Multi-speed IT: The Reality of Enterprise Agility
Today’s business demands the ability to change systems at an ever-increasing speed, but for many companies, including their systems of record have created a mismatch in development and operations practices between the traditionally dynamic systems of engagement and the traditionally slower systems of record. The problem isn’t in the ability of the systems of record […]
7 Pillars of DevOps: Essential Foundations for Enterprise Success
As indicated by the “2016 State-of-DevOps Report,” multiple compelling enterprise business performance improvements provided by well-built DevOps solutions are driving IT transformations for development and operations across many industries. While some enterprises have implemented DevOps to gain near-term efficiency benefits, DevOps is becoming a competitive essential for all enterprises to implement DevOps. Enterprises that fall […]
The Maturing OpenStack Cloud: Just Do it
We’ve been thinking about the maturing cloud a lot lately. In fact, we’re participating in a panel discussion on the topic at the upcoming OpenStack East in August in New York. As we’ve spoken with OpenStack users and vendors throughout the world we’re hearing a common theme about the maturation of OpenStack clouds—the results seldom […]
Jenkins World Speaker Gruver on the State of DevOps
Santa Clara, California, will be home to the biggest gathering of Jenkins users in the world Sept. 13-15. This year’s Jenkins World conference will feature Gary Gruver, DevOps expert and author of “Leading the Transformation.” We had a chance to connect with Gary and hear his thoughts on the state of DevOps, continuous delivery and […]
Health Care’s Shift to the Cloud via the Hybrid Cloud, Part 2
In part one of this series, we looked at how the healthcare industry has changed, requiring integrations and interoperability that were not previously needed. Having established that the cloud is the way to go and that the hybrid cloud is the stepping stone hospital CIOs are comfortable with, we must ask how DevOps can help. […]
The DevOps Force Multiplier: Competitive Advantage + Security
Several years ago, DevOps started hitting the eyes of enterprise business leaders when news outlets such as The Wall Street Journal and Forbes began reporting that the IT culture and methodology was helping adopters to gain a competitive advantage. Since then, we’ve seen story after story about how DevOps-focused employees are becoming the driving force […]
Separate but Equal: Not Equal and Not the Right Way
The DevOps Enterprise Summit in London provided another opportunity to speak to many clients about their organizations’ DevOps transformations. The key message is, “It’s all about people and culture,” but how do you make those changes? In session after session it was clear the source code manager (SCM) is central to this transformation. All clients […]
Quali CloudShell 7.0 Helps Businesses Deliver Applications Faster with Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Support and Powerful Sandboxing Features
Quali Cloud Sandbox Software Allows Full-stack Application Blueprinting and Easy Integration with DevOps Tools SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27, 2016 – Quali, the leading Cloud Sandbox software for DevOps automation, today announced the release of CloudShell 7.0 which introduces support for deploying applications into sandboxes and expands the Quali Developer Community to allow more rapid […]
cPrime Introduces ‘Software Services Lifecycle Management’ to Help Organizations Align and Unify Services for Agile Teams, Tools and Processes
New industry approach aims to provide greater visibility and coordination across the software delivery lifecycle ATLANTA (Agile2016 Conference), July 25, 2016 – cPrime, a global provider of software services for Agile-based organizations, today introduced Software Services Lifecycle Management (SSLM), a new industry approach that addresses the fragmented way software services, including training, coaching and consulting, […]
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 […]
Intersections: DevOps, Release Engineering and Security
With emerging ideas, innovation and talents, the lines between DevOps, release engineering and even security are rapidly blurring. I invite you to sit down for a moment with principal consultant, J. Paul Reed, and listen to his take on what the intersection between these once individualized fields entails—and may even foreshadow. Derek Weeks: Good morning, […]
How DevOps Can Help Improve Security
Automation and standardization along with development-inspired reviews can address the three top risks to IT security. The term “DevOps” these days tends to evoke images of automation and push-button application deployments whenever app dev wants. It’s anarchy, it’s chaos, and it’s a frightening notion to those for whom stability and security of the core business […]
Case Study: Laserfiche Builds Hybrid Cloud for ECM
