
What to Expect: DevOps Enterprise Summit London
After the success of the first two years of the U.S. DevOps Enterprise Summit, people have been asking us to host a similar conference in other locations, specifically in Europe. This summer, we’re hosting our first DevOps Enterprise Summit in London! This conference is for technology leaders who are driving transformations in large, complex organizations. […]

IT Revolution Announces First Speakers For DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2016
Technology leaders from Disney, IBM, Ticketmaster, Pearson and Salesforce among the first to join the premier DevOps Enterprise event speaker lineup PORTLAND, Oregon, April 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — IT Revolution (http://itrevolution.com), the industry leader for advancing DevOps, today announced its first round of speakers for DevOps Enterprise Summit London (DOES16), the premier industry conference for […]

Cohesion Critical in a Successful DevOps Team
In the push to adopt DevOps among enterprise IT organizations, cohesion has been one of the biggest challenges in collaborating effectively. Historically, departments within a business existed in disparate locations, or silos. Marketing, IT and operations all had their own teams and their own communication channels, which made it difficult for members of separate teams […]

Threat Stack Secures $15.3 Million in Series B Funding to Drive More Efficiency for Cloud Security Teams
Scale Venture Partners Leads Round; Market Demand and Rapid Customer Growth Key to Series B Funding Round BOSTON – April 19, 2016 – Threat Stack, a leader in cloud security and compliance management, today announced it secured $15.3 million in Series B funding, led by Scale Venture Partners (Scale), with participation from all existing […]

Mesosphere Democratizes the Container-Based Datacenter with DC/OS Open Source Project; Backed by Accenture, Cisco, Equinix, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft and Many Others
More than 60 leading technology companies collaborate to deliver first 100% open source datacenter-scale operating system for running containers and distributed apps in production. SAN FRANCISCO — (Marketwired, April 19, 2016) — A broad alliance of leading companies today joined forces with Mesosphere to unveil the beta release of DC/OS, the first open and comprehensive […]

Rugged DevOps: Making Invisible Things Visible
You might already know them from theagileadmin.com, but let me introduce you to two of the leading minds in the Rugged DevOps movement: James Wickett and Ernest Mueller. Both James and Ernest are active leaders in the DevOps space, in addition to helping organize events such as DevOpsDays Austin and LASCON. Our conversation covered a […]

The New Age of “Operations” in a DevOps Enterprise
My encounters with commercial clients in the DevOps space have been exciting, curious, political, and challenging. What most don’t realize is that DevOps is not just about infusing tool automation into a delivery pipeline, but it also has to do with re-mobilizing and challenging the status quo when it comes to “who does what”. As […]

Test Better, Test Faster, Test Smarter
How do you balance the need to “go fast” with the need to test everything and deliver high-quality software? With applications the driving force in today’s economy, the quality and release cadence of your software are critical to your business and your bottom line. You want to get software updated in the hands of your […]

State of DevOps Survey – The Ultimate Feedback Loop
If there’s any consistent criticism of the larger DevOps movement, it’s that the talking heads and industry gadflies are driving the conversation, not the people in the trenches. All the thought leadership panels and “how-to” content (including the written and AV materials on this very site) make for great watercooler discussion, but lack the input […]

Threat Stack Announces Webhook API Integration Capabilities
Customized Workflows Enable Collaboration to Streamline Security BOSTON – April 14, 2016 – Threat Stack, a leader in cloud security management and compliance, today announced its webhook API integration capabilities to reduce security and operations workflow challenges. This capability allows Threat Stack customers to enable a webhook API to build custom workflows based on security […]

Rackspace Becomes AWS DevOps Competency Partner
SAN ANTONIO, TX–(Marketwired – April 14, 2016) – Rackspace® (NYSE: RAX) has achieved Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) DevOps Competency within the AWS Partner Competency Program, which recognizes members of the AWS Partner Network who have completed a rigorous third-party audit demonstrating their expertise in DevOps practices, tools, and proven customer success. Customers can access this […]

Optimizing an Effective CI/CD Pipeline
Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) are often cited as pillars of successful DevOps. To establish and optimize the CI/CD development model and reap the benefits, companies need to build an effective pipeline to automate their build, integration and testing processes. This requires architecting CI/CD with five key ingredients which, when combined effectively, operate as […]

