SolarWinds Survey Surfaces DevOps Disconnects
A survey of 336 developers, web product managers and DevOps practitioners published by SolarWinds, a provider of IT management tools, finds they spend most of their time troubleshooting applications—so much so that there is little time for strategic projects such as transitioning to DevOps practices. Joe Kim, executive vice president and global chief technology officer […]
How to Turn Your DevSecOps Shift into Your ‘Pixar Moment’
If you have worked in security as long as I have, you have seen that vulnerabilities persist, despite years of attempts to fix them without changing how the organization operates. One of my all-time favorite leadership quotes comes from the first stockholder meeting after Robert Iger, the CEO of Disney, bought Pixar. “The riskiest thing […]
Hooked on Service Metrics
We live in an increasingly “as-a-service” world. From software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) to functions as a service (FaaS) and SaaS-delivered applications, service delivery has become paramount to business goals and practices. In today’s DevOps landscape, microservices—the cloud-native approach to designing scalable, independently delivered services—allow teams to prioritize each […]
DevOps Challenges and Version Control: What the Survey Results Tell Us
Putting DevOps into practice is an ongoing experiment for many organizations. Developers often struggle with continuous integration (CI) or continuous delivery (CD) performance, testing delays and other bottlenecks. While not the answer to everything, version control—that long-established foundation of software development toolchains—has become a central part of DevOps, particularly DevOps at scale. This is underlined […]
Accelerating MVP Development Performance Through DevOps
The core concept of minimum viable product (MVP) is to get maximum learning and understanding regarding what customers want about a product. Learning and understanding is a continuous process requiring a development process that is incremental in nature. That makes DevOps a favorite for CIOs and everyone else who dabbles with MVP development. How can […]
How AIOps Makes DevOps Less Noisy
For DevOps engineers, “noise” is the enemy of productivity. In this context, the noise we’re talking about is unnecessary or low-priority alerts and notifications that distract engineers from identifying serious issues—and ultimately can cause alert fatigue syndrome, in which alerting systems are ignored altogether. Without the application of a well-constructed noise reduction plan, alert noise […]
Red Hat Adds Support for Nested Workflows to Ansible Automation Framework
Red Hat today announced it is adding support for nested playbooks created using the open source Ansible automation framework within one another, which, in turn, will make it easier to automate complex IT processes. Bill Nottingham, product manager for Ansible, said the goal is to enable DevOps teams to reuse existing Ansible playbooks to kick […]
9 Pillars of Continuous Security Best Practices
Without proper consideration given to security best practices, the continuous delivery of software changes facilitated by DevOps is risky. On the other hand, DevOps provides an opportunity to reduce security risks if security is integrated into the continuous delivery pipeline according to best practices. This blog enumerates best practices for security across nine pillars of […]
DevOps and Agile: Your New Year’s Resolution
Don’t apply Agile principles to DevOps. That’s not how it works. We in the west often celebrate the new year with a promise to do more or less of something in the coming year. While these promises are often broken, they can occasionally be transformational. And it’s time your organization had a transformational one: More […]
DevOps and Retail: Transforming Brick-and-Mortar to Brick-and-Click
Brick-and mortar-retail is rapidly transforming with the digital age. As physical storefronts turn digital, it’s safe to say that traditional retail is quickly becoming a mesh of “brick-and-click.” So, how are retail giants surviving in this new landscape? Interestingly enough, the remaining brick-and-mortar retail are reinventing themselves by applying helpful DevOps principles. In this post, […]
Feature Flagging Poised for Wider Adoption
Feature flags, also known as feature toggles, provide a means for DevOps teams to test and add new capabilities to their applications without having to take the entire application offline. The downside is they generally result in more branches of applications that need to be carefully managed within the context of a DevOps process. A […]
The 4 Keys to Effective Continuous Testing
In the digital era, products no longer can win on capabilities alone. Speed to market and buyer experience now matter just as much to customers as the extent to which a product meets a pressing need or outperforms competitive offerings. Against this backdrop, software developers find themselves under increasing pressure, left with no choice but […]
AWS re:Invent 2018 Product Launches: An Overview
AWS re:Invent is always rich in product launches. Some products are entirely new, while others are updates or enhancements to existing tools. The 2018 event was no exception. In case you missed it, here’s a drive-thru on some of the best products—and one important statement—from this year’s show. AWS Marketplace for Containers Announced at the […]
What It Really Takes to Build Compliant Apps
If you search online for “software compliance,” you’ll be met with a seemingly endless lineup of blog posts, how-tos and explainer articles promising to tell you everything you need to know about writing and deploying software in a compliance-friendly manner. Some of those are good resources, especially the ones that delve into meeting specific compliance […]
Logging: Turning Good DevOps Teams into Great Ones
The competition is on for DevOps teams that are expected to rev up production on a multitude of projects, with teams and companies aiming to stay atop the global software product marketplace. The complexity of code creation and the pace of deployment has picked up in recent years, and DevOps managers are starting to face […]
Anaxi Delivers Project Management App for DevOps
Anaxi, a provider of project management software designed specifically for DevOps teams, has made its web application generally available. The web application complements an existing iPhone application, while an Android version of the company’s project management application is still under development. Company CEO says Marc Verstaen said that as DevOps has evolved around multiple repositories, […]
Atlassian Brings Postmortem Analysis to DevOps
Atlassian has added a postmortem capability to JiraOps, which gathers a list of all the key events from any IT incident in chronological order to make it easier to analyze what happened, identify root causes and raise issues directly within the JiraOps platform to ensure subsequent actions are taken. At the same time, Atlassian is […]
Using Trade Studies in Vetting Tool Stacks
Adding to your tool stack should entail more thought than, “Start your free trial today!” It’s great when there is an application need and cloud-based tools are easily grabbed with a few clicks. However, surveying alternatives before making a tool stack change can prevent costly mistakes. Trade studies can help vet best-fit tools for evaluation. […]
Today: Predict 2019 Virtual Summit
Predict 2019 Virtual Summit is finally here! The summit is happening today, Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 10 a.m. Eastern. Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from Mirco Herring, Rich Mogull, John Willis, Chenxi Wang and other industry luminaries as they offer their DevOps and security predictions for 2019. If you have already registered, then go here […]
Should Your Company Hire Remote Full-Stack Developers?
Is your company seeking to hire a qualified full-stack developer? It seems like an easy enough task—create a job listing, read resumes, conduct technical interviews and make the hire. Finding engineers who understand every layer of the stack is difficult, however. Companies compete for the best and brightest full-stack developers and, unfortunately, they are in […]
Using Continuous Backup to Keep Pace in an Increasingly DevOps World
How continuous backup can help DevOps teams keep working with the right data The world of software engineering has changed; in fact it’s constantly changing. We’re moving on from the days of waterfall when big-budget releases with multiple features per version were the norm. Now, to compete, organizations have to implement agile development, with shorter […]
How to Become a DevSecOps Engineer
The popularity and success of DevOps means it’s now an increasingly common feature in IT job descriptions. One of the most important roles within DevOps, however, is the Security Engineer or DevSecOps Engineer. This deeply rewarding career requires a specific technical skill set, current knowledge of cybersecurity trends and a decent amount of experience. Perhaps […]
Datadog and Aqua Security Partner to Provide Seamless Visibility into Container-Based Application Security
Aqua integrates with Datadog to give DevOps teams real-time security metrics and events Seattle, WA –December 11, 2018 – KubeCon/CloudNativeCon – Aqua Security, the leading platform provider for securing container-based and cloud native applications, today announced the integration of its platform with Datadog’s cloud monitoring and analytics platform. With this integration, Aqua provides real-time visibility […]