Q and A with Carmen DeArdo: DevOps at Nationwide
Just before the IBM Interconnect show in Las Vegas last week, we had a chance to speak with Nationwide’s Carmen DeArdo and talk about some of the challenges he has faced at Nationwide as DeArdo and his team work to bring DevOps and Agile principles to their delivery value stream. DeArdo is no stranger here […]
Streamlining no matter how many speeds your IT operates at
IBM InterConnect 2015 took over the Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand conference centers this week with an estimated audience of more than 20,000 attendees. The event is filled with DevOps evangelists, hybrid cloud experts, and IBM customers converging to share information in presentations and panel discussions. On Monday I had an opportunity to attend one […]
Comparing DevOps to traditional IT: Eight key differences
You can make the argument that in the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) value is created in two places. First, when the software is created (development) and second, when the software is delivered to the customer and feedback received. The rest is transportation. The faster one can move code from the hands of the developer […]
Variable Speed DevOps
I was lucky enough to be the host of a Google Hangout last week with some very smart folks who will be speaking at IBM InterConnect 2015. One of the topics that we discussed was Two-speed IT or as Carmen DeArdo of Nationwide called it, variable speed DevOps. What is meant by this term is […]
Google Hangout: InterConnect 2015 preview from IBM & Nationwide on #DevOps
Join us for a Google Hangout* with a distinguished panel of guests as we discuss: Adopting DevOps for Two-Speed IT. With IBM InterCnnect 2015 just a month away, three featured presenters will give us an Interconnect preview *Google Hangouts are FREE. To participate in a Google Hangouts LIVE, a Gmail or Google Profile is required. Date: […]