Textbook DevOps vs. Real-World DevOps
DevOps is one of those things—like Marxism or baking macarons—that is easy to understand in theory, but much messier to implement in practice. Real-world DevOps rarely aligns with textbook DevOps or the DevOps practices that organizations should follow in theory. That is true for a number of reasons. Let’s walk through some of the biggest […]
Using Automation Tools to Drive Collaboration, Innovation
How automation can help business move past the walls of confusion between dev and ops In the current state of things, businesses are leaning more than ever on the collective intelligence of their tech teams to drive innovation within their respective organizations. These teams are always comprised of developers and operations professionals. With the foray […]
Technology: Isolation in the Age of Automation
Dependence on technology makes us more independent overall, but it also makes us more isolated. So, what happens if things come to the point where we depend on machines more than we depend on other human beings? Earlier this month I attended a presentation about machine learning on mobile phones at Google IO 2019. Right […]
The Role of Bots in DevOps
DevOps has evolved from its infancy into a mainstream focus area for a majority of CIOs. DevOps has become a main focus and has been shaping the world of software and infrastructure engineering and operations for the last few years. Some of the key DevOps trends include: DevOps assembly lines automation. Smart, actionable alerts from […]
The Terrain of DevOps is Strewn with Pitfalls
As Gene Kim, one of the leading thinkers in DevOps, once said, “DevOps is not about what you do, but what your outcomes are.” What he’s telling us is that DevOps is about enabling a rapid flow of work that transitions from development to testing to operations, but the bottom line is that it’s about […]
With RHEL 8, Red Hat Adds More Automation to IT Ops
At the Red Hat Summit 2019 conference, Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, which includes among other things a Smart Management add-on designed to make it easier to manage RHEL 8 across hybrid cloud computing environments. In addition, RHEL 8 includes Application Streams, a set of utilities […]
Autonomous Networks: The Future We Need Now
Automation has become a necessity for managing systems in today’s age of dynamic and agile cloud-based environments. Operators are looking to optimize with efficiency and minimalism—to do more with less—as the goal. This same line of thinking should be applied to managing the network or system infrastructure. While network operators face the same challenges as […]
Dell Technologies Drives Automation Deeper into Platforms
Dell Technologies this week launched a series of initiatives intended to provide IT organizations with multiple deployment options for Dell EMC appliances and servers, including forthcoming managed service offering through which Dell will manage private cloud platforms based on VMware software on behalf of customers. Announced at the Dell Technologies World 2019 conference, Dell EMC […]
Sauce Labs Acquires Screener Visual Testing Tool
At the SauceCon 2019 conference, Sauce Labs today revealed it has acquired Screener to add a visual testing tool to its portfolio of automated testing tools. Lubos Parobek, vice president of product for Sauce Labs, said the addition of Screener will make it possible for DevOps teams to not only test functions and performance using […]
Harness Invests in Automating Continuous Delivery
Fresh off raising an additional $60 million in funding, Harness plans to make more investments in machine learning algorithms to advance continuous delivery through automation. Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal said the startup, which he co-founded with Rishi Singh, a former DevOps platform architect at Apple, is now in a position to invest more aggressively in […]
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Chasing DevOps Transformation
In less than a decade, DevOps has become a buzzword of the IT industry, and enterprises are already reaping its benefits. But the implementation part still remains a question for many firms, considering the key mistakes that many organizations report in their very approach to DevOps. Most firms are also unsure about what outcomes they […]
What Can Automation Learn From DevOps?
A recent Capgemini survey revealed that while enterprise-scale automation is still in its infancy, IT automation projects are moving along. IT is starting to view automation less tactically and more strategically. The Capgemini survey also showed that IT automation can be responsible for several quick wins, including self-healing, event correlation, diagnostics, application releases, cybersecurity monitoring […]
5 DevOps Trends Worth Knowing in 2019
DevOps today is more than the buzzword it was 10 years ago. Back then, the idea of combining development with production in your IT infrastructure was not common; the logistics were nonexistent and most of the time businesses decided it was far too much effort. However, if the last nine years has taught us anything, […]
Pivotal Software Previews Automation Framework
At the North America Cloud Foundry Summit 2019 conference, Pivotal Software announced it is beta testing an automation framework that promises to keep its distribution of the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment continuously updated. In addition, Pivotal revealed it will be adding support for open source technologies including Envoy load balancing and Istio service mesh software developed […]
How to Design DevSecOps Compliance Processes to Free Up Developer Resources
Anything that gets rolled out quickly in the technological world is a major step forward—as long as it doesn’t compromise security. DevSecOps is able to provide compliance processes far more effectively than before, and without jeopardizing security while also freeing up developer resources. How do you direct your IT team to keep your applications and […]
How DevOps Orchestration and Feedback Loops Can Enhance Your DevOps Pipeline
DevOps orchestration and feedback loops can significantly impact and improve your organization’s delivery pipeline. In this post, we’ll define and illuminate the importance of DevOps orchestration and feedback loops, and how together they can make a difference in your pipeline. DevOps Orchestration Although people widely use the terms “automation” and “orchestration” interchangeably, their scopes vary […]
Perfecto Applies AI to Writing Test Scripts
Artificial intelligence (AI) is starting to be applied to the writing and update test scripts. Perfecto has unfurled Perfecto Codeless, which employs machine learning algorithms to automate writing of test scripts in a way that allows them to not only run continuously, but also adjust to changes made to the application. Eran Kinsbruner, chief evangelist […]
G2G3 DevOps Simulation: Lessons from the Facilitator POV
The G2G3 DevOps Simulation is a three-round game that gives a complete immersive experience to the participants. It has software that’s controlled by the facilitator and used to see the performance and improvement in each round. As a facilitator, I help on the retrospective at the end of each round, as the participants share about […]
4 Steps to Improving Your Team’s Continuous Security
A recent npm survey revealed that 77 percent of developers were concerned about the quality and security of the open source libraries they use, while 52 percent said the tools currently available were inadequate. Given the trust issues in open source and the ongoing discovery of website and application vulnerabilities, security should be top of […]
How to Apply Agile and DevOps Principles to Accelerate Customer Experience Innovation
These days, it’s not enough for companies to offer quality products or services; they must deliver an exceptional customer experience. In fast-changing environments, continual innovation on the front lines of customer service requires an agile and nimble approach. How important is the automation of development and monitoring for accelerating customer experience (CX) innovation? I recently […]
Report Identifies DevOps Skills in Highest Demand
When it comes to DevOps there’s general agreement that a skills shortage is holding back broader adoption. The real issue, of course, is identifying what specific DevOps skills are required most. With that goal in mind, the DevOps Institute this week published a report that finds the DevOps skills most in demand fall into three […]
Digital Transformation Technology and Process: More Similar Than You Think
Right around this time of the year, the gym starts to get a little less crowded. Throughout January, it’s packed to the gills with folks freshly motivated by their New Year’s resolutions to get in shape. But by mid-February, the commitment seems to have all but dissipated. Why is it so hard to just commit? […]
Full-Time Employment in the Age of Automation
Back in 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes wrote a short essay, “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren,” in which he predicted that in a hundred years the 15-hour work week will be commonplace. Keynes made this assertion based on two factors: first, the increase in capital due to extraordinary yields from the compound interest that […]