HashiCorp Adds Terraform Workflow Tools for IT Ops
HashiCorp this week moved to templatize automating IT operations by making it easier to share Terraform configuration files which make it simpler to programmatically invoke infrastructure that exposes application programming interfaces (APIs) without knowing how to code. Available in an on-premises edition or as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise is intended for use […]
We’re All Load Testers Now (Maybe)
More than 94 percent of organizations already have Agile or DevOps initiatives or plan to adopt them within the immediate future, according to a survey by VersionOne. As part of the process transformation required to adopt these more iterative and rapid methods of delivering software, organizations are reassessing all practices associated with software development and […]
The Developer Playbook: 5 Ways We’re Just Like Football Players
The Developer Playbook – Five Ways We’re Just Like Football Players from DevOps.com — Jeff Veis Jeff Veis
Should You Migrate to Git? Part 1
There are many factors to consider when making the decision whether to migrate your source code. Is it appropriate for the project? Will it work? How might it impact the quality and performance of the finished product? Git can help make the decision easier. Git is an open source version control system for tracking changes […]
Resource Availability: The Missing Piece of the Cloud DevOps Puzzle
Any successful software is effort of five groups: developers, the operations/infrastructure team, QAs or testers, product managers and owners, and the support team. There may be other titles involved, but the majority of work is done by these five groups. AWS describes DevOps as: … the combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increases […]
NodeSource Increases Metrics in Node.js Development Platform
As reliance on Node.js to build applications in the enterprise has skyrocketed in recent years, the challenges with managing these applications have been manifold, because most existing tools don’t provide much visibility into Node.js applications. To help address that issue, NodeSource has revamped a development framework based on Node.js to make it easier to manage […]
Dissecting the Role of QA Engineers and Developers in Functional Testing
Until a few years ago, quality assurance was generally considered low-level R&D. As a result, quality assurance (QA) teams were characterized by a low budget, lack of attention and, more often than not, poor attitudes. Moreover, QA engineers were considered the enemies of developers and the product. However, today, this is no longer the case, […]
Making Software Maintenance Cool Again with DevOps
What makes DevOps so important? Part of the answer lies in how DevOps encourages more appreciation for and investment in software maintenance. Traditionally, the IT industry has been like the construction industry. People who design new things (architects or software developers) are at the top of the value hierarchy, whereas the folks who build and […]
HashiCorp Terraform Enterprise Empowers IT Administrators
Most of what passes for management of IT infrastructure often amounts to little more than a Word document describing how a system is configured. HashiCorp developed Terraform to enable IT organizations to programmatically manage IT infrastructure. Now the company is taking that concept a step further with the release of Terraform Enterprise, a collaboration application […]
The Executive’s Guide to Microservices Chapter 2: The Business Challenge
Steve and team have been working diligently to analyze the intricate web of code that has been organically developed over the past 12 years to design a program to modernize the application. Application is actually a poor name for all that Steve and his team manages. Steve’s team manages a complex custom supply-chain system that […]
DevOps Challenges in C/C++ Projects
“C++ is not only the most powerful language in terms of performance, but it’s also a great language! It has true generics, it is expressive, and one of the most loved languages out there by programmers.” — Diego Rodriguez-Losada, SW Engineer at JFrog and creator of Conan.io This very powerful language that has unbeatable performance […]
What Developers Want, and How to Give It to Them
Software is at the core of every modern business, and software-driven companies are disrupting most traditional industries. As the demand for rapid delivery in digital services grows, companies are looking for ways to release products and upgrades in weeks instead of months, or in days instead of weeks. Many DevOps groups are adopting the continuous […]
Logz.io Extends Scope of Log Analytics Service
Log analytics is all the rage these days among IT and security professionals trying to discover the root cause of any performance issue or security breach. But there’s little consensus about how best to go about analyzing logs. Many IT organizations have made major investments in commercial platforms such as Splunk, while others prefer to […]
Axway Extends API Management Reach
With application programming interfaces playing a larger role in the DevOps environment, Axway has added to its API toolkit for developers. The company expanded its AMPLIFY API management platform to include a visual tool for composing and integrating APIs and enhanced its API Manager tool so that it now can be invoked to scale resources […]
Trend Micro Expands DevSecOps Portfolio
At the AWS re:Invent 2017 conference today, Trend Micro significantly expanded its reach into DevSecOps by announcing it has acquired Immunio, a provider of agent software that can be employed on a central platform engine to execute security policies on a granular level. In addition, Trend Micro announced it is adding support for container image scanning […]
Core Factors Influencing Java Memory Consumption
Java is known for having an insatiable appetite for resources, requiring strict controls to not exceed budget limits. However, the latest JDK updates and other developments have helped to make Java runtime extremely flexible in terms of memory usage. When configured smartly, Java can be cost-effective for different types of applications—cloud-native or legacy, microservice or […]
Micro Focus Unfurls Functional Testing Service
The merging of software assets from Micro Focus and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) that occurred earlier this year included StormRunner, a series of load- and performance-testing tools. Micro Focus recently extended that portfolio with the introduction of Micro Focus StormRunner Functional, a suite of functional testing tools delivered as service that can be employed to test […]
DevSecOps: Security Needn’t be Sacrificed for Speed
With the right practices, security needn’t be an impediment to continuous development and rapid improvement. The same cycle keeps repeating, according to IT security and risk management consultancy Sense of Security co-founder and CTO Murray Goldschmidt. A new technology is hyped, leading to rapid adoption, but security is left as an afterthought. It happened with […]
Gene Kim, DOES17 Speakers Discuss the Deployment Age
In a special episode of Electric Cloud’s Continuous Discussions (#c9d9), Gene Kim and speakers from the upcoming DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco (DOES17) discussed the deployment age, and how DevOps practices and automation can unburden teams and boost productivity. The panel included: Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop; Robin Yeman, fellow at Lockheed Martin; Courtney Kissler, […]
Node.js Foundation Embraces HTTP/2
The latest version of Node.js will significantly increase the DevOps challenges surrounding the most widely used version of JavaScript in the enterprise. Node.js 8 adds the ability to support HTTP/2, a major revision of the core internet protocol that, in addition to being significantly faster, enables developers to make multiple requests over a single connection […]
Tips for Creating Unit Tests for Mobile Apps
Mobile app testing ensures your application is working perfectly without any freezes, bugs or crashes. There are unit, auto, system and acceptance tests, and in this article we will talk about unit testing for mobile apps. First, let’s discuss what unit tests are in general. Unit testing checks whether certain parts of the code work […]
Akamai Gives DevOps Teams More Control
When most DevOps teams think about platforms, it’s usually a conversation about some form of software sitting on a server in a data center. But many web and mobile applications employ a content delivery network (CDN) as the platform on which they depend most to run. Akamai Technologies is moving to provide DevOps teams with […]
Standardizing a Process that Drives Secure-By-Design
In “Building Security into Code + Culture,” I described how our culture of coding is predicated on chaos, and the critical challenge for organizations is to establish the right mix of processes and tools that support a smarter, risk-based approach to development. A key aspect of this strategy is, of course, to implement a sense […]