Integrating the Database into DevOps for Business Success

October 26, 2018 by Matt Hilbert 1 Comments

The benefits of DevOps have been known for some time, but this year’s “Accelerate: State of DevOps” report shows that successful companies are extending the advantages they get from adopting it. The longest-running research of its kind, the report from DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) represents five years of work surveying more than 30,000 technical […]

Database Security: Best Practices for Keeping Data Safe

October 3, 2018 by Sophie Ross 1 Comments

Database security is of utmost importance to sectors including IT, banking, finance and ecommerce. Every other transaction is based on how secure their database is, as it holds every detail including usernames, passwords, customers’ credit card information and so on. The term “database security” denotes a series of measures initiated by the service provider to […]

Microsoft Puts Upgrade Plan in DevOps Motion

September 28, 2018 by Mike Vizard 2 Comments

Microsoft this week at its Ignite 2018 conference made it clear DevOps teams will have their hands full upgrading both databases and operating systems this Fall. Erin Chapple, corporate vice president for Windows Server, announced Windows Server 2019 will become generally available next month. As is the case with Windows Server 2016, there are three […]

Why Should I Use a Time Series Database?

August 21, 2018 by Deborah Schalm 0 Comments

Time series data is special — not just in the unique data that it captures, but also in the ways we interact with that data. Time series data is evanescent and voluminous, which is to say, it comes and goes quickly and in great number. That calls for different considerations for storage and retrieval than […]

Databases: The Neglected Technology in DevOps

August 14, 2018 by Deborah Schalm 0 Comments

Much has been written about software delivery in DevOps, with much less focus on the database. However, DevOps can—and should—play an equally critical role in both software and database development. In this ebook, we examine how DevOps can be used for database development and delivery, factors influencing DevOps’ role in database delivery, and some of […]

Why Database Development is in a League of Its Own

July 30, 2018 by B. Cameron Gain 1 Comments

Despite how the database is the lifeblood of many organizations, its management remains siloed and is more often than not left to a separate team of resident experts outside of the sphere of DevOps. Database developers also may work separately from the database administrators, thus further slowing down deployments. The end result, of course, is […]

The I/O of DevOps and Where a Time Series Database Fits In

July 24, 2018 by Deborah Schalm 0 Comments

In this webinar, Sean Mack and Larry Gordon from XOps will share their experiences working with their clients to deploy the latest tools and implement practices across their organizations. Their focus has been on developing open source products to revolutionize technical operations by gathering and analyzing all operational metrics, logs, alerts, and business data in […]

Making the Database Key to DevOps

June 20, 2018 by Matt Hilbert 1 Comments

Here are three best practices for doing DevOps with the database The speed of business today demands that the development and deployment of applications is fast-moving, with frequent yet error-free releases. That’s why the adoption of DevOps is trickling down from Amazon, Facebook, Google and the other usual suspects to every company that relies on […]