5 Guaranteed Ways to Kill DevOps Developer Productivity
“A developer is an organism that turns coffee into code.” I still laugh when I see that quote as it reminds me of my hardcore developer days, when my cube always seemed to be directly next to the coffee machine and caffeine was management’s way of ensuring we had the energy to develop well into […]
Promoting Purpose in Agile Environments
Agile environments increasingly are becoming a popular option for organizations large and small. Although initially created as a solution for small software development teams with short budgets and complex scopes, it’s been adopted (and refashioned) for all industries and team sizes. Agile Methodologies: Why They Work The agile approach seems obvious to us now, but […]
7 Big Digital Transformation Trends
As enterprises continue their rush to digitally transform their organizations, they’re investing big in retooling their software development pipelines, new artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic process automation (RPA) technologies and low-code development platforms, as well as putting considerable money into customer engagement software. Yet, the extent of success following these investments remains unclear and varies […]
AIOps: Supporting Reliability at DevOps Speeds
AIOps looms large as a way to help push the DevOps envelope. How can organizations prepare? As organizations journey down the path of DevOps maturation, sustainable IT operations and IT service management remains a challenge for many. Even advanced organizations that have managed to speed up deployment rates and improve software quality struggle to maintain […]
Digital Transformation: Digitally Resilient Organizations
While some are growing weary of the term “digital transformation,” the reality is, it’s here to stay. Digital transformation isn’t just a buzzword or a transient phenomenon. Enterprises are digitizing themselves as rapidly as they can and automating what can be automated, improving customer experiences, leveraging data for machine learning and improving customer experiences. These […]
‘DevOoops’ Moves: Unforeseen Lock-Outs
DevOps’ ultimate aim is to create efficiencies in the software delivery process. But it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes DevOps initiatives lead to mistakes—something we lovingly call “DevOoops.” CloudBees recently polled some colleagues and came up with five examples of a DevOoops in action. Following is a discussion submitted by Carlos Sanchez, principal […]
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 […]
Digital Transformation: Measuring What Matters
As enterprises strive to digitize their organizations, whether it’s digitally transforming aspects of sales and marketing, customer interactions or supply chain, they’re undergoing a wholesale revamp of traditional businesses into digital business models. While some companies are just getting started, as we covered earlier this month in Digital Transformation: Coming from Behind, the bulk of […]
Focusing on the True DevOps North Star: Continuous Improvement
When we look beyond the fundamentals of tearing down silos and establishing greater collaboration, communication and transparency, DevOps is a label assigned to a framework of best practices and technologies that organizations leverage to deliver systems faster, more efficiently and without sacrificing quality. The best practice within that framework is continuous improvement, which provides stakeholders […]
Developing Simple and Stable Machine Learning Models
A current challenge and debate in artificial intelligence is building simple and stable machine learning models capable of identifying patterns and even objects. Is it possible to know which models will work best or to simply see the data? It is possible, and the question is figuring out how to get there. Simple models are […]
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 […]
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2019: Measuring the Skills Priority in DevOps
Although historically technology professionals were among the most adaptive specialists in the job market, a recent survey from SolarWinds found that DevOps teams, web product managers (WPMs) and developers lacked confidence in their current ability to effectively manage their current environments while engaging in future technologies. This balancing of current trends with future innovations is […]
Cloud Visibility Remains a Top Challenge for Many Organizations
A number of enterprises have a love/hate relationship with cloud computing. Because of its low upfront costs, the expense for cloud is lower, especially in the early years. But historically there has been another cost: the challenge of obtaining good visibility into applications, users and network traffic. I thought advancements in cloud management and security […]
Modern Workers Demand Modern Technology
Companies today must think of their employees as customers and employ technology, including mobile apps, that employees want to use. I have always been a bit of a technophile. Many years ago, in another life, when I worked in technology sales, I was one of the first sales engineers on my team to buy a […]
DevOps: Assessing Behavior Flows Through an Organization
I’ll admit it, this article is a little strange. It is an experiment. But DevOps is all about experimentation, right? This article explores how information and behaviors in fact “flow” through an organization. It is based upon my observations with literally hundreds of DevOps teams. I have used the Three Ways of DevOps to show […]
5 Considerations to Get DevOps Right in Telco IT Systems
Implementing DevOps in telco IT systems, such as business support systems/operations support systems (BSS/OSS), is not easy. This is especially true with telcos that overly rely on third-party commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) vendors or systems integrators (SIs) to implement new capabilities, and to run operations. To effectively control the vendors, telcos extensively use traditional levers found […]
G2G3 DevOps Simulation: Lessons from the Facilitator POV
The G2G3 DevOps Simulation is a three-round game that gives a complete immersive experience to the participants. It has software that’s controlled by the facilitator and used to see the performance and improvement in each round. As a facilitator, I help on the retrospective at the end of each round, as the participants share about […]
Avoiding Interviewer Mistakes: Freelance Full-Stack Developers
Interviewing full-stack developers comes with its own host of risks and wrong turns. The interview is such an integral part of the process, but it is frequently overlooked by hiring managers. Missing some key details or questions could lead to the wrong candidate getting hired or the right candidate getting away. It is crucial that […]
5 Practices That Will Help Drive Successful Robotic Process Automation Deployments
Enterprises have begun to invest considerably in robotic process automation (RPA) in recent years. RPA is one of the critical technologies that enterprises now are leveraging to automate their business processes to make their businesses more agile and efficient. When properly deployed and managed, RPAs can automate everything from mundane tasks (such as organizing files) […]
Report Identifies DevOps Skills in Highest Demand
When it comes to DevOps there’s general agreement that a skills shortage is holding back broader adoption. The real issue, of course, is identifying what specific DevOps skills are required most. With that goal in mind, the DevOps Institute this week published a report that finds the DevOps skills most in demand fall into three […]
‘DevOps Engineer’ Title Lands in Top 5 of Dice Salary Survey
The position of DevOps Engineer is gaining some serious respect, and with that comes cash. In Dice’s recently released “2019 Tech Salary Report,” DevOps Engineer now ranks in the Top 5 of all tech salaries, with an average of $111,683. The survey is based on the responses of 10,780 technology professionals conducted between Oct. 22 […]
How Software Outsourcing Can Empower Digital Transformation
Businesses are constantly readjusting themselves to become more agile and innovative while maximizing their opportunity in today’s digital economy. This is especially true for up-and-coming businesses with limited budgets that need to think ahead of the curve to find additional resources to fuel their digital transformation. Software outsourcing is no longer perceived as a choice […]
Tech, Legislative Changes Impacting Developers in 2019
In 2018, software development saw exponential growth in areas including blockchain technology and artificial intelligence, and the New Year has the potential to bring even more change through recent developments in automation, cybersecurity and legislation. Software development professionals have a unique opportunity to leverage these new developments this year, and the first step in doing […]