DevOps Security in Spotlight as Gartner Names vArmour Cool Vendor
News Reports vArmour CEO Eades Nabbed $41 Million Ahead of Trump Presidency In May, Gartner named 2016 Cool Vendors in several security categories. Given the focus of this column, I was interested in several of the companies chosen for the designation, especially those named in the Cool Vendors in Cloud and Emerging Technology Security 2016 […]
XebiaLabs Opens Sold-Out DevOps Leadership Summit
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jun 16, 2016) – XebiaLabs (http://www.xebialabs.com), a recognized leader in DevOps and Continuous Delivery software tools, today announced the opening of its DevOps Leadership Summit at the iconic EYE Film Museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The DevOps Leadership Summit is a full day event bringing together some of the most advanced DevOps […]
Doing Nothing is Hard Work!
If you really want to know how good your software delivery process is, try doing nothing. Yes, you read that correctly, do nothing: Go through your normal release process without any requirements, no new code, no testing and no installation at the end. Sounds easy, right? So let’s get started. This will be different for […]
CA Technologies Delivers First Integrated and Open Continuous Delivery Ecosystem, Enabling Organizations to Deliver Applications Faster and More Efficiently
CA Automates Complete Application Lifecycle for Improved Deployment Times and Testing Efficiency New York, June 15, 2016 – CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the availability of CA Release Automation Continuous Delivery Edition, and several new integrations across CA’s DevOps portfolio and third party solutions creating the first integrated, fully automated and open continuous delivery […]
Automic Software Announces Record Q4 and Fiscal Year 2016
Strong Growth Drives Global Expansion with Opening of Innovation Lab in Austin, Texas and New Offices in Paris VIENNA & SEATTLE – 14 June 2016 — Automic Software, the leader in Business Automation, today announced a record Q4 and fiscal year driven by significant customer acquisitions, strategic partnerships and continued product innovation. In addition, the […]
3 Rules for Successful SAFe Adoption
Startups and enterprises alike are redefining—some say disrupting—markets, industries and customer experiences by delivering innovative ideas at a rapid pace and responding to feedback. Often they fail, but they fail quickly and adjust. You know the ones: Spotify, Etsy, Netflix, Airbnb. How do they do it? What can we learn from them that will work […]
XebiaLabs Unveils “Periodic Table of DevOps Tools” v.2
Highly Popular Free DevOps Market Landscape Tool Updated With New Members and More Features BOSTON, MA–(Marketwired – Jun 14, 2016) – XebiaLabs (www.xebialabs.com), a recognized leader in DevOps and Continuous Delivery software tools, today announced the release ofThe Periodic Table of DevOps Tools v.2, a major update of its free, industry recognized DevOps landscape tool. […]
Chef Launches Habitat, New Open Source Project to Automate Applications
After Nine Months in Stealth Development, First of Its Kind Open Source Project Packages Automation with Application for Deployment Anywhere, from Bare Metal to Containers SEATTLE – June 14, 2016 – Chef<https://www.chef.io>, the leader in automation for DevOps<https://www.chef.io/solutions/devops>, today announced Habitat<https://habitat.sh>, an open source project that introduces a new approach for application automation. Applications packaged […]
Loggly Closes $11.5M of New Financing
Cloud-based log management solution follows 2,000 customer milestone with funding round led by True Ventures SAN FRANCISCO, CA—June 14, 2016—Loggly, the leading cloud-based, enterprise-class log management solution provider, today announces an $11.5 million funding round. Led by True Ventures, the new round enables Loggly to continue to innovate as well as to expand sales and […]
Q&A: CNCF on Instilling a DevOps Culture, Part 1
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is a non-profit comprised of some 49 industry participants that have come together to drive development and adoption of cloud-native applications and services. The CNCF is uniting such giants as Google, IBM, Intel and Cisco Systems to distill a collection of container technologies that end-user companies deem praiseworthy to […]
DBmaestro Releases TeamWork Version 5.1 with Increased Automation Capabilities
New version widens database release automation to provide significantly higher interoperability Houston, Texas – June 13, 2016 – DBmaestro (www.DBmaestro.com), the pioneer and leading provider of DevOps for Database solutions, announced the release of TeamWork Version 5.1, which improves its industry leading database release automation interoperability to support seamless integration with all sources of […]
SecureWorks Counter Threat Platform Brings New Security Layer to Customer Workloads on AWS with Expanded Monitoring Capabilities
Organizations can add security bolstered by threat intelligence as they pursue the potential of cloud computing and hybrid IT. Atlanta, June 13, 2016 – SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ: SCWX) is expanding the capabilities of its vendor-agnostic, data analytics engine — the Counter Threat Platform (CTP) TM — to now provide security monitoring of client applications and […]
IT REVOLUTION TO OFFER PREVIEW COPIES OF SOON-TO-BE-RELEASED ‘DEVOPS HANDBOOK’ TO ATTENDEES AT DEVOPS ENTERPRISE SUMMIT LONDON 2016
Gene Kim to Host DevOps ‘Luminaries Night’ Reception During Conference PORTLAND, Ore., June 9, 2016 – IT Revolution (http://itrevolution.com), the industry leader for advancing DevOps, today announced it will be offering the first look of its soon-to-be-released “DevOps Handbook” as a special bonus to all attendees at DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2016 (http://events.itrevolution.com/eu/). As the […]
What Happens to Test in a DevOps World?
