What Are You Securing?
In the case of information security, we need to ask, “What, exactly, are we trying to protect?”
AI: A Game-Changer for SRE Work-Sharing and Technical Debt
AI-engineered tools can be used to improve the SRE work-sharing and technical debt pillar of DevOps practice.
80% of Bosses ‘Regret’ Stopping WFH ¦ PSA: Disable STS!
In this week’s #TheLongView: Rethinking return-to-office mandates and a ridiculous, ancient Windows bug.
Low-Hanging Fruit, 2023 Edition: Part Two
Last time, we discussed setting up a comparative inventory system for your growing API footprint. The idea is that as security catches up to new technology deployments, enterprises will have to step up their game and implement those new technologies. API security is currently the biggest need because of exposure to the world, but not […]
Unleashing AI in SRE: A New Dawn for Incident Management
In my recent blog, Revolutionizing the Nine Pillars of SRE with AI-Engineered Tools, I indicated that AI could assist with incident management by automating the detection and triage of incidents and helping to quickly identify the root cause. In this blog, I explain in more detail how AI-engineered tools can be used to improve the […]
How Multiple Forms of AI Will Transform DevOps for the Better
Multiple classes of AI are converging to automate DevOps workflows, which will accelerate the rate at which higher-quality apps are built and deployed.
Google’s Shiny New AI Dev Environment — the ‘Experimental’ Project IDX
In this week’s #TheLongView: Google’s full-stack, browser based development environment in the cloud. Project IDX is not just a Copilot clone, but aims to help you “get an app from zero to production.”
Most Organizations Benefit From a Mature Cloud Strategy
HashiCorp’s State of Cloud Strategy Survey found increased cloud maturity equated to increased overall value.
Data Management: Cloud Technology or Data Centers?
Cloud technology and data center services help business leaders with data management. But which is right for you?
Low-Hanging Fruit, 2023 Edition: Part One
We’ve been cranking it out, haven’t we? Generating cool new toys for the business, creating new infrastructure to host those new toys and trying our best to secure all this new stuff while maintaining both our sanity and our cadence. And we’re doing it. Kind of. One thing we’re naturally lagging behind on is security. […]
4 Salesforce DevOps Adoption Challenges
To overcome the challenge of siloed development and operations teams in Salesforce DevOps, organizations must foster a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility.
How to Prevent Zombie APIs
There is a growing reliance on web APIs. A full 92% of organizations plan to increase their investments into APIs over the next year, the 2023 Postman State of the API Report found. APIs are powering everything from internal microservices strategies to partner strategies and fully-fledged products. Yet, this newfound API sprawl has consequences; a […]
2024—Year of the Linux Desktop? ChromeOS Reflects its Inner Penguin ¦ GNOME Rethink
In this week’s #TheLongView: Can the Linux desktop installed base break the mythical 10% barrier? Google has been refactoring ChromeOS, and GNOME is working on new window manager ideas.
Using AI to Shift Production Wisdom Left
Shifting the wisdom of production left is all about bringing production considerations into the development process as early as possible.
A Distributed Workforce is the New Normal
The sudden shift to a remote and distributed workforce forced organizations to consider security as an afterthought. Now, that has to change.
Overture Maps’ Challenge to Google ¦ Frontier Model Forum’s AI Safety Shtick
In this week’s #TheLongView: A big-tech consortium goes toe-to-toe with Google Maps, and a big-tech consortium tries to fool AI regulators.
Upgrade SRE Performance Management With AI
In my recent blog, Revolutionizing the Nine Pillars of SRE with AI-Engineered Tools, I indicated that AI could analyze application and infrastructure performance data to identify optimization opportunities and predict capacity requirements. In this blog, I explain in more detail how AI-engineered tools can be used to improve the pillar that I call performance management […]
Automation or Concatenation?
We’ve been in a period of mergers and acquisitions for a while in the DevOps and DevSecOps spaces, and it seems to be heating up even more. Combined with products expanding to cover a more broad segment of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and strategic partnerships to cover more of the SDLC, it is […]
Harnessing AI for Automated and Toil-Free SRE
AI not only reduces toil but also contributes to improving system reliability, efficiency and scalability, forming a critical part of modern SRE practices.
AI ‘is Getting Worse’ ¦ AI ‘Will Lose India Jobs’ (Probably Isn’t ¦ Probably Won’t)
In this week’s #TheLongView, a conundrum: On the one hand, researchers say ChatGPT is losing the plot; and on the other, outsourced coding jobs in India will be replaced by AI.
Google Announces Availability of iPaaS Service
Google today made available an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) capable of invoking a range of methods to integrate applications.
Defining ‘Best’
The tools you already have within your organization are capable of more than you think. Take advantage of them.
The Role of AI in ITSM: SLAs, SLOs, SLIs and Error Budgets
In the complex landscape of ITSM, AI is emerging as a transformative force, enabling organizations to manage their systems with unprecedented precision and proactivity.