Carwash Success: New DHS Privacy Policy Requires Carwash for all Mobile Applications
Carwash is a Rugged DevOps SaaS solution developed by Blackstone Technology Group and the Department of Homeland Security. The new DHS policy requires all mobile application developers to use Carwash when proposing, developing, implementing or changing any OHS Mobile Apps Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 13, 2016 Blackstone Technology Group (Blackstone), in partnership with the Department […]

DevOpsDays Returns to Washington DC
DevOpsDaysDC returns to Washington DC June 7 and 8, 2016. Come share ideas on high velocity IT with peers in private sector and government; Call For Presentations on Continuous Improvement Extended to April 18. WASHINGTON, DC (PRWEB) April 14, 2016 DevOps Days will return to the DC metro area, June 7 and 8, at the […]

Release Automation: Bigger than DevOps
Why DevOps is not for everyone and how release automation helps in bimodal world So am I really going to write a blog calling DevOps a big hoax? Well, not exactly, but as a follow-up to my previous blog on the difference between DevOps and Continuous Delivery, I want to alert you to a few […]

Platform.sh Provides PaaS Technology to Magento Commerce
Global commerce provider Integrates Platform.sh Into its New Enterprise Cloud Offering Paris, France (PRWEB) April 12, 2016 Today, Platform.sh, the Continuous Delivery Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Cloud Hosting company, announced that Magento Commerce has chosen the company’s second generation PaaS for its newly launched Magento Enterprise Cloud Edition product. The flagship open-source Magento platform is already the […]

IT Revolution AnnoUNCES EARLY BIRD TICKETS FOR DevOps Enterprise Summit LONDON 2016
Gene Kim to keynote, encourages IT leaders and software delivery practitioners from large enterprises in Europe to join the premier DevOps Enterprise event PORTLAND, Ore., April 11, 2016 – IT Revolution (http://itrevolution.com), the industry leader for advancing DevOps, today announced Early Bird ticket sales for DevOps Enterprise Summit London (DOES16), the premier industry conference for […]

New Node.js Foundation Survey Reports New “Full Stack” In Demand Among Enterprise Developers
Nearly 50 percent of Node.js developers surveyed using container technology, strong growth emerges in cloud, front end, mobile and devices SAN FRANCISCO, April, 12, 2016 — The Node.js Foundation, a community-led and industry-backed consortium to advance the development of the Node.js platform, today announced its first ever Node.js User Survey Report. With over 3.5 million […]

AppNeta to OEM Technology to SevOne to Provide Global Customers with the Most Complete EndUser Infrastructure Monitoring
The World’s Largest Digital Infrastructures Will Now Have Comprehensive Capabilities to Ensure Optimal User Experience BOSTON – April 12, 2016 AppNeta, a leader in performance insight for businesscritical web applications announced an OEM agreement with SevOne, a worldwide leader in digital infrastructure management. SevOne will leverage key elements of the AppNeta technology stack to deliver […]

Changing Compensation Before it Kills Success
Have you ever seen the sign, “Will work for food”? If you deconstruct the premise a bit, we all work for the rewards systems that interests us. We “trade” our labor (ideally, focus our passion), for a set of acknowledgements that range from survival to pride. And ultimately it is our employer (whether the boss […]

Automic Software and Forest Technologies Announce Strategic Devops Partnership
SEATTLE & VIENNA–(Business Wire)–Forest Technologies, the leading DevOps and Digital Transformation Consultancy headquartered in London, and Automic, the leader in Business Automation, today announced, a strategic partnership wherein Automic will leverage Forest’s experienced DevOps consulting and enablement capabilities to support their customers’ adoption of Application Release Automation and Continuous Delivery solutions, as well as provide […]

SendGrid Reaches 1 Billion Emails Per Day Milestone
Customer Communication Messages Delivered via SendGrid’s Platform Engage 1.6 Billion Unique Email Addresses Every 90 Days BOULDER, Colo., April 11, 2016 — SendGrid, the leading delivery platform for customer communication, today announced that it has reached the milestone of sending 1 billion emails per day on behalf of its customers. These customer communication messages reach more […]

FLAP, Part 3: Full Data Center Provisioning
In the first two parts of this series (Part 1, Part 2), we covered server provisioning and application provisioning. Knowing a bit about each of these tools is useful (although one blog is hardly a thorough evaluation of strengths and weaknesses—I strongly suggest you do more research), knowing how they work together is the point […]