Tag: DevOps practices

Why SREs Are Critical to DevOps
Although a relatively new concept, site reliability engineers (SREs) have become crucial for DevOps teams, helping to solve an array of operational problems such as network availability and user experience. However, in ...

Do’s and Don’ts of Phased Rollouts Software Delivery
When it comes to app stability and user experience, the “move fast and break things” approach is a recipe for disaster. To protect brand reputation and to stay ahead of evolving needs ...

Cattle, Not Kittens – Revisited
The early days of DevOps were filled with pronouncements that we needed to treat our servers as cattle, not pets (kittens). For a year or so, the refrain was everywhere. And we ...

DevOps Myths Debunked
Leaders need not be DevOps experts, but they need to distinguish DevOps myths and realities to lead their digital transformation projects. As I indicated in a recent article, Engineering Practices Can Overcome ...

Engineering Practices Can Overcome DevOps Challenges
When I think about the challenges of DevOps transformations, I love the viewpoint expressed by Ryan Harmon, strategic accounts manager at Trace3: “DevOps is a complex maze that has many leaders frustrated ...

The Secret to Winning at DevOps: Are You Up for the Challenge?
The main idea behind DevOps is to enable companies to keep up with the increased software velocity and advancements in agile culture for a smoother end-to-end software delivery cycle. The main goal ...

How DevOps Tools Are Contributing to Automation Initiatives Across the IT Landscape
Prolific advancements in IT, specifically in agile methods and culture over the years, has led to burgeoning needs for a more holistic end-to-end software delivery approach. Agile development is an umbrella term ...

The Secure Software Development Life Cycle: Syncing Development and Security
Over the last five to 10 years, the nature of software development has shifted dramatically. Whereas large software releases occurred every six to 18 months in the past, current release schedules have ...

DevOps Practices: How to Make Valuable Changes to Your Teams
DevOps has become a buzzword within the software development industry, promising rapid turnaround times for requested changes. As for developers, DevOps promises to increase productivity while reducing the risk of production failures ...

2020 DevSecOps Community Survey: Of 5,045 Developers, Guess How Many Are Happy?
We just released the seventh annual DevSecOps Community Survey. We captured the pulse of over 5,000 developers in 102 countries. What we learned about trends in DevSecOps will surprise you—especially the parts ...

Predictions 2020: The Year of DevOps Empowerment
Every year since mid-decade, it seems, one publication or another has declared it to be “the year of DevOps.” Allow me to make the case that it really will happen in 2020 ...

DevOps at a Distance
How do you successfully follow DevOps practices when the two parts of your team are 5,000 miles (8,000km) and two time zones apart? Airwallex is a global fintech founded in Melbourne, Australia ...