Top 3 DevOps Practices for Operational Stability
Operational Stability is one of the main concerns in organizations. Especially some larger organization struggle to get a more stable IT landscape. Too often it’s political discussions that are preventing them from doing something about it. Organizations that have DevOps teams in place can just smile because they are enabled to be in control of […]
The DevOps-Price of Segregation of Duties.
Segregation of duties will change because it must change. It has a tremendous impact on our motivation, time to market and IT Security. It influences many parts of an organization. Most organizations have started with DevOps, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Deployment and it is only natural to think about segregation of duties at one point […]
Webinar: Show Me Success Before I’ll Invest in DevOps – A HM Health Solutions Case Study
Whatever your conviction, the reluctance by senior management to justify new investments and sponsor major change in existing software delivery practices and technologies, while theoretically understandable, often leaves application development executives and managers lobbying for additional budget and resources putting them and their teams between a rock and a hard place. So the question is […]
The Business Value of Continuous Testing
***This post is based on themes and ideas from the great e-book, “Continuous Testing,” by our friends at Parasoft. Enterprise software development models have presented many innovative solutions for IT to align development efforts with business goals. Adopting new software development lifecycle methodologies is as much a business decision as an IT decision. From an […]
Chevy and DevOps: What the Wi-Fi?
In DevOps: Rapid Feedback, Rapid Repair I’m sure you have seen it too. Chevy cars now come with wi-fi. How cool. I want that (and so would my kids). I can only imagine the possibilities. But, this is not all about my needs. Chevy and every other vehicle maker wants this too. And not for the reasons […]
Enterprise DevOps: Standardize for Security
Etsy is a shining example of the success that can be achieved with continuous delivery (CD). By 2014 Etsy had doubled its deployment rate, deploying more than 50 times a day. Today the site deploys API changes in 18 seconds and launches a new website every 150 seconds. That’s speed, to be sure. Speed that […]
The continuous continuousness of DevOps
Defining DevOps is getting easier, but it’s still an elusive goal. Part of the challenge is that DevOps is more of a culture than a specific “thing” and how that culture exists is subjective and varies from one organization to the next. DevOps is what you want or need DevOps to be to some extent, […]
31 Reference Architectures for DevOps and Continuous Delivery
At QCon London, David Farley (@davefarley77) told the audience that “continuous delivery changes the economics of software delivery”. I could not agree more. If you have been drawn to the evangelists like David Farley, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim, you’ll know that high performance IT organizations are seeing a massive payoff in their continuous delivery […]
Is DevOps a Competitive Advantage? A Debate
The idea of DevOps being a competitive advantage is not a new one. Service providers, software sellers, and internal IT frequently use this argument to justify all kinds of investments. But is there any real merit to this argument? Is DevOps truly a source of sustainable competitive advantage? Or is it simply just hype and […]
9½ Simple Steps On How To Start With DevOps Today
Isn’t it funny that a lot of people, me included, don’t really know the difference between DevOps and Continuous Delivery? Wikipedia tells that both are pretty much overlapping. In order to continuously deliver one must be familiar with DevOps. Anyway, I will tell you what you can do now to start with DevOps and Continuous […]
DevOps Makes Security Assurance Affordable
Despite the fact that information security is a top priority, many organizations face challenges integrating security assurance practices into their product and service development practices. All too often security problems are only detected and resolved with software patches following a security breach. Security assurance is often reactive but what is needed is a more consistent […]
Webinar: You Can’t “Do” DevOps. You Can “Do” Continuous Delivery.
“DevOps” is the latest rage. Leading edge companies like Netflix, Etsy, and Intuit (the “Unicorns”) have transformed their I.T. Development and Operations organizations into a new culture known as DevOps: Development and Operations working collaboratively together to accelerate the pace of software and application delivery. But they didn’t implement DevOps. A DevOps transformation to their […]
The Last One That Transformed the Future
The headline made her yelp for joy. A year into the future of D-Chip, on a crisp August morning, Phoebe opened the newspaper and swiped to the technology section on her iPad. What she saw was riveting: D-Chip reborn as a star in wearable computing. She immediately thought of the article Marc Andreessen wrote on […]
Automated Security Testing in a Continuous Delivery Pipeline
Automated unit, integration and acceptance tests are essential quality controls in running a reliable continuous integration or continuous delivery pipeline. Too often, security tests are left out of this process because of the erroneous belief that security testing is solely the domain of leather-jacket-wearing security experts. Security testing does not need special treatment We’ve made […]
Webinar: How Nationwide Insurance is Adopting DevOps for Variable Speed IT Systems
To drive towards faster innovation, and also ensure the stability of the core business, the need arises for what is being termed as “two-speed or variable speed IT.” While innovative Systems of Engagement demand speed, agility and experimentation, legacy Systems of Record need governance and predictability. Two-speed IT enables adoption of DevOps capabilities by adapting […]
Sofico Adds DevOps Approaches, Updates CD, Part Two
We recently geared up with Sofico’s existing CD process and the challenges it presented together with its search for a devops solution. Now read the conclusion as Sofico earns satisfaction through its own devops approaches. Sofico Adopts DevOps Methods / Tools Today, Sofico uses the Bamboo CI server to perform builds, deployments, and tests. Bamboo […]
Continuous Testing – Accelerated !
Except for cases where test duration is the point of the test, as indicated in my prior blog “Isn’t Continuous Testing a Longevity Test Anti-pattern?”, faster continuous testing cycles are preferred because failing early and often is a DevOps goal. There are multiple reasons for this, but it should be evident that faster tests reduce […]
Building software quality into your Continuous Delivery pipeline
The modern software development landscape places a premium on speed. It’s good to be first to market. If you’re going to fail then you should fail fast. A rapidly evolving product can be shaped according to customer feedback, and fast turnaround allows you to stamp out defects and hone the software for your audience. A […]
“I want to do Continuous Deployment”
“We want to do continuous deployment” – i’ve heard this many times, but have yet to find a scenario where it actually fit. Why? Because you are confused. And rightly so. How many two letter acronyms can be thrown at you in one movement. DevOps takes the confusion further and has two of the acronyms […]
Composable Environments for Continuous Delivery
The Continuous Deployment model discussed below requires some very specific properties for its platform substrate. Currently AWS is the the only environment that supports all the features needed to implement this. So when we start talking about implementation details in this, and future articles, we will be targeting AWS. The title of this article is […]
IBM InterConnect: HM Health Solutions shows how continuous delivery helps cure healthcare IT headaches
As a spin off business unit of health insurer Highmark, HM Health Solutions is tasked with helping not only that insurer but also other third-party insurers across the industry to optimize systems that run core functions like benefits design, member enrollment, claims processing and customer service. And according to key members who opened up about […]
DevOps & Continuous Change
A remark by a colleague while waiting for the coffee machine to complete its cycle started my train of thought. “Should we have multiple minor releases or just do a few major ones in a year?” In large organizations, due to many factors, the turnaround time for a single successful release is quite extensive; but […]
DevOps is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis, and Continuous Delivery is the Cure
You wake up and you have a sore throat and nasal congestion. Is it the common cold? Perhaps the flu? Is it bacterial? Viral? Any good physician will tell you that diagnosing disease purely from symptoms is a fool’s errand (or maybe malpractice). A diagnosis identifies disease which leads to prescribing a treatment plan for […]