Blockchains Done Right Are the Next Evolution in Open Source
Open source code is more than just a way to create new technology. It’s a disruptive force that changed the way software is built, from taking individual developers and turning them into thriving communities to changing how enterprises do business–building open ecosystems versus restricted walled-gardens. The next evolution of this movement is blockchain technology. Decentralized […]
Low-Code Has Taken Development by Storm. Why Not the Web?
For more than a decade, development tools increasingly have made their way into the hands of less-technical people. On the web in particular, we’ve eliminated the webmaster as the middleman with content management systems and moved progressively toward a model where non-technical users could assemble their own sites with little to no coding experience of […]
Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics Are Reshaping Manufacturing
Regardless of industry or vertical, companies everywhere are encountering a new generation of customers with ever-evolving expectations. These new demands are forcing brands to redefine the way they do business. Today’s customers overwhelmingly favor the simplicity of subscription models, in which they pay a flat monthly fee for access to a product in the form […]
Digital Transformation Drives C-Suite Discord
In the sport of rowing, each crew member has to row in synchrony or the boat risks undesired turns and even potential tipping. It takes practice, communication and discipline for each crew member to raise their oar to the appropriate height and apply the appropriate power. Obviously, those crews who work best together are more […]
Low-Code Providers Continue Enhancing Their Development Platforms
Enterprise low-code development continues to grow in popularity as software vendors continue to unveil tool enhancements designed to help business users and non-developers build functional applications and business processes. The help from low-code platforms (and other platforms that are integrating low-code capabilities) couldn’t come at a better time, as enterprises continue to struggle to digitize […]
How DevOps Training and Certification Benefits the Team
Cisco Systems recently announced sweeping changes to its training and certification programs to increase the real-world value of both. Cisco’s move demonstrates a trend by organizations that provide training and certification to place more value on the practical aspects of educating technology professionals—which, in turn, should have a major impact on those looking to build […]
AI for IT Operations: All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is becoming a critical tool for organizations attempting to bring automation quickly to network management and IT problem resolution. However, many organizations are still unsure how to deploy AIOps for the most value and to net the full, promised results. Perhaps the challenges come from not looking beyond data […]
6 Traits That Define DevSecOps
How do we define DevSecOps? A combination of DevOps and security is readily apparent, but the philosophy goes much deeper. In a recent eBook, The State of DevSecOps, we asked industry experts to define what DevSecOps meant to them. Below, we’ve condensed their answers into five core attributes. Following these principles, CIOs or CTOs now […]
27-Factor Assessments Lead to Success With DevOps
October 2019 will mark the 10th anniversary of the first DevOpsDays, where the term “DevOps” began to catch on. In the world of information technology, 10 years is a long time and it is quite evident based on the amount of change that has transpired since then. To name a few, we have seen the […]
The Value of Visual Data in Decision-Making
Gone are the days when a gut-feeling was a major decision-making driver in business. Instinct has ruled business leaders’ mind for a very long time, but as companies expand their business globally, instinct should give way to data as the best measure to remain competitive. We live in a data-driven world. Today, number-crunching algorithms decide […]
Get Testing Bottlenecks Out of Your Pipelines
I first learned the term “deployment pipeline” when I read “Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test and Deployment Automation,” by Jez Humble and David Farley back in 2009. End-to-end automation of the build, deploy, test and release processes kick in each time a team member commits a change to the source code repository. […]
The Role of Bots in DevOps
DevOps has evolved from its infancy into a mainstream focus area for a majority of CIOs. DevOps has become a main focus and has been shaping the world of software and infrastructure engineering and operations for the last few years. Some of the key DevOps trends include: DevOps assembly lines automation. Smart, actionable alerts from […]
The State of Low-Code Development
As enterprises continue to play catch-up when it comes to meeting their internal demand for new software services and applications, more enterprises—but still, only a minority—are turning to low-code development platforms to try to fill the gap. Low-code development platform provider OutSystems released its sixth annual “State of Application Development Report.” The report is based […]
The Terrain of DevOps is Strewn with Pitfalls
As Gene Kim, one of the leading thinkers in DevOps, once said, “DevOps is not about what you do, but what your outcomes are.” What he’s telling us is that DevOps is about enabling a rapid flow of work that transitions from development to testing to operations, but the bottom line is that it’s about […]
Mainframes: The Cloud Before the Cloud
Here’s something to think about: Despite the fact that IBM stopped manufacturing personal computers in 2005, deciding instead to focus on higher margin business services, the company continues to produce mainframes and by all estimates will continue manufacturing them well into the future. The question is, why? The answer: because there is still significant demand […]
SREs: The Happiest – and Highest Paid – in the Industry
According to the 2019 StackOverflow survey completed by 90,000 developers around the world, whether you are already a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or thinking about becoming one, looks like you are onto something. SREs, also called DevOps specialists, are a pretty unique type of talent; one that has knowledge in both software development and system […]
Different Organizations, Different DevOps Outcomes
The main motivation behind inventing DevOps platform was to help close collaboration between developers and IT operations. Basically, DevOps emerged as a great platform to bring closer together developers and beneficiaries of the app development process. DevOps initiates a cross-disciplinary practice spanning across development and operations. The ultimate benefit of the DevOps approach is removing […]
5 DevOps Trends Worth Knowing in 2019
DevOps today is more than the buzzword it was 10 years ago. Back then, the idea of combining development with production in your IT infrastructure was not common; the logistics were nonexistent and most of the time businesses decided it was far too much effort. However, if the last nine years has taught us anything, […]
Digital Transformation: Coming from Behind
For many years, enterprises have been in a race to digitally transform how they work through the digitization of all areas of their business, to reduce costs and business frictions through creating efficiencies and delivering increased value to their customers. While many organizations have attempted a transformation, few have been successful. Research from the consultancy […]
The 5 Core Principles of Lean Management
Lean project management is rooted in cost-saving manufacturing methodologies. The ultimate goal of lean methodology is to reduce waste. Companies in all industries have adopted lean principles into their own processes, but lean is most suited toward physical manufacturing, engineering and related industries. Regardless of your company’s size or the activities of your organization, lean […]
Survey Finds Wide Gap Between DevOps Adoption and Success
A recent HBR survey shows there is work to be done to advance DevOps in organizations A survey of 654 subscribers to the Harvard Business Review found that while 86 percent of respondents said it is important for their organizations to be able to build and deploy software quickly, only 10 percent said they are […]
Blame Replaces Strategy: Enterprise IT War Rooms Causing Incalculable Losses
The concept of a “war room” is time-honored. One of the early examples is the Churchill War Rooms, an underground bunker that allowed Britain’s leaders to plot the allied route to victory during World War II. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, as plain-speaking and self-assured as ever, said, “This is the room from which I […]
DevOps and Retail: Transforming Brick-and-Mortar to Brick-and-Click
Brick-and mortar-retail is rapidly transforming with the digital age. As physical storefronts turn digital, it’s safe to say that traditional retail is quickly becoming a mesh of “brick-and-click.” So, how are retail giants surviving in this new landscape? Interestingly enough, the remaining brick-and-mortar retail are reinventing themselves by applying helpful DevOps principles. In this post, […]