Spring Cleaning 101: Polishing Up Your DevOps Processes
Dev teams should take time to tune up agile processes and continue advancing their shift toward DevOps Release cycles are accelerating, but not as fast as development teams want. Customers’ desired release rates are moving at an unimpressive pace; those looking to push out new updates on a weekly basis often find it looks more […]
There’s No Such Thing as DevSecOps
Should DevSecOps be categorized separate from DevOps? After years of debate, few doubts remain about the viability of the public cloud for enterprise workloads. Enterprises are shifting to cloud-first and cloud-only strategies, looking to take advantage of all the good the public cloud has to offer. For applications built and deployed in the public cloud, […]
For DevOps, (Organizational) Size Matters
When it comes to DevOps, size matters. The number of people in your organization, as well as the size of its infrastructure, play a huge role in shaping how and why you adopt DevOps. The importance of company size may come as a surprise. Few conversations about DevOps mention the role of organizational size in […]
DevOps Chat: DOES London Session, ‘Compliance and Audit Readiness: The DevOps Killer?’
The DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) is coming to London at the end of June. DOES London boasts an incredible lineup of speakers and presenters. One DOES London speaker is Ann Marie Fred, who will be presenting, “Compliance and Audit Readiness: The DevOps Killer?” In this DevOps Chat we caught up with Ann Marie to find […]
How DevOps Replaces the BYOD Mindset
The impasse is clear: users often have no formal way to effectively communicate to IT departments how certain devices and apps are useful for work and should be allowed to connect to the enterprise’s network. Since the debut of smart phones well over a decade ago, so-called bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies as a potential solution have […]
Living in a DevOps World (Part 1)
The concept of DevOps has grown and evolved into a conceptual and working model for more effective and efficient software development and implementation. That said, there are some differences of opinion on the real-world value of any DevOps approach to date, and on the best way to create and implement a real-world DevOps environment. This […]
Microsoft Snaps Up GitHub for $7.5 Billion
Recognizing the role GitHub plays in the larger developer and DevOps ecosystems, Microsoft is acquiring the software development platform for a cool $7.5 billion, the two companies have announced. GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform, has more than 28 million users who “learn, share and collaborate to create the future,” according to the press […]
Continuous Integration Principles You Can’t Afford to Ignore
After recognizing the potential benefits from both continuous delivery (CD) and continuous integration (CI), many organizations have started implementing DevOps in their business operations. However, even today, many organizations don’t completely understand the core principles of continuous integration. Many people think that they are performing continuous integration as part of the DevOps implementation, but they […]
Using Blockchain to Advance IoT
Imagine two disruptive technologies come together to democratize transparency and connectivity in the tech world. That’s exactly what’s happening with blockchain technology, once synonymous with powering cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, has the potential to be a disruptor in a number of verticals and the internet of things (IoT), with blockchain addressing key IoT security concerns. About […]
6 Steps to Take DevOps to the Next Level
Enterprises should be winning at DevOps and reaping the rewards of their digital transformation initiatives. After all, DevOps is not new. Its practices, technologies and processes have been widely accepted for years. Agile techniques, which underpin DevOps, are not new, either. Similarly, digital transformation may have started as a “tech solution” but it is now […]
Coming Apart in the Age of Automation
One of the fundamental tenets of DevOps is that working in closed, departmental silos is counterproductive for creating quality software. Rather, work is done best when groups are composed of members from across the business working openly and cooperatively. Experience shows time and time again that open, multifaceted teams made up of a variety of […]
Blockchain: A Threat to DevOps—and How Engineers Can Respond
Blockchain is one of the hottest topics in the IT world today—and that creates a challenge for DevOps professionals. Here’s why, and what DevOps engineers can do to remain relevant. Blockchain, Fat Protocols and a New Generation of Applications To understand why blockchain threatens to decrease the role played by DevOps engineers in software platforms, […]
Using CALMS to Assess an Organization’s DevOps
Of the tried-and-tested frameworks that allow enterprises to assess DevOps in their organization and how it can be improved, the CALMS model remains particularly useful. CALMS, which stands for Collaboration, Automation, Lean, Measurement and Sharing, is particularly helpful for analyzing an organization’s DevOps structure, and ultimately, its utility in any organization. The CALMS framework covers […]
Chef Embraces Microservices to Advance IT Automation
Chef at the ChefConf 2018 conference today unveiled a series of DevOps offerings, including a revamped version of Chef Automate that has been rewritten using the Go programing language to improve performance and scalability. Now based on a microservices architecture, Chef Automate 2.0 a new user interface based on a REST application programming interface (API) […]
The DevOps Management Perception Gap
The DevOps momentum is fierce in the enterprise today, as executives and middle management recognize the transformative power that continuous delivery of software has for a business. The message that DevOps can lead directly to increased profitability for organizations has seeped into technology leadership consciousness and tech leaders are gung-ho to reap the rewards. The […]
The Past, Present and Future of DevOps Infrastructure
Infrastructure automation enables organizations to set up operating frameworks that allow smooth functionality with enhanced usage, minimal scope for error and faster deployment of code. The process of infrastructure automation eases development and operations processes by introducing good deployment practices such as computerized testing and versioning. The need for automation was realized when the demand […]
Exploratory Testing: Expanding Testing Across the Delivery Cycle
Mindless testing, whether it is manually or automatically executed, can cover only a very narrow scope of possible bugs: the ones you’ve already thought of. Exploratory testing however, endeavors to think outside that scope. Thoughtful testers look at a problem from all angles, weighing factors such as feature usage, psychology, user stories and more. Their […]
Repeat Warning: There is No Silver Bullet in DevOps
As the cycle of DevOps is repeated in a growing list of organizations, I feel compelled to reiterate the warning that this is not the pinnacle. Anyone who has been around for a while knows that the current fad is not the last fad. [[Cue DevOps people screaming at my choice of the word “fad”]] […]
DevOps Culture through the Prism of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Abraham Maslow proposed in 1943 that healthy human beings have a number of needs arranged in a hierarchy, which he constructed in the form of a pyramid. The theory suggests that certain needs, such as physiological and safety needs, are more primitive or basic than social or ego needs. The premise is that higher-level needs […]
What’s the Impact of DevOps on Business Continuity?
Organizational requirements change rapidly. The strategic plan you created in the past and previously only updated annually is now out of date within a quarter. Agile and DevOps practices have been adopted to help resolve complex business issues in these times of flux through technology improvement, providing organizations with an increased certainty of intent, quality […]
Continuous Testing Success at ExxonMobil
Safety, security and controls are the foundations upon which 135-year-old ExxonMobil is built. As such, quality has become a key component in delivering software. The company is currently undergoing a shift from traditional project management organizations and support organizations to product teams, which has highlighted the need for testing early in the development cycle and […]
Continuous Discussions Video Podcast: DevSecOps, Best Practices and More
In a recent episode of the Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) podcast, a group of industry experts discussed why DevSecOps is officially more than just a buzzword, tips on how to get everyone in the organization to own security and some of their own challenges and experiences baking security into the software delivery pipeline. The panel included: […]
More App Dev Models Increase DevOps Pressure
A bifurcation in types of developers will become more pronounced in the years ahead as more application code moves to the network edge. As that transition continues occurring, the pressure on IT operations to be able to be able to flexibly manage different classes of applications by embracing DevOps processes will correspondingly increase. Mike Piech, […]