DevOps Abandonment: Reasons Not to Give Up

August 15, 2018 by Don Macvittie 0 Comments

The Never-Ending Story When a new process or methodology comes along—particularly when one gets a lot of attention like DevOps has—there always will be failures. I’m not talking about those always-present group of people who say they’ve seen this cycle before and, thus, it is just a fad; I’m talking about actual implementers who, in […]

DevOps TV: DOES18 London Video Panel Roundup

August 6, 2018 by Alan Shimel 0 Comments

The DevOps Enterprise Summit is one of my favorite places to connect with the world’s best technologists and DevOps practitioners. It’s the perfect forum for insightful conversations, valuable networking and immersive learning—and the comraderie is unmatched. For me, it’s always a pleasure to catch up with my great friends in DevOps and get an insider’s […]

Hardware in the Age of Automation

August 3, 2018 by Bob Reselman 0 Comments

There’s a joke making its way around the internet that goes like this: Q: How do DevOps engineers change a lightbulb? A: They don’t. It’s a hardware problem. The trend to abstract hardware away from the day-to-day work of most IT personnel continues. We in DevOps have given it a name: infrastructure as code. Hardware […]

The Software Testing Metrics That Make Or Break DevOps Success

July 31, 2018 by Ericka Chickowski 1 Comments

Organizations today are racing to develop software at a breakneck pace through efficient DevOps processes. But it’s important for them to avoid losing sight of the forest for the trees. If too much of that speed comes with quality sacrifices that degrade the user experience, the rapid software iterations hurt the business more than they […]

DevOps Experience: Learn a Lot without Leaving Your Spot

July 30, 2018 by Charlene O'Hanlon 1 Comments

The great thing about conferences is they can be hotbeds of learning: keynote presentations, seminars, one-on-one sessions, networking … the list goes on. The drawback, however, is the travel: delayed flights, the dreaded middle seat on the airplane, lost luggage, jet lag … the list goes on. That’s why virtual conferences are now my first […]

Why Database Development is in a League of Its Own

July 30, 2018 by B. Cameron Gain 1 Comments

Despite how the database is the lifeblood of many organizations, its management remains siloed and is more often than not left to a separate team of resident experts outside of the sphere of DevOps. Database developers also may work separately from the database administrators, thus further slowing down deployments. The end result, of course, is […]

From Thought to Leadership

July 26, 2018 by Don Macvittie 2 Comments

Thought leadership is a term that those of us in the industry hear a lot. A thought leader is a person who has ideas/thoughts that push the edge and brings great ideas to the rest of us. Most vendors want to be seen as thought leaders—and some do, through the agency of rocking individual employees. […]

DevOps Security: 3 Privileged Access Management Best Practices

July 25, 2018 by Ericka Chickowski 0 Comments

The tremendous upside of DevOps practices and tools are enough to keep organizations pressing forward at all costs. But when sloppy use of DevOps toolchains cause breaches, more than half the time it comes down to poor protection of privileged accounts. According to a recent study by security vendor Beyond Trust, 52 percent of IT […]