NetOps vs. DevOps: New Data is Enlightening
Traditionally, we have seen development—and, by extension, DevOps—as having a less-than-cordial relationship with network operations (NetOps). Since the goals of the two groups are sometimes at cross purposes—DevOps wants access to make everything run automated, and NetOps wants to control a production environment so that it is stable—we’ve naturally talked in those terms. I’m a […]
To DevOps Or Not To DevOps
Although enterprises today all claim to be software companies, there remain four distinct groups of organizations: the technology leaders, the technology followers, the technology hopefuls and the technology laggards. The first group are the industry leaders who are paving the way. These are the organizations coming up with new technologies, processes and cultural shifts. They […]
The Forgotten Fourth Question
A very well-written paragraph about DevOps appears in Mike Loukides’ book, “What is DevOps”: … Modern applications, running in the cloud, still need to be resilient and fault tolerant, still need monitoring, still need to adapt to huge swings in load, etc. But those features, formerly provided by the IT/operations infrastructures, now need to be […]
Measuring the Cost of Service Creation & Adoption
Adopting and implementing DevOps isn’t an overnight project. It takes time and effort to determine how it best fits into your organization—and what benefits your organization will realize as a result. Creating an enterprise-class DevOps service is typically done in one of three ways, depending on the organization, its leadership and its employees. Each has […]
DevOps Stack on a Shoestring Budget
There are competing products, both open source and licensed, in any DevOps area that you can think of. The Operations groups in companies tend to accumulate such applications over time as determined by ongoing projects. Team members’ familiarity with a certain application could be a factor in adding it to the tools stack. Companies, therefore, […]
Are You Ready for Your DevOps Transformation?
You’re done with missed release deadlines, long release cycles and risky releases. If your objectives are continuous application delivery to achieve fast feedback loops and reduced waste, DevOps practices provide the means to reach them. DevOps is all about agile transformation, which reaches beyond agile development into production to achieve continuous delivery. DevOps practices provide help […]
How Mature Is Your Automation Strategy?
Working in Operations can sometimes feel like walking up a down escalator. The business puts relentless pressure on your team to overcome bottlenecks, accelerate the overall delivery process and grow the volume and frequency of deployments. You’re also faced with a growing number of service level requirements and demand for higher release velocity—all stretched across […]
What is expected of software developers vs QA testers during development?
“What is expected of software developers vs QA testers during development?” Michael Oubre – Agile evangelist, practitioner and trainer, and Marc Hornbeek – DevOps evangelist and thought leader, share their views on popular questions regarding Agile and DevOps from their respective viewpoints. Michael: The thing we do in agile is to train the team to […]
The One Where All the Deployments Stall
In the first episode of the DevOps story, DChip CEO Phoebe gave Chandler an ultimatum to move out of AWS into their datacenter on OpenStack. Does Chandler succeed? Read on to find out… Fast forward two weeks since that fateful night. Chandler is preparing for yet another leadership call. It’s deja vu, with the same […]
Tuning in to the real pain of customers
In my product management and marketing experience, I discovered that I carry a deep bias about our product capabilities and why it’s special — before a launch. On a whiteboard, in a spec, or in a usability lab, our product can and will change the world. Post-launch, when customers get their hands on our product, […]
The One Where All Hell Breaks Loose
Don’t you love a good story? This one is a DevOps story in a fictional enterprise. It’s the kind of story you’ve seen replayed countless times in large organizations. So settle in for a read. The backstory DChip Tech is a semiconductor company. They’re in the business of making chips for wearable computing since acquiring […]
Evolution Not Revolution – DevOps in the Wild
Ever heard these questions: What is DevOps? How do I hire a DevOps Engineer? Should we have a Director of DevOps? Am I doing DevOps? Why is DevOps failing in my organization? More and more frequently, I run into engineers, managers and business leaders describing failures in their organization due to “DevOps.” Oddly, digging a […]
A DevOps Metamorphosis Echoes Through Reverb.com, Part One
“Reverb.com is an e-commerce platform that connects musicians, enabling them to buy and sell used gear and instruments,” says Adam Enger, Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Reverb.com. As an ecommerce site, it is critical to Reverb.com that its workflows such as checkout, offers to purchase, and messaging work in tandem with its selling workflows, which include creating new […]