CircleCI Automates Configurations Across CI/CD Platform
CircleCI has unveiled what it describes as the first package manager designed specifically to address configuration tasks involving software delivery automation. Matt Wyman, vice president of product for CircleCI, said the Orbs package manager condenses commands, executors and jobs into single, reusable lines of code that automate tasks on the continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform […]
InfluxData Time Series Database Extends Industry Lead with Performance and Data Compaction Enhancements in Latest Release
Company Also Launches Technical Preview of Industry’s First Purpose-Built Functional Query Language for Time Series Data Ready for Developer Community Trial and Feedback SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 7, 2018 — InfluxData, the modern Open Source Platform built specifically for metrics, events and other time series data that empowers developers to build next-generation monitoring, analytics and […]
Back to DevOps School: What Tools are in Your Backpack?
The 2018-19 school year is in full swing, and just like the kids are going to the bus stop with their new backpacks and shoes, it’s time to refresh your DevOps tool chain and look to the future. Remember, just like education, DevOps never ends. It’s a lifetime pursuit that constantly improves your life. The […]
DevOps and Cloud: A Symbiotic Relationship
Most companies want to increase their competitiveness in today’s swiftly changing world, and so they cannot ignore digital transformation. DevOps and cloud computing have become two of the ways companies can achieve this needed transformation, though the relationship between the two is not easily reconciled—DevOps is about the process and process improvement, while cloud computing […]
New hires, Project Wins and Education Programme Boost Edge Testing DevOps Practice
DevOps service supports organisations as they combine software development and operations for quicker delivery to market One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, has boosted its DevOps practice with new hires, project wins and education programme. Edge Testing’s DevOps service provides organisations with the skills […]
How DevOps Can Nurture the IoT Brownfield For Results
Your latest IoT project sailed through proof-of-concept but started running into problems during rollout. Fortunately, your DevOps superhumans got things running. Now, perhaps a year or more later, you’re seeing more and more issues crop up as the project grows. If this scenario sounds vaguely familiar, or you’re worried you may be headed there, you’re […]
How IBM’s $34B Bid for Red Hat Will Spur DevOps Adoption
IBM’s proposed acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion will have an immediate impact in raising awareness for a programmatic approach to managing hybrid clouds based on best DevOps practices. A recent survey published by International Data Corp. (IDC) finds most organizations (64 percent) have already embraced multiple clouds to varying degrees. Only 7 percent […]
Simplifying Through DevOps in Banking
There are a great many assets available on the internet that talk about what DevOps is and how far DevOps adoption has come. So we will not repeat the “what” and the “how far.” Instead, we will focus on the road ahead and future of simplification and transformation at banking organizations and the role DevOps […]
Defining DevOps: How Do You Know When You Have Achieved DevOps?
Key to understanding where you are in your organization’s journey is by defining DevOps Much has been written about the compelling benefits of DevOps. However, the lack of a commonly agreed definition and clear prescription for implementing DevOps have left many people puzzled. Ask a group of experts, “How do you know when you have […]
IBM Acquires Red Hat to Create DevOps Behemoth
In a move that has massive implications for DevOps teams across the enterprise, IBM today announced it is acquiring Red Hat in a deal valued at $34 billion. Red Hat will join IBM’s Hybrid Cloud group as a distinct independent unit. Red Hat will continue to be led by Jim Whitehurst and Red Hat’s current […]
DOES 2018: DevOps Providing Greater Business Outcomes, Yet Challenges Remain
The DevOps Enterprise Summit turned 4 years old this year, and what a difference four years makes: At the inaugural summit, perhaps a few hundred attendees participated. This year, there were roughly 2,000, according to the organizers. The energy at the first year’s event felt like that of a skunkworks team that knew they were […]
Integrating the Database into DevOps for Business Success
The benefits of DevOps have been known for some time, but this year’s “Accelerate: State of DevOps” report shows that successful companies are extending the advantages they get from adopting it. The longest-running research of its kind, the report from DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) represents five years of work surveying more than 30,000 technical […]
Where is the Next Generation of Mainframe Talent?
