget that not everyone is so steeped in the finer points of the ...

Almost since the beginning, there has been a tug-of-war between whether better toolchains or increased communications were “real” DevOps. The answer to that question is, Yes. Better tools undeniably speed the delivery ...

In the quest for DevOps, there are two paths organizations can take. One is to start with automation and attempt to get as much as possible out of automation tools. The other ...

Historically speaking, IT has been composed of silos. This has worked out rather well over the last half century or so, as one team developed systems, another kept them running, another handled ...

You have a classic car. You’re in the middle of restoring it, and it looks mighty sweet. Paint is polished, wheels are stock, hubcaps (or spokes) are shiny, engine is completely restored ...

VMware over the last two years has been making steady advances in automating the management of IT. At the VMworld Europe 2017 conference VMware unveiled a vRealize Suite 2017 offering that combines ...

"What's in a name?" wrote the greatest Bard who ever lived. All I can say is, he lived in simpler times, when DevOps and the confusing world of continuous integration (CI), continuous ...