Google Taps Netflix for Open Source Canary Analysis
Google and Netflix today jointly announced an open-source automated canary analysis service, dubbed Kayenta, that applies statistical analytics to optimize DevOps processes. Andrew Phillips, a product manager for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), said goal is to make it easier to consume advanced analytics by integrating Kayenta with the open source Spinnaker continuous delivery pipeline platform […]
Google Unveils Suite of APM Tools
Google today announced that it is making available application performance management (APM) tools based on the same technology it employs to manage its internal IT environment. Morgan McLean, a product manager at Google, said Stackdriver APM is based the open source StackDriver Trace and Debugger tools Google originally developed for its DevOps teams. The APM […]
LightStep Unveils APM for Microservices
Various forms of application performance management (APM) platforms have been around for some time. But with the rise of microservices many IT organizations are discovering that legacy APM platforms were not designed to handle the volume of software modules or the rate at which those modules are updated. But LightStep, a startup founded by former […]
Google Launches Software Supply Chain Initiative
Maintaining the integrity of a software supply chain is an issue that has long bedeviled IT organizations. With the rise of microservices based on containers, however, this issue has become more acute. As a result, software supply chains are an issue that Google now plans to tackle. Google, along with JFrog, Red Hat, IBM, Black […]
When Automation Predictions Come To Be: Transportation as a Service
Back in December of 2016 I wrote an article for DevOps.com titled, “What Do We Do When Everything is Automated?” in which I made a prediction: Also, think about this: As Uber and Lyft mature in the business landscape and self-driving cars become commonplace, the ride-share companies will replace human-driven vehicles with self-driving vehicles. Then, […]
SRE vs. DevOps — a False Distinction?
Just a few days before he died at the beginning of the 1990s, a wise man taught us that “the show must go on.” Freddie Mercury’s parting words have long provided the guiding light for many, if not all, ops teams. In their eyes, the production environment should be exposed to minimum risk, even at […]
How Google’s Acquisition of Apigee Impacts Developers
Google revealed a few weeks ago that it is acquiring Apigee for approximately $625 million. The deal demonstrates both the increasing demand for APIs (application programming interfaces) and Google’s desire to remain on the cutting edge of providing a platform for APIs. The purchase also underscores some important trends for developers. If nothing else, Google’s […]
Machine Learning Put to Work in the Digital Economy
IBM’s Watson already has a new retail job lined up to get a head start saving for its holiday spending this season. (Hey, even artificial intelligences appreciate buying gifts.) And Macy’s is hoping its customers appreciate its “Macy’s On Call” pilot, which combines Satisfi’s communications platform and IBM Watson cognitive technology for machine learning. Macy’s […]
Building the Search Engine Users Expect
The search experience most of us are familiar with is Google’s. The company has raised the expectations of search, conditioning us to its level of user experience. However, most websites and mobile applications still don’t offer this kind of advanced search. Here are three things to consider to keep the search experience on your company […]
Will MariaDB Soon Replace MySQL?
MariaDB is a database growing in popularity. Its lead developer is Michael “Monty” Widenius, who was part of the team that created MySQL. When MySQL was acquired by Oracle, Widenius and some of the other original MySQL developers decided to launch MariaDB as a fork of MySQL and keep it as open source to mitigate […]
8 Signs of Docker Ecosystem Empire-Building
Docker’s meteoric rise on the strength of the continuous delivery movement’s thirst for containerization has been nothing short of remarkable. There’s perhaps no bigger sign of Docker’s uptake than in the build-up of its third-party ecosystem. The past year has seen partnerships galore from Docker and the biggest IT industry players, plus notable support of […]
From Orwellian Nightmares To Unicorns: Why I’m All In On DevOps
Over the years I’ve helped literally thousands of customers gain efficiencies in their data centers. I’ve met and become friendly with a lot of IT pros but I’ve got to admit – I never envied them. Well, maybe I envied some of the views in NY and Jersey City. And some of the toys they […]
Google Starts Cloud World War I, DevOps Wins
No matter the outcome, a cloud pricing war will leave DevOps the winner By now you probably saw the news and all of the buzz about how Google dropped its drawers eh, pricing on its cloud hosting. This is of course a direct shot at Amazon’s AWS. It’s about time someone with big enough stones (and […]