VMs, Containers, Cloud, Cluster: Scheduling Differences
Scheduling is a large part of making the data center go, and more to the point of making the virtualized (be it VMs, cloud, containers, or clustering) portion of the data center work. While there are a lot of variables to virtualization performance, scheduling impacts performance all of the time. And yet we only really […]
Addressing Container Security Challenges
From month to month or even week to week, more organizations are developing with containers. The concept of containers isn’t all that new, but the dramatic rise in adoption of container technologies and the support from major tech vendors and platforms has helped containers become mainstream quickly. As with most emerging technologies, now that containers […]
Mesos Usage Survey: Big Clusters, Big Workloads
Mesosphere, purveyors of DC/OS, recently released a survey of Mesos users focused on Mesos deployment information. There were some interesting results, and a few things I wish they’d dug a little deeper on. If you’ve ever given a survey, then you know that the results inevitably spawn more questions. No doubt Mesosphere has the same […]
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 […]
Docker On Windows, Are You Serious? Microsoft’s Hands-on Lab Show’s You How
You have probably heard or read about the availability of Docker on Windows and Azure. Both Docker and Microsoft have turned up the noise on their collaboration. But have you really looked into what these two are up to? If not, now is your chance. Microsoft has put up a great free hands on lab all about […]
All Day DevOps
Over the past year, I have traveled to and delivered presentations at 18 DevOps events. I’ve also heard that over the past several years, John Willis has participated in more than 200 DevOps events. But not all of us have the time or budget to get ourselves and our teams out to these events […]
So Long to Configuration Management Systems?
When I was an operations architect at Ning way back in 2009, we were struggling to manage our deployments and configurations of more than 50 different application servers, or what the cool kids today call microservices. Applications were deployed across three distinct environments: development, staging and production. None of these environments were exactly the same […]
Getting Ready for All Day DevOps
DevOps Practitioners Unite On Nov. 15, we’ll be broadcasting 54 live sessions across 15 hours and 15 time zones. The All Day DevOps conference will be live, online and free. Anyone who registers can watch. We have invited some top-notch practitioners from around the world to speak at the event on topics ranging from DevOps […]
All Day DevOps: Bringing DevOps to the World
An Audacious Plan: Deliver DevOps to everyone. The global audience for DevOps is expanding faster than any one person or company can keep up with. While DevOps Days and other regional events provide invaluable support to their local communities, we wanted to create a global event, offering the very best lineup of speakers across North […]
DevOps and Automation Abstraction?
Similarity breeds consistency, giving way to predictability and, thereby, dropping costs of operations and quality from a lower number of incidents and a shorter duration to resolve them. But at the heart of this chain of events is the recognition that we tend to do certain tasks the same way, over and over again, for […]
DevOps: The Glue of Workflow
The best tool in the DevOps continuum is the sticky wrapper that holds it all together. It is the workflow that binds it and makes sense out of the term “continuous.” CIOs often are enamored with a build or deploy tool, but it is the workflow tool in every DevOps strategy encapsulating more than one […]
DevOps: Commoditizing Infrastructure
Hardware vendors face a quandary. How do you distinguish yourself as superior from your competitors if you are unable to continue to grow a distinct architecture as your competitive advantage? But this dilemma does not begin and end with only hardware vendors; operating system vendors and virtual machine vendors are on the same horizon. In […]
NodeSource Announces Containerized N|Solid Deployment for Kubernetes
Developers can now deploy enterprise-grade Node.js on Kubernetes San Francisco, CA – July 26, 2016 – NodeSource, the Enterprise Node Company™, today announced at Node Summit 2016 the beta launch of its containerized N|Solid™ deployment for Kubernetes. With this release, NodeSource is offering the first version of Node.js with production-ready continuous performance and security monitoring […]
Red Hat Launches Ansible-Native Container Workflow Project
RALEIGH, N.C.–(Business Wire)–Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the launch of Ansible Container under the Ansible project, which provides the leading simple, powerful, and agentless open source IT automation framework. Available now as a technology preview, Ansible Container allows for the complete creation of Docker-formatted Linux […]
Docker Automates and Democratizes Container Orchestration
SEATTLE–(Business Wire)–DockerCon – Docker today announced Docker Engine 1.12 with built-in orchestration, a powerful combination that provides Developers and IT Operations with a simplified and automated experience to deploy and manage Dockerized distributed applications – both traditional apps and microservices – at scale in production. By adding this additional intelligence to Docker Engine, it becomes […]
5 Development Trends Reshaping Testing
There’s no shortage of new development trends, but virtual reality, containers, big data, hyperconnected apps and IoT are affecting testing the most today. If you like change and challenge, it’s a fun time to work in software. Some technology developments, such as cloud computing, have been gaining speed slowly over many years. That steady progression […]
Booz Allen Helps the GSA Put Your DevOps to Shame
Production Docker, automated workflows, open source projects and microservices are just some of the ways that Booz Allen is helping the General Services Administration (GSA) modernize its IT operations. And frankly, after talking to Nirmal Mehta, the lead architect on its recent project, I became a little embarrassed for you DevOps-born startups. In my circle […]
RightScale Releases New DevOps and Docker Trends in Follow-Up to State of the Cloud Report
SANTA BARBARA, CA — (Marketwired) — 05/11/16 — RightScale® Inc., a demonstrated leader in enterprise universal cloud management,today announced the results of the RightScale 2016 State of the Cloud Survey: DevOps Trends. The fifth annual RightScale State of the Cloud Survey was announced in February. This follow-up report provides new data and analysis in a […]
Rancher Labs Secures Series B Funding of $20M for Container Management Platform
Led by new investor GRC SinoGreen, with participation from existing investors, funding will help Rancher Labs maintain momentum, and meet sales and marketing goals Cupertino, Calif. – May 10, 2016 – Rancher Labs, a provider of container management software, today announced $20M in Series B funding led by new investor GRC SinoGreen, with participation from […]
Container Usage and Adoption, Here is Your Chance to Tell Us What You Think
We are teaming up once again with ClusterHQ for an update on Container usage and adoption. Our new survey is available and shouldn’t take more than 5-7 minutes of your time. We are looking to see if the container adoption and usage has changed since our last survey last summer. Please take a moment to […]
Sysdig raises $15 million in Series B funding to expand container monitoring for enterprises
The containernative monitoring company surpasses 100 enterprise customers San Francisco, CA DATE Sysdig, the containernative monitoring company today announced a $15 million Series B funding round by existing investors Accel and Bain Capital Ventures. Sysdig will use the funds to accelerate growth, to continue building out its core technology for container and microservice […]
Mesosphere Democratizes the Container-Based Datacenter with DC/OS Open Source Project; Backed by Accenture, Cisco, Equinix, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft and Many Others
More than 60 leading technology companies collaborate to deliver first 100% open source datacenter-scale operating system for running containers and distributed apps in production. SAN FRANCISCO — (Marketwired, April 19, 2016) — A broad alliance of leading companies today joined forces with Mesosphere to unveil the beta release of DC/OS, the first open and comprehensive […]
State of DevOps Survey – The Ultimate Feedback Loop
If there’s any consistent criticism of the larger DevOps movement, it’s that the talking heads and industry gadflies are driving the conversation, not the people in the trenches. All the thought leadership panels and “how-to” content (including the written and AV materials on this very site) make for great watercooler discussion, but lack the input […]