CircleCI Injects Workflow Flexibility into CI/CD Platform
Nobody likes to be told how to get a specific task or job done. In fact, it’s arguably that very sentiment that holds backs adoption of DevOps processes inside many IT organizations. Aiming to provide IT organizations with a more flexible approach to DevOps, CircleCI has updated its continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) software […]
How AI Impacts DevOps Pipelines
The rise of machine- and deep-learning algorithms is about to create some interesting data-gravity challenges for IT operations teams. Over most of the last decade IT operations teams have been caught up in a public- versus private-cloud computing debate that has mostly been species. The truth is that most organizations wind up employing both. But […]
8 Reasons Why DevOps Needs Competent Writing Skills
It’s a fact: DevOps practitioners need to have competent writing skills to help them in their career. It may seem a little antithetic—after all, software engineers and programmers are well-known to be the kind of people whose brains are wired toward math, not English. Written communication may not be an area of strength for people […]
Continuous Testing: Solving the Biggest DevOps Bottleneck
It’s time to start implementing the practices of Continuous Testing Earlier this year, Computing Magazine conducted a fascinating study around the adoption and benefits of DevOps in its DevOps Review 2017 publication. The findings that stood out most fascinating to me where around quality assurance and testing. In this survey, the question was asked, “Where […]
Fleetsmith Pulls Apple into DevOps Orbit
For too long now Apple Macintosh systems have been the proverbial red-headed stepchild of DevOps. There are a lot of ways to incorporate Windows systems automatically into a larger DevOps pipeline, but Macintosh systems generally require a lot of manual intervention. As part of a larger effort to automate application deployments across Apple systems, Fleetsmith […]
Cisco Looks to Bridge Gap Between Networking and DevOps
Networking in the enterprise has always stood apart. It might take two minutes or less to spin up a virtual machine, but it can take two weeks to set up the network connections. To help bridge some of the gaps between networking and the rest of the DevOps team, Cisco Systems this week unveiled a […]
7 Steps to DevOps Hiring Success
As many of us in the DevOps scene know, most companies are hiring, or, at least, trying to do so. The required skills and job descriptions can change entirely from company to company. As a broad overview, most teams are looking for a candidate from either an operations and infrastructure background or someone from a […]
Top 5 Issues Curtailing DevOps Adoption
DevOps may seem simple and logical on the surface, yet most of the companies we talk to are struggling in one aspect or another. This is no surprise: Successful DevOps initiatives require putting together a full toolset and simultaneously creating a smart team of developers, testers and project managers who are well-versed in cloud and […]
Application Development: Ripe for Encryption
As businesses look to accelerate application innovation and move more and more workflows to the cloud, their needs can be at odds with the need to secure the data. This article will outline current challenges faced by application developers to protect data in this new cloud/DevOps environment. It will also provide insights on how to eliminate the burdens […]
Continuous Testing vs. Test Automation: 3 Key Differences
Testers have been wrestling with test automation for years, yet most teams are not satisfied with their current level of test automation or the overhead required to maintain it. Additionally, the past few years have brought a sea change in the way that applications are architected, developed and consumed—increasing both the complexity of testing and […]
Atlassian Builds a DevOps Stack for the Enterprise
One of the major challenges associated with DevOps is that it’s not something an enterprise IT organization can buy. Because of that issue, it’s often challenging for IT organizations to forecast what types of DevOps tools they are going to need. To make it a lot easier to cope with that issue, Atlassian has announced […]
Survey: DevOps Divide Grows a Little Wider
The gap between the number of organizations that have invested in DevOps is starting to narrow, and IT organizations that made the transition to DevOps earlier are starting to see accelerated returns on that investment, according to the latest survey by Puppet. The annual “State of DevOps Report” finds that out of 3,200 IT professionals […]
Spurring the DevOps Adoption Journey
Every few years, the IT canvas is splashed with a new initiative that sparks enthusiasm among businesses and technologists alike. DevOps is one such philosophy gaining significant momentum in today’s digital transformation landscape. At the same time, the concept remains misunderstood and adoption is slow. DevOps embodies Development plus Operations within software development. Traditionally, these […]
DevOps 2.0 for Digital Transformation
We already know that DevOps is a culture, a movement, a philosophy of software development and delivery. It focuses on the communication, collaboration and continuous integration of the entire organization—a new conception of software development whose adoption is not easy. It aims to streamline software delivery by removing barriers between developers and IT operations teams. […]
Q&A: Michael Beckley, CTO/CCO, Appian
Recently I had the chance to speak with Michael Beckley, chief technical officer and chief customer officer at Appian, about his company’s move to go public and the DevOps space in general. For those of you who don’t know Michael, he is a founder of Appian and leads the company’s technology vision and oversees customer […]
DevOps Needs a New Cloud Solution for Best Practices
Imagine this scenario: You are a company building modern software which is a key driver of your business. To support this, you have grown your infrastructure organically over time by adding servers, storage, networks, security, virtualization software, monitoring, alerting and analytics tools. You have also added a plethora of other middleware, databases, messaging and operating systems that your developers need […]
Improve IT Security by Improving Company Culture
All around the world, cybercrime rates are rising, and it’s clear that traditional criminals are constantly developing new ways to attack. These days, wreaking havoc requires nothing more than internet connectivity and a pronounced lack of scruples. With a lowering barrier for entry causing an increase in the pool of malicious actors, many enterprises are […]
DevOps Doesn’t Stop at the Database
DevOps has moved into the mainstream and practices such as continuous delivery now are being widely adopted. But what about the database? Applications often have a back-end database that needs to be developed and maintained at the same time. At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be an issue. The recent “State of Database DevOps […]
Achieving True Automation is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
But It Starts in the Cloud Arguably, the most important goals for companies seeking to get into cloud today are agility and flexibility to innovate at speed and scale. Adding cost savings to the mix makes the possibilities all the more attractive. And these three pillars can only be achieved with automation. But while many […]
Is DevOps Making Life Better for Data Scientists?
The path to success and happiness of the data science team working with big data project is not always clear from the beginning. It depends on the maturity of the underlying platform, their cross skills and DevOps processes around their day-to-day operations. The past few years have been like a dream come true for those […]
The Emergence of UI and UX in DevOps Tools
Most of the popular DevOps tools on the market such as Puppet, Chef and Jenkins, are open-source and require a high level of proficiency. With the complexity comes the challenge of learning new frameworks and paradigms, a benefit to those who want to challenge themselves and learn new skills. But while these tools have become widely […]
Improving DevOps Success with Well-Defined Metrics
Collaboration within diverse project teams is often more difficult to achieve when there is no clearly visible aim, the planning is haphazard and the information shared is inadequate. However, these are crucial hurdles to overcome in any organization—and more so in product companies with globally distributed teams working on different parts of the product pipeline. […]
Measuring What Matters in Evaluating Software Performance
When developing and deploying a new feature or application, performance (speed, reliability) must be closely analyzed. After all, there’s no benefit to delivering a product if it doesn’t work well or users are forced to stare at a spinning wheel. To get a true view of performance, many organizations rely on metrics—a smart move since […]