Keep Applications Running by Testing Early, Continuously
Almost every product we buy or use today goes through some form of extensive testing before it’s released on the market; typically, these tests are designed to replicate the worst-case scenarios that a product may encounter under real-world conditions. Automobiles, for example, go through extensive hot and cold weather testing in remote locations, and are […]
Get to Know the New DevOps Stack
Deploying software has always been manual and labor-intensive. That’s fading into the past as continuous innovation has become a competitive differentiator for companies of all stages and sizes across every industry. DevOps has become a hot investment market in recent years. The mega-rounds we’ve been seeing show the massive demand for tools that enable optimal […]
Network Resilience and Security from A to Z
An observer watching a bunker shot by legendary pro golfer Gary Player was heard to say: “I’ve never seen anyone so lucky in my life.” The player retorted: “Yes, and the more I practice, the luckier I get.” Yet, when it comes to cybersecurity, nearly half of organizations are solely relying on luck to get […]
Big DevOps: Too Slow to Win?
There’s DevOps. And then there’s Big DevOps. DevOps is a set of disciplines that accelerates time-to-value for digital deliverables. It is being embraced by all kinds of companies, from pure-play digital market disrupters to mainstream corporates trying to maintain competitive parity with their mobile apps. Big DevOps is something else entirely. Big DevOps resembles mainstream […]
Empower Developers to Build Security into DevOps
Over the past 10 years, as more organizations have made the transition to DevOps, there has been a cultural shift in which security and development teams agree quality is a priority. Yet, even with a shared quality focus, Development, Security and Operation teams still find themselves at odds on the road to continuous delivery of […]
Q&A: BDO’s Coffman on Change Management, Security and DevOps, Part 2
As we covered in part one, DevOps’ best asset and biggest risk factor may be one and the same: swift and precious change. In part two, we continue our discussion of the challenges and solutions with Deena Coffman, managing director of BDO Consulting’s Technology Advisory Services practice. David Geer: What specific tools and technologies can […]
Introducing DevOps Express!
The DevOps Institute (DOI) is proud to join industry leaders as a founding member of the DevOps Express. The DevOps Express is a bold initiative between tool providers and others to create a solutions-oriented approach that will make enterprise DevOps adoption easier using popular technologies spanning multiple solution components. Working together, DevOps Express members have […]
Tasktop Survey Shows Customer, Business Needs Must Align
Recently, Tasktop surveyed 120 global IT professionals on their software delivery processes. The results were based on analysis obtained from its licensed Forrester Modern Application Assessment Tool, which helps organizations evaluate where they fall on the spectrum of modern software delivery and offers insight into what needs to happen next. The survey covered topics such […]
Communication Skills Matter in DevOps
While the precise definition of DevOps is an evolving matter, a simple way to describe it is this: DevOps is a change of mindset toward an agile and inclusive approach to IT. DevOps enables IT professionals to think and work beyond technology silos, thereby deriving meaningful results at a faster rate than with more traditional […]
Software Assurance Takes Center Stage at Developer Day
Cloud Security Alliance and SAFECode Develop Training for Improved Software Security Using Cloud and DevOps Practices Software assurance is one of the most important and possibly one of the least understood areas of software development today. Software assurance is a comprehensive process that encompasses a set of design, coding and testing methods for ensuring that […]
DevOpsDays and Diogenes: Thoughts from a First-Timer
I went seeking honesty at a DevOps conference and met Diogenes. Diogenes of Sinope was a controversial figure in ancient Athens who was known for walking around the famed ancient city—some say in the nude— during daytime with a lamp in his hand. He parried inquisitors who questioned his strange habit of using a lamp […]
Private Practice: Encryption Exposed
In September 2014, Apple made encryption a default with the introduction of the iPhone 6. Then, in February 2016, a Los Angeles judge issued an order to force Apple to help break into the encrypted iPhone belonging to a terrorist involved in a mass shooting. Apple had used some of the strongest encryption technologies and […]
DevOps: Achieving Process Without Too Much ‘Process’
While there’s no fundamental conflict between IT service management (ITSM) and DevOps, DevOps does bring new and different techniques for getting work done and interacting with the rest of the organization. ITSM people who are used to frameworks such as ITIL and COBIT tend to regard the IT department as a “service provider” and the […]
Let’s Talk About Ops: An ITSM Crowd Special
The ITSM Crowd is a regular hangout hosted by DevOps training provider ITSM Zone that covers many different IT and management topics. On Aug. 11, host Claire Agutter was joined by IT Skeptic Rob England and James Gander from Gander Service Management to take a deeper dive into the impact that DevOps is having on […]
What the Auto Industry Can Teach IT Development
The latest and greatest advances in technology often draw the spotlight, but the truly great changes in business aren’t driven by technology alone. They’re enabled by a change in culture that’s supported and accelerated by technology. Consider the assembly line in the auto industry. Automation, specialized tooling and robotics have provided a boost to quality […]
The ‘Continuous’ Illusion
Continuous delivery is an illusion. That doesn’t make it insubstantial—illusions can have a tremendous impact. Like the first motion picture: the locomotive felt so real to first audiences that they fell from their chairs, screaming. But of course, the locomotive was an illusion, merely rushing past on screen. A good magician, like a good inventor, […]
4 n00b MySQL Mistakes Every Programmer Makes
Even experienced programmers can sometimes be thrown for an infinite loop–or other code failure–with these common MySQL mistakes. When a database application goes belly up, the cause often can be traced to sloppy coding. Every now and then, the reason for a misbehaving app is an idiosyncrasy in the platform itself. Here’s how to prevent […]
Why Your Organization Needs DevOps
The recently released fifth annual “State of DevOps Report” by Puppet has once again brought with it fresh insights into what drives high-performance teams. The report, which comes at a time when DevOps has ceased to be a buzzword, provides proof of why more and more businesses across the world are adopting DevOps to improve their organization’s performance, revenues […]
Pokémon Go Shows DevOps Changes Human Behavior
Everywhere you go lately, you can see people acting strangely. They’re walking streets they never walked before. They’re waving their smartphones around in odd ways. And they’re high-fiving each other for no apparent reason. And they’re doing it because of DevOps. Of course, not everyone immediately thinks about Pokémon Go as an artifact of DevOps—but […]
Don’t Make Me Code: Environment Protection
Thanks for listening to “Don’t Make Me Code,” a Heavybit podcast that discusses developer experience design and the unique challenges of building developer-facing products. “Don’t Make Me Code” is hosted by Steve Boak, co-founder and CPO at Opsee, and David Dollar, co-founder and CEO at Convox. In this episode, Steve and David are joined by Sean Li, lead product […]
Tales of DevOps Discovery, Part 3: Q&A and Explanations
This is part three of the series, Tales of DevOps Discovery. To catch up, Read part one and part two. In preparing for a DevOps transformation a critical first step is to perform upfront discovery, often asking even the most fundamental, seemingly obvious, questions of stakeholders. The major portion of such discovery should be done […]
7 Reasons to Move to Parallel Testing
While development operations are more scalable now than ever, there is one area that continues to constrain the ability of organizations to scale: functional testing. Most organizations still rely on sequential tests to deliver quality assurance. No matter how rapidly a business can produce great products, its ability to bring them to consumers quickly is […]
Follow the Simple Path of Nirvana to DevOps
Perhaps the title of this post is a misleading, as nothing is truly “simple. But there is a well-defined pathway to achieving DevOps goals for any size company. Just follow a step-up pattern by adopting the principles of agile, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and you will reach your goal of DevOps. This path is […]