Survey Finds Wide Gap Between DevOps Adoption and Success
A recent HBR survey shows there is work to be done to advance DevOps in organizations A survey of 654 subscribers to the Harvard Business Review found that while 86 percent of respondents said it is important for their organizations to be able to build and deploy software quickly, only 10 percent said they are […]
Help a Student Out and Advance DevOps in Academia
Those of us who attended university know the pressures students face every day. Between attending classes, completing homework, figuring out what they really want to do with their life and all of the other assorted adulting they have to manage, college students have a lot going on. That’s why a little help can go a […]
DevOps Disillusionment? 4 Behaviors to Get Your Team to the Other Side
For most teams, the adoption of DevOps and an agile mindset involves many twists and turns on the path to maturity. It’s not uncommon for teams to experience a “trough of disillusionment” period as: Initial euphoria and “us-against-the-world” team mentality ushered in by adoption of new work patterns wanes with time. Client demands and pressures […]
Is Your Organization ‘Fit for the Future’?
Takeaways from a recent conference suggest more work is needed in DevOps adoption among organizations This was a question explored by CIO Platform Nederland and the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) in a recent event I attended, hosted by Transavia. Many organizations have already embarked or are about to embark upon Agile transformation initiatives, driven […]
DevOps Hiring: What Do You Need?
IT has long had a problem with hiring. I’m not certain where it started; most of us blame HR, and that’s probably incorrect, but gives us someone to blame. It’s that we post jobs with insane requirements. Sometimes this is done to keep the applicant pool down, but most of the time it is a […]
Survey Sees Need for More Consistent Approaches to DevOps
DevOps is arguably one of the most disruptive forces driving transformation of IT processes in recent memory. But a new survey finds that while IT organizations are making progress, adoption of DevOps processes remains uneven at best. A survey of 2,419 IT professionals conducted by OverOps, a provider of code analysis tools, finds that 82 […]
CloudBees: 2019 to Be Year of DevOps Metrics
While DevOps has come a long way in terms of understanding and adoption, 2019 is going to be marked by a concerted effort to applying metrics to DevOps processes. Applying those metrics will not only substantiate the value of adopting DevOps, they also will provide the impetus many organizations need to close a variety of […]
DevOps Transition: The Cultural Commitments and Challenges
Enterprises can achieve certain levels of success by filling a need in the market, hiring skilled teams and utilizing cutting-edge tools and technologies. However, to set themselves apart and chart a course for long-term success, they need to address the values, beliefs and behaviors that make up organizational culture as carefully as they address business […]
Steps on the Journey to DevOps
There was a time when people thought DevOps was a simple movement that didn’t need to be defined. I have always been told that big leaps won’t get you to your destination immediately, but little steps will get you there one day. For DevOps, the day has come, gaining mindshare among organizations and given importance […]
There is No Magic Recipe to Adopting DevOps
Over the past five years, we have seen more and more organizations of every size trying to adopt DevOps practices. However, we’re still expecting adoption rates to continue to rise—we have not yet reached “peak DevOps.” The motivations behind this comes from the need to reduce time to market, deliver better quality software, reduce operational […]
Embracing DevOps into Your Company
Some companies are embarking on a new adventure in DevOps. As organizations start to consider the possibilities of implementing DevOps, they need to think about what problems it solves and what role it will play in their organization. Company Culture and DevOps DevOps is both a cultural and technological shift in the enterprise, offering a […]
Manual Processes and Silos Complicating DevOps Deployments
The DevOps concept largely originated in 2009, as software and IT organizations were beginning to adopt Agile methodologies. It came on the heels of a movement to integrate lean manufacturing concepts and infrastructure as a service into IT organizations. Rapid development was the goal, but application and infrastructure teams were still working independently, creating barriers […]
DevOps Adoption: The Driving Force of the Industry
DevOps has transformed from a mere idea on paper to the way processes function in the face of an immediate requirement. Development and Operations together make for one of the most successful collaborations today. As per a research report, people have now begun to understand what DevOps is. When asked how familiar they were with […]
Puppet Report Sees Long DevOps Journey Ahead
A recent report published by Puppet suggests the level of DevOps maturity within most organizations is still relatively slight. In fact, most of the respondents reported high levels of manual work still occurring across configuration management, deployment, testing and change approval processes. Alanna Brown, director of product marketing for Puppet, said the “State of DevOps: […]
For DevOps, (Organizational) Size Matters
When it comes to DevOps, size matters. The number of people in your organization, as well as the size of its infrastructure, play a huge role in shaping how and why you adopt DevOps. The importance of company size may come as a surprise. Few conversations about DevOps mention the role of organizational size in […]
DevOps Case Study: Cyxtera Improves Quality of Security Application
The ability to fail and recover quickly and frequently roll out new features are DevOps benefits any development team can appreciate. But when the team is building a security application that must protect users in real time, the ability to update and upgrade the product quickly isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a requirement. Security applications require […]
The Role of DevOps in the Financial Services Industry
We are living in a fast-changing environment where unexpected technological, economic and political changes can be expected and where it is necessary to adapt quickly to these changes. This statement is especially true in the financial services sector, where there is a greater need to exceed the expectations of customers and provide uninterrupted service. From […]
Culture Becoming Bigger Issue as DevOps Goes Mainstream
Culture and resistance to DevOps processes appears to be growing at many organizations where DevOps projects have started going mainstream and involving more enterprise groups. Cloud automation vendor Quali recently surveyed 1,300 DevOps and IT professionals on some of the key barriers to DevOps adoption and found more respondents identifying culture as a top issue […]
DevOps: It’s an Odyssey, not a Journey
It has become somewhat of a standard practice to tell people, “DevOps is a journey, not a destination,” which attempts to convey the fact that there is no end point that is set in stone. But a journey is a well-planned, point-to-point trip, while DevOps transformation is a messy, figure-out-the-next-steps-as-you-go trip. So I propose we […]
Overcoming the Awkward Teen Years of DevOps Adoption with Process-Centric IT
DevOps adoption is all over the map. Just last year, xMatters and Atlassian surveyed more than 1,000 companies on their DevOps maturity and found only 65 percent were getting the benefits from their DevOps initiative that they expected. Sixty-six percent described their maturity level at or below intermediate. And another 1,000 organizations were excluded from […]
Enthusiasm for DevOps Greater Than Actual Adoption, Survey Shows
When it comes to DevOps practices, adoption continues to lag intention by quite a bit. GitLab recently surveyed some 5,300 software developers and engineers from mostly small and medium businesses around the world. The survey examined overall attitudes and perceptions around the state of DevOps, with a particular focus on uncovering any disparities that might […]
The ‘Mad Men’ Approach to Pitching DevOps
It’s been said that the mark of a good salesman is having the ability to sell ice to an Eskimo. And, if you’re familiar with the 1960s-era T.V. hit “Mad Men,” you know that ad exec Don Draper could do just that. His character was debonair, brash and unapologetic—but one hell of a businessman. So, […]
Cuba Embraces DevOps, Despite Infrastructure Challenges
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking at the second DevOpsDays event in Cuba alongside some great technologists from across the United States, Europe and Latin America. The conference was held in a beautiful hotel in Varadero overlooking a marina right by the beach. Varadero is approximately two hours by car from […]