Continuous Improvement: The Key DevOps Distinguisher
DevOps has become a well-accepted and growing component for delivery success, shown in the State of DevOps Report among other respected publications. But even as it becomes more ubiquitous, it’s naive to think every organization will cease having delivery concerns. Implementations will differ widely, and adherence is essentially self-reported. So what is it, then, that […]
Developers Cite Startling Lack of Digital Leadership
Despite app backlogs, developers say their efforts are underfunded and undertrained, and lack a priority for security We’ve long written about the challenges enterprises face when developing the apps they need, digging out of app backlogs and technical debt, and the overall importance of running a productive development pipeline. And, how to keep up, enterprise’s […]
DevOps Connect at RSA: In Security, Choose Increments
Earlier this week the worlds of DevOps and information security collided at the DevOps Connect Rugged DevOps event, held in conjunction with RSA Conference 2016. The security-centric audience got to hear from a number of thought leaders across the DevOps and infosec worlds about ways security pros and DevOps teams can work together and establish […]
Putting People Before Software
Software development teams typically are focused on a single goal: delivering new, killer features that users love. Driving revenue and usage is core to Agile and DevOps. Yet without motivated, productive people, you can forget about building good software. Heightened competition requires companies to go the extra mile to develop and retain employees. Here are […]
It’s Time to Couple Security, Business Leadership
With the RSA Conference next week, the biggest conference of the year when it comes to enterprise security management, now is an ideal time to look at how IT and security leaders keep security efforts aligned with business objectives. There’s a reason why attaining adequate and consistent information security is one of the most challenging […]
Are You a Transformational CIO?
George V. Hulme discusses the state of CIO Relevancy and Transformational IT with Tim Crawford Facing increased consumerization of technology, more autonomy by business units in choosing and deploying IT, citizen developers and increasingly affordable cloud software services, IT departments and the office of the CIO are under more pressure than ever before. To get […]
Make ‘Mobile First’ an Innovation Strategy
The call for organizations to be “mobile first” in application development has been so heavily embraced by enterprises that today mobile first has become table stakes. Being mobile first is no longer cutting edge but merely keeping pace with the enterprise pack. And a big pack it has become: According to ABI Research, revenues generated […]
4 Tech Imperatives in 2016 to Prepare for Tomorrow
Around the start of every new year come a bevy of predictions about what’s coming (or what someone, or some vendor, or some analyst hopes is coming) in the year ahead. Rather than do that, based on recent conversations with many CIOs, I’ve collected what I think are imperative to-do’s for CIOs and IT leaders […]
DevOps Chat: Mustafa Kapadia, IBM DevOps Transformation Workshop
I always enjoy listening and speaking with Mustafa Kapadia of IBM. Mustafa is one of the leaders of the IBM DevOps services team. As such he gets to work with dozens of different organizations in helping them on their DevOps journey. As a result Mustafa has amassed a ton of experience and knowledge on the […]
Companies Failing to Innovate or Evolve Legacy IT Infrastructure
Biggest hurdles to innovation include lack of skills, no long term planning, poor funding and collaboration, survey finds. We’ve been writing a lot about what it takes for IT organizations to transform their business-technology systems to drive agility and innovation. Interestingly, according to a recent study conducted by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, most […]
CIOs Must Fight for Relevance in Face of Tech Storms
The past two decades have seen their share of technological disruption – retail, books, music, newspapers, and traditional data centers by – virtualization and cloud computing. With the impact of cloud computing and mobile BYOD trends on traditional IT departments, there has been an ongoing discussion in recent years about whether or not CIOs and […]
Successful technology leaders will embrace the citizen developer
There’s just no slowing down the consumerization of IT. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend itself has created an enterprise market that will hit $266 billion in 2016, according to a recent report by Markets and Markets. Goldman Sachs released a study earlier this year that found the global software-as-a-service market will reach $106 […]
Four Metrics for Driving Cultural Change in DevOps Teams
Everyone wants to optimize a team’s performance, but it’s not enough to just talk about it. To truly impact your team’s performance, you need to take a page from operationally mature DevOps teams and use metrics to gain valuable insight into your team’s work, enhance their capacity and drive cultural change. The right data allows […]
For more mobile wins, enterprises must find their MVPs
The demand for enterprise mobile apps just isn’t letting up. The research firm Gartner expects that by the end of 2017 enterprise user thirst for mobile apps will be growing five times more quickly than internal IT organizations can deliver those apps. And a recent Opinion Matters survey found that enterprises are already hitting deep […]
DevOps Chat: Sunil Rajasekar, CTO of Lithium
Continuing our DevOps Chats, Leadership Series I recently sat down with Sunil Rajasekar, CTO of Lithium. As Chief Technology Officer, Sunil oversees core product, development and delivery of Lithium’s enterprise platform. Sunil is a seasoned technology executive who brings more than 15 successful years of enterprise, small business and consumer software experience. Prior to joining Lithium, […]
Five must see TED Talks for leaders
We are always looking for new ways to inspire leadership. Here are five excellent TED Talks for leaders that we curated for you: How great leaders inspire action In his TED Talk, “How great leaders inspire action”, Simon Sinek (author of Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action) looked at how […]
To Be Continuous: The Fear of Shipping
In this segment of To Be Continuous, Edith Harbaugh and Paul Biggar talk about the fear of shipping and if code is an asset. Edith is CEO and cofounder of LaunchDarkly, a continuous delivery tool of “feature flags as a service.” LaunchDarkly powers software teams to quickly launch, measure and control their features. Paul is the CEO […]
Five often expressed obstacles to enterprise IT innovation
Business leaders know, for their business to succeed in the years ahead, that their IT and developer teams need to innovate. But surveys show that too often the IT teams may not be able to deliver the innovative value that the business seeks. Have a look out our recent Q&A, The IT mandate: Be a […]
DevOps Chat: Carol Carpenter, CEO ElasticBox on the Real Value of DevOps
I recently sat down with Carol Carpenter, CEO of ElasticBox. We just released the results of the survey we partnered on with ElaticBox on the “Real Value of DevOps”. There were some great takeaways in this survey for leaders looking to lead the transformation in DevOps. Carol and I discussed these takeaways and other relevant […]
DevOps Leadership Series 2015: Women & Diversity – a diversity of thought and contribution
Many of the leading minds and practitioners in the DevOps movement are women. I hope that comes as no surprise to you. DevOps has always embraced a diversity of thought and contribution. Case in point, close to 50% of the presenters at this year’s DevOps Days Boston event were women. In this episode of […]
DevOps Leadership Series 2015: Women & Diversity
Many of the leading minds and practitioners in the DevOps movement are women. I hope that comes as no surprise to you. DevOps has always embraced a diversity of thought and contribution. Case in point, close to 50% of the presenters at this year’s DevOps Days Boston event were women. In this episode of […]
Leveraging DevOps to Expose The Entire IT Iceberg
On September 16th I attended and spoke at a CIO Magazine event in Chicago. These are some of the best events to attend as the audience is typically CIO or senior IT leadership. One of the speakers on the day, Martha Heller, Author of “The CIO Paradox”, presenting on new competencies for the modern CIO, […]
DevOps Leadership Series: Boston Common
DevOps is coming, DevOps is coming! You could hear the rallying cry around the city of Boston on September 15th and 16th. This is when the DevOps Leadership Series crew headed up north to attend DevOps Days Boston. We first caught up with Beno Chapman (@BenoChapman), release engineering leader at Constant Contact. Beno shared, […]