Laserfiche is a privately owned software development company that creates enterprise content management (ECM), business process automation, workflow, records management, document imaging and webform software. The company provides secure document management, image capture, electronic forms, workflow automation, digital signatures and DoD 5015.2-certified records management, “Automating and streamlining business processes with prepackaged solutions for contract management, […]
Managing Your DevOps Releases Efficiently
The Top 5 Things You Need to Know When Selecting a DevOps Release Management Solution DevOps is a modern software delivery movement that encompasses agile principles and encourages automation in application delivery. Why adopt it? It allows teams to reduce errors due to manual steps and break down silos between teams to improve communication and […]
Electric Cloud Announces Industry’s First End-to-End DevOps Release Automation Platform with Native, Push-Button Rolling Deployments
Easy access to rolling and other advanced deployment patterns makes large-scale, mission-critical application releases safe, reliable and repeatable throughout the entire lifecycle SAN JOSE, Calif., July 19, 2016 – Electric Cloud (http://electric-cloud.com), the leader in DevOps Release Automation, today announced its latest version of ElectricFlow, now the industry’s first and only end-to-end DevOps platform to […]
DevOps Can Counter Brexit Aftershocks
On June 23, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum. The impact was immediate. The value of the pound has plunged. Stock markets around the world tumbled. Share prices for U.K. companies that trade internationally have recovered fairly quickly, but smaller companies in the FTSE 250 are […]
How to Conquer Test Automation for Your Mobile Testing
Developing your mobile app is just the initial step toward preparing it for market. It first needs to work flawlessly over thousands of different devices, each running over different mobile operating systems with their own version, and inside any of hundreds of unique local networks. On top of that, every feature has to be tested […]
Using Case Management to Tackle the Unknown
One of the biggest challenges for an organization is producing IT response models that accurately reflect real-world scenarios. It’s pretty straightforward to establish protocols for predictable situations. We call these “standard” scenarios. It gets harder when you have to tackle the unknown. “Case management,” as it’s called, involves establishing strategies and methods to approach unpredictable […]
Can DevOps Be Applied to Production Networks?
The key goal of DevOps is to bring development and operations together, bound by a common set of practices. For this to become reality, developers need to think more like the operations team—focusing on stability and reliability—while operators need to think more like developers—focusing on agility and speed. But how widely can this be applied? […]
WaveMaker Extends Lead in Enterprise Rapid Application Development with Out-of-the-Box RAD-based App Security
Expanded Security Functionality Lets Developers Focus on Developing Great Apps, With Assurance of Protection Against Network Breaches MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – July 14, 2016 – WaveMaker, Inc., a leading enterprise Rapid Application Development Platform software company, today announced two major enhancements to its enterprise-class Rapid App Development platform. Built with a strong foundation in application […]
What ‘Star Wars’ Can Teach Us About DevOps Automation
Perhaps no movie has ever received the same level of hype as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Longtime fans yearned for the latest episode of the sprawling saga to bring back some of the magic of the original movies, while paving the way for the next generation of the “Star Wars” universe. In this way, the […]
DigitalOcean Releases Block Storage, Enabling Developers and Businesses to Build and Scale Larger Applications
Highly Available and Flexible SSD-Based Storage Enables Teams of Developers to Scale Production Workloads, Add Disk Space, and Build Distributed Applications Without Changing Droplet Size NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Jul 13, 2016) – DigitalOcean, provider of the cloud computing platform designed for developers, today released Block Storage, the number one product request from customers. Block […]
DigitalOcean Releases Block Storage, Enabling Developers and Businesses to Build and Scale Larger Applications
Highly available and flexible SSD-based storage enables teams of developers to scale production workloads, add disk space, and build distributed applications without changing Droplet size NEW YORK – July 13, 2016 – DigitalOcean, provider of the cloud computing platform designed for developers, today released Block Storage, the number one product request from customers. Block […]