Don’t Forget to Automate Cloud Security

June 1, 2018 by Don Macvittie 2 Comments

Cloud has been around long enough, and we’ve had enough breaches stemming from unsecured cloud (mostly data objects, but other items, too) that we should know better. I cringe whenever I see a security headline along the lines of “… Unsecured S3 Bucket.” Would you publicly expose a server in your data center and not […]

Coming Apart in the Age of Automation

May 31, 2018 by Bob Reselman 1 Comments

One of the fundamental tenets of DevOps is that working in closed, departmental silos is counterproductive for creating quality software. Rather, work is done best when groups are composed of members from across the business working openly and cooperatively. Experience shows time and time again that open, multifaceted teams made up of a variety of […]

Jump-Start Your Kubernetes Journey with JenkinsX

May 29, 2018 by Saurav Sen 1 Comments

Containers are very quickly being adopted as the stable way of deploying services. More and more organizations are adopting immutable architecture and containers provide an excellent way to achieve that. But along with the stability comes the complexity of deployment, along with managing workload, scaling and updating. That’s in addition to having to create a […]

Using CALMS to Assess an Organization’s DevOps

May 25, 2018 by B. Cameron Gain 1 Comments

Of the tried-and-tested frameworks that allow enterprises to assess DevOps in their organization and how it can be improved, the CALMS model remains particularly useful. CALMS, which stands for Collaboration, Automation, Lean, Measurement and Sharing, is particularly helpful for analyzing an organization’s DevOps structure, and ultimately, its utility in any organization. The CALMS framework covers […]

ChefConf 2018: Chef Grows Beyond Infrastructure to Apps

May 23, 2018 by Alan Shimel 1 Comments

Here I am in Chicagoland for my third ChefConf. I caught the keynotes today with Nathan Harvey, Barry Crist, Adam Jacob, Corie Scobie and more. The big news at this year’s event is that Chef is focused on more than just infrastructure and compliance—Chef is bringing automation to apps and the entire software delivery life […]

Code Delivery: Pipeline Automation for the Speed to Innovate

May 2, 2018 by Aater Suleman 0 Comments

Many developers steeped in the world of agile startups view continuous delivery pipelines as an accepted standard requirement for software development. Yet many companies, particularly large enterprises with traditional infrastructure, still struggle to make this approach a standard part of their development process. Whether your company is an enterprise looking to make continuous delivery pipelines […]

Trust and Safety in the Age of Automation

April 27, 2018 by Bob Reselman 0 Comments

“As with any new technology, it’s really important that we be thinking now about how to do [it] ethically and responsibly.” —Robert High, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, IBM Watson Here’s something to think about: According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, more than 30 countries have defensive weapons run by automation. […]

Puppet Expands Scope of Pervasive Automation Initiative

April 25, 2018 by Mike Vizard 0 Comments

Puppet today unveiled a series of initiatives as part of a continuing campaign to make IT automation available pervasively across the enterprise. Omri Gazitt, chief product officer for Puppet, said the first step in that effort is making it easier for IT organizations to discover what assets they need to manage. Puppet Discovery is an […]