I am always surprised by the urban legends around DevOps. One of my favorites is, If you implement a DevOps methodology, you can stop doing test. People famously quote that Netflix only tests in production as evidence of this. This is perhaps more like of game of Telephone, where much of the story gets lost […]
Where’s the Heat? Talking DevOps, Use Cases and More
Transitioning your organization from a traditional IT infrastructure into the world of DevOps is certainly a journey. Sometimes a long one, with many obstacles, but undoubtedly a voyage with a worthwhile prize at the end. Many organizations just embarking on their DevOps journey find themselves wondering, what use cases should they attack first? And who […]
CrowdStrike Integrates Falcon Platform with Orchestration and Automation Partners
Combined Endpoint Visibility and Automatic Breach Investigation Workflow Will Allow Customers to Orchestrate Response with Greater Speed and Accuracy Irvine, CA – June 7, 2016 – CrowdStrike Inc., a leader in cloud-delivered next-generation endpoint protection, threat intelligence and response services, today announced a new initiative to integrate CrowdStrike Falcon™ Platform with orchestration and automation […]
How DevOps is Killing QA
If you work in software quality assurance (QA), it’s time to find a new job. The overall software development process has always consisted of the following core activities: Creating a requirements analysis; Producing a specification of the software artifact; Constructing the software; Investigating the quality of the product or service; Finding and fixing defects; then […]
Q&A: CircleCI’s Kevin Bell on Continuous Delivery
There’s been a lot of talk and momentum lately when it comes to continuous delivery. And it seems every enterprise has moved part, or all, of its development efforts to continuous delivery—or is at least talking about doing so. But there are many challenges such as security, dealing with legacy systems and internal politics associated […]
SmartBear Presents on DevOps Testing at Better Software West
SOMERVILLE, Mass.–(Business Wire)–Nikhil Kaul, Product Marketing Manager, Testing Products at SmartBear Software, the leader in software quality tools for the connected world, is presenting, “Where’s Test in DevOps?” at Better Software West, taking place on Sunday, June 5 – Friday, June 10, 2016 in Las Vegas. SmartBear is also exhibiting its industry leading test automation […]
Sonatype Strengthens Continuous Delivery with New Atlassian Integrations
FULTON, Md.–(Business Wire)–Sonatype, the leader in software supply chain automation, today announced new integrations with Atlassian’s product portfolio to better support Continuous Delivery and DevOps practices. Following up on its previous integrations with Atlassian’s Bamboo and HipChat products, Sonatype is announcing four Nexus integrations with Atlassian products: Nexus Lifecycle, Nexus Firewall, and Nexus Auditor integration […]
Rep Spotlight: Global Lynx
DevOps Institute: Tell us a little about your organization: Global Lynx: Global Lynx is a leading and fast-growing IT consulting and training company that assists companies and government agencies improve the competence and skills of their IT organization, enhance the maturity of their IT governance and improve the quality and effectiveness of their IT operations, […]
DevOps: Shift Left to Reduce Failure
DevOps is all about increasing the feedback loop from idea to customer and back again. Tremendous gains have been achieved in automation and tools to drastically reduce the amount of manual labor involved in progressing down the release pipeline. But mission-critical applications in a highly competitive market cannot afford to go down. Complex applications, environments […]
WaveMaker Jump-Starts Delivery of “No Coding” Apps for Mobility
Pro and Non-Pro Developers Alike Can Combine Visual, No-Coding RAD (Rapid Application Development) with Enhanced WaveMaker Professional Services to Bring Mobile Apps to Life in a Matter of Days MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 1, 2016 – WaveMaker, Inc., a leading enterprise Rapid Application Development Platform software company, today announced the most comprehensive professional services available for rapid […]