Are we potentially facing a shortage of mainframe talent? “Three of us set up this tool in 1989. One is retired, and the other person is somewhere in heaven!” That was the remark of Alf (name changed), the senior mainframe architect at a large European enterprise, as he pointed toward the ceiling of the meeting […]
Rollout Adds Configuration as Code Support and Integration with GitHub to Treat Feature Flags as Mission Critical Operations
Plans to Open Source Flagship Platform to Drive Innovation and Provide Operational Benefits of Software Production Changes Without Sacrificing Management Processes San Francisco, October 24, 2018 – Rollout.io, a feature delivery and management company, today announced its feature management platform will leverage Configuration as Code (CaC) and a powerful integration with GitHub, so developers can […]
Redgate enhances the appeal of compliant database DevOps with new provisioning dashboard for SQL Clone
Cambridge UK, Wednesday 24 October 2018 – The leading Microsoft SQL Server tools vendor, Redgate, has introduced a new at-a-glance dashboard to its database provisioning solution, giving users an easy way to manage, organize and make available masked copies of databases. Copies of production databases are commonly used in development to test changes against and ensure they are not […]
Compuware and CollabNet VersionOne Announce Integration of ISPW and Continuum
Partnership Enables Value Stream Management with Unified View of Cross-Platform Development and Deployment Application Development and Delivery Professionals are under pressure to track the progress of code deliverables across the DevOps lifecycle based on their value to the business. Large enterprises are additionally seeking increased visibility and control over agile development work across all platforms—from […]
Delphix and Datical Extend Global Partnership, Bring New DataOps Solutions to Modern Enterprises
One-half of all Fortune 50 companies work with Delphix, Datical to deliver high quality software – faster and more securely – to close Data Velocity Gap REDWOOD CITY, Calif., October 23, 2018 – Delphix, the company accelerating innovation through DataOps, today announced it has extended its partnership with Datical, the leading provider of database release […]
How GitOps Can (Sometimes) Save DevOps
A lot has been written about GitOps since its release by Weaveworks more than a year ago as a “single source of truth for the whole system” for using Git for Kubernetes deployments on the cloud. Aptly described by Alexis Richardson, Weaveworks co-founder and CEO, as “90% best practices and 10% cool new stuff,” GitOps […]
The Truth Behind DevOps on the Cloud
DevOps on the cloud may seem simple enough, but in reality it can be very complex The ultimate goal of a DevOps administrator is to make sure that everything is running properly and seamlessly—so much so that management is convinced that the DevOps administrator is playing solitaire all day. To that end, a successful DevOps […]
Security Through ‘Legisurity’: Impacts of SB-327
With more devices connecting to the internet every day, security through obscurity should have died a long time ago. Still, high-profile cases of devices with mass-produced default login credentials and easily cracked crypto keys persist. As a result, say hello to security through “legisurity”: California SB-327—“Information privacy: connected devices”—became law Sept. 28. How will this […]
Electric Cloud Introduces ElectricFlow 8.5, Unveils Industry-First Support for Both SaaS and On-Premises Delivery
Flexible Enterprise SaaS Delivery Model, Kanban-Style Pipeline View and Object Tagging with a Continuous Integration Dashboard Allow Teams of Any Size to Start Fast and Adapt Easily SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 18, 2018 – Electric Cloud (https://electric-cloud.com/), the leader in Adaptive Release Orchestration and Continuous Delivery, today announced a new SaaS consumption option for the industry’s first Enterprise SaaS and on-premises Application Release Orchestration (ARO) offering, ElectricFlow. ElectricFlow now includes a Kanban-style pipeline view, object tagging […]
Solving the ‘Automagical’ Apps Automation Problem
The DevOps Revolution started with a handful of simple principles. A key one was that systems should be managed by code, not by humans, to eliminate complexity and ensure better security, compliance and scalability. To manage compute infrastructure at any scale, the process should be automated with logic captured in code. And, ideally, automation also […]
You’re Thinking Software Wrong
Like any industry, DevOps fosters its own unique culture. And like any culture it resists change, it has inertia. “This is how it has always been done” is an incredible force to reckon with. Even though the realities of DevOps have changed dramatically in recent years with the advent of new tools and services, many […]