BMC Acquires StreamWeaver to Advance AIOps Strategy
BMC has acquired StreamWeaver, a provider of a platform that makes it simpler to capture streaming data in real-time, as part of an effort to extend the BMC Helix IT operations platform infused with artificial intelligence (AIOps). Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Margaret Lee, general manager and senior vice president for digital […]
Are ERP-Centric Enterprises Being Left Behind?
Many large enterprise companies are rife with departments that depend on customized ERP software applications. These systems accommodate vital business tasks ranging from inventory management to ordering capabilities to accounting programs to CRM platforms—all of which were custom-built to fit the enterprise’s specific needs and meet the KPIs of each unique organization. These applications tend […]
But What About When You Fail?
One thing Agile and DevOps definitely brought IT was a more accepting view of the whole “mistakes happen” mantra. Crashing systems is no longer a guarantee of a free ticket out the door. Indeed, off the top of my head, I can think of at least two cases where a CIO themselves checked in sloppy […]
Global Next-Generation Software Engineering Conference
GNGSEC sounds the clarion call for software engineering change! The pandemic made 2020 the year where we see some of this decade’s most exciting digital technologies become commercially viable, and others finally go mainstream. Software is the core of digital transformation. In the digital era, the methods by which we produce software also need to […]
Tips for a Successful DevSecOps Life Cycle
A DevOps implementation, if done correctly, can do wonders for any organization that’s on the hunt for efficiency, productivity and speed. As per the 2020 survey conducted by Atlassian, 99% of survey respondents said that DevOps has had a positive impact on their organization. However, it won’t do any good if security isn’t prioritized while […]
The Role of APIs in Mainframe Modernization
Mainframes are historically clunky systems. They are incredibly secure and can process impressive calculations, yet they are complex to manage and challenging to extract data from. This reality is at odds with modern cloud-native infrastructure, which emphasizes distributed computing and portable microservices. So, how can existing mainframes adapt to this connected, data-driven economy? I recently […]
Sumo Logic Extends Observability Scope and Reach
During the online Illuminate user conference, Sumo Logic revealed how it is integrating capabilities it gained with the June 2021 acquisition of Sensu, a provider of open source monitoring tools, with its continuous intelligence platform in addition to adding support for data collected via open source OpenTelemetry software. Sensu Go, a set of tools for […]
The New(ish) Complexity
The API economy and microservices architectures, led by Agile and DevOps, have introduced a massive amount of hidden complexity. I call it hidden complexity because we have a tendency in IT to focus on the problems in front of us, resolve them, then focus on the new problem in front of us. This leaves technical […]
THE UPSKILLING IT 2022 SURVEY IS NOW OPEN
IT SKILLS IN FOCUS By Eveline Oehrlich, DevOps Institute According to McKinsey, nine out of 10 global executives and leaders are saying that their organizations are facing a skill gap or expect to develop additional skill gaps in the next three to five years. During the past few years, IT organizations, in particular, have already […]
LogDNA Previews Streaming Module for Observability Platform
LogDNA is making available on a limited basis the ability to process streaming data to its observability platform as part of an effort to give DevOps teams more control over log data. Tucker Callaway, LogDNA CEO, said the data ingestion pipeline that LogDNA already provides can ingest, parse and normalize massive amounts of structured and […]
How Quantum Computing can Solve Real-World Problems
The history of technology can seem like it was very predictable in retrospect, but the future typically feels more uncertain. Nowhere is this uncertainty more evident than in the domain of quantum computing. When the spectrum of possible outcomes spans from “quantum computers will be one of the most important technology developments of all time” […]
Dell Updates AIOps Platform to Better Automate IT Ops
Dell Technologies this week updated its IT operations platform infused with artificial intelligence, dubbed CloudIQ, to add support for its PowerEdge servers. In addition, Dell pledged to add support for its PowerSwitch networking hardware next month as part of an ongoing effort to extend the reach of its AIOps platform across the entire Dell EMC […]
…And all Those Other DevOps Tools
When we started going through the DevOps toolchain for our new project, we found a ton of bits that normally we (and most likely you) wouldn’t pay too much attention to, because they don’t matter—until they do. Then we all pay attention. That’s why we added them to the toolchain list of options before they […]
Clubhouse Becomes Shortcut to Transform Software Project Management
Shortcut, formerly known as Clubhouse Software, today announced that its project management software for software development teams has been expanded to include additional workflow capabilities. CEO Kurt Schrader said team-to-workflow functionality is being added to the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and will make it easier to share workflows across software development teams in a more standardized […]
5 App Modernization Best Practices
An organization’s digital transformation is ineffectual if it doesn’t bring out the best from its applications. This is a near-universal concern since most enterprises still have core applications that are architected primarily to work in legacy IT landscapes in an on-premises dedicated environment, slowing down IT and business performance, stymieing innovation and increasing vulnerability to […]
Zero-Trust Network Access Platforms Slash DevOps Bottlenecks
In a prior article, I indicated why a new remote zero-trust platform is needed to support DevOps teams. Traditional remote access configurations are not well-suited for DevOps given a shifting user population comprised of employees, contractors and other third parties often using their own devices; the large number of tools and systems to which access […]
Google DORA Report Shows Modest DevOps Gains
Google today published the annual Accelerate State of DevOps Report created by its DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team that finds 26% of DevOps teams surveyed can now be classified as elite performers. That compares to 20% the last time the study was conducted in 2019. DevOps teams, made up of a total of 32,000 […]
OpsRamp Extends AI Reach to Incident Management
OpsRamp today extended its IT operations platform infused with machine learning algorithms, also known as AIOps, into the realm of incident management. The Summer 2021 release of the company’s namesake platform adds alert predictions for preventing outages and incidents, alert enrichment policies for faster incident troubleshooting and enhancements for automatically ingesting metrics data collected from […]
Empowering Pro and Citizen Developers
When I was the CISO years ago, we had a talented team build the incident management system for our new CIRT. The team built intake forms, interfaces with some of our tools and the workflow to hold it all together. We were fortunate to have the resources of one of the largest companies in the […]
Is AI Taking Over DevOps Functions?
Artificial intelligence has taken the tech world to a new level of automation. Today, almost every specialization demands the intervention of machine learning to develop AI technologies that help businesses do more with less time and resources. Still, some organizations question whether leading with AI is a good investment. For DevOps, the answer is a […]
DevOps World: Forget Doc, it’s All About Dev
This year for DevOps World, we’re heading back to the future. Doc Brown won’t be there with his souped-up time machine, but plenty of devs will. As the world is coming to realize, developers are keeping everything running, from the apps we use on a daily basis to check the weather, bank online or order […]
Transposit Survey Shows DevOps’ Impact on CIO, CTO Relationship
A survey of 415 CIOs and CTOs conducted by Transposit, a DevOps process orchestration platform provider, finds that as organizations continue to adopt DevOps processes more widely, friction between these types of senior IT leaders is rising within many organizations. As a C-level role, ‘CTO’ first gained traction in the wake of the dot com […]
MongoDB’s Atlas Turns Five
In June 2021, Andrew Davidson, VP of cloud products at MongoDB, talked with Alan Shimel about MongoDB and the fifth anniversary of launching Atlas, the company’s database-as-a-service offering. The video is below, followed by a transcript of the conversation. Announcer: This is Digital Anarchist. Alan Shimel: Hi, everyone. Welcome to another segment here on TechStrong […]