The Anti-Pattern of Standard Practices in Agile & DevOps — and the Antidote: IDP
By acting as the centralized enabler, an IDP transforms fragmented practices into a cohesive, governed system that drives speed, efficiency and safe innovation.
Shift Left Has Stalled: Here’s How We Can Get It Moving Again
To kick-start shift left again, we need to refocus on empowering developers with tools that make this post-coding work more efficient and less cumbersome.
Best Practices for CI/CD Migration: The GitHub Enterprise Example
Here’s a look at challenges to navigate, along with tips on how to make CI/CD migration as smooth as possible.
DefectDojo Adds Ability to Normalize DevSecOps Data to ASPM Platform
DefectDojo today added a universal parser to its application security posture management platform (ASPM) that makes it possible to normalize data ingested from any DevSecOps tools and platforms that expose data in a JSON or XML format.
Report Shines Spotlight on Open Source Software Security Challenges
An analysis of more than five million open-source software packages published by Lineaje, a provider of a platform for tracking open-source software components, finds 95% of security issues involve some type of open-source software package dependency, with more than half (51%) of the vulnerabilities discovered having no known existing fix available.
Exploring Cloud Costs and Cost-Saving Strategies
As the cloud becomes the operating model for a company, effective cloud cost management becomes critical for the organization’s health.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of […]
Linux Foundation Report Spotlights Open Source Software Package Challenges
The Linux Foundation in collaboration with multiple providers of software composition analysis (SCA) published a study this week, that in addition to identifying the most widely used software packages, also shined a light on fundamental challenges the open source community needs to address.
Data Pipeline Modernization in 2025 Hinges on Unifying DevOps, DataOps and Database Workflows
Data pipelines are growing exponentially larger and more complex every year, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) and other data-centric innovations.
The Day a Software Update Broke Corporate America
For organizations prioritizing resilience, adopting infrastructure-agnostic solutions that enable seamless workload management across platforms should be at the top of the list.
How Cloud Costs can be Lowered and How Cloud Tooling can be Delivered at a Lower Cost
For businesses running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), it is easy to get caught off guard by the escalating cloud costs. One minute you are taking advantage of AWS’s incredible scalability and diverse service offerings, and the next you are facing an unexpectedly high bill.
Code Busters: Are Ghost Engineers Haunting DevOps Productivity?
A study coming out of Stanford University conducted by software engineering productivity specialist Yegor Denisov-Blanch claims that developer teams are rife with so-called ghost engineers who do virtually no work.
SOUTHWORKS – Cloud-Agnostic Platforms Will Drive New Possibilities in Multi-Cloud
Cloud customers are flocking towards a new approach as the classic option of relying on a single go-to provider is falling out of favor.
AWS Adds Declarative Policies Capability to Reduce DevSecOps Friction
Amazon Web Services (AWS) this week added a declarative policies capability that promises to reduce the level of DevSecOps friction that far too many software engineering teams continue to encounter.
Red Hat Adds Managed Instance of Ansible to Expanding AWS Portfolio
Red Hat this week made available a managed instance of the Ansible automation framework on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.
DevOps-Driven Product Development: Enhancing Collaboration and Speed
Exploring how PMs can incorporate DevOps methodologies into their workflows to drive efficiency, break down silos and enable rapid product iterations.
Challenges of Implementing DevOps in Traditional R&D Settings
Firms considering transitioning from traditional research & development (R&D) environments to DevOps must consider implementation challenges. Otherwise, they risk failure — the repercussions of which are far-reaching. What challenges should they expect? More importantly, what should they do to prepare? Implementation Challenges Facing DevOps Teams Although operations and development teams work toward the same goal, […]
AWS Extends Generative AI Reach and Scope of Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today revealed it has extended the capabilities of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
The Importance of Database Release Automation Platforms in the Era of Digital Transformation
The path to efficiency, security and confidence in database operations lies in leveraging advanced automation platforms.
How to Craft a Cloud Testing Strategy
Before crafting a cloud testing strategy, you should determine the top strategies, and testing goals, and devise a plan accordingly.
What Would Happen if DevOps were a Living, Breathing System?
Imagine for a moment that DevOps was not just a set of practices or a framework but something alive, breathing and evolving. What would that look like? How would it impact our perspective toward collaboration, automation and innovation in software development? DevOps has long been about breaking down silos between development and operations teams, speeding […]
How an Effective AppSec Program Shifts Your Teams From Fixing to Building
Development teams are under growing pressure to build cutting-edge applications with shorter development lifecycles. However, they are often slowed down by the growing burden of fixing security vulnerabilities. Ineffective application security processes mean these teams can spend more time firefighting than building, diverting focus from their primary objective: Delivering innovative, high-performance software. Yet, healthy security […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
The five great opportunities shared this week include DevOps engineer roles at Palo Alto Networks and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.