Actifio Looks to Meld DataOps with DevOps

February 12, 2019 by Mike Vizard 1 Comments

Actifio and IBM have formed an alliance under which IBM will make available data management software developed by Actifio under its own name as part of an effort to close the gap between DevOps and DataOps. At the same time, Actifio will make available a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering for the first time, dubbed Actifio Go, […]

Skytap Announces Upcoming General Availability of First Self-Service, Public Cloud Capabilities for IBM i

February 11, 2019 by Deborah Schalm 2 Comments

Skytap Cloud support for IBM i and integration with IBM PowerHA will deliver a comprehensive public cloud solution for AIX, IBM i, and Linux applications running on IBM Power Systems SEATTLE – February 11, 2019 – Ahead of IBM Think, Skytap, a global, purpose-built public cloud provider, today announced that its support for the IBM i operating systemwill be […]

So you want to provision a test environment…

January 9, 2019 by Deborah Schalm 0 Comments

With cloud technologies, it’s easier than ever to provision a couple of servers. It seems every cloud has its own way of expressing an environment definition as a file. However, teams that are just scripting their infrastructure encounter problems. How do you manage costs? How do you share services with other teams? What about getting […]

IBM Earns Record 9,100 Patents in 2018, Tops U.S. Patent List

January 8, 2019 by DevOps.com 2 Comments

IBM’s inventions include use of AI to help people converse, protect the earth’s lakes and combat voice phishing ARMONK, N.Y. – 8 Jan 2019: IBM (NYSE: IBM) inventors received a record 9,100 patents in 2018, marking the company’s 26th consecutive year of U.S. patent leadership. IBM led the industry in the number of artificial intelligence […]

The Release Manager is Dead. Long Live the Release Manager!

November 19, 2018 by Deborah Schalm 0 Comments

Release Managers get it. They often lead DevOps transformations, acting as “protectors of production” and, in the process, earn the respect of both development and operations. Release Managers have proven that, with the right process and supporting tools, applications teams can integrate, test and deploy with speed and control. Now that continuous delivery has taken hold and […]

IBM Allies with ServiceNow to Bridge DevOps Divide with ITIL

November 16, 2018 by Mike Vizard 3 Comments

IBM and ServiceNow today announced an alliance under which IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) will collaborate with ServiceNow to make DevOps processes and events managed via the IBM Cloud Migration Factory visible to a cloud-based IT service management platform from ServiceNow based on the ITIL framework. Jim Comfort, general manager for cloud services at IBM […]

VMware Extends Scope of Alliance with IBM

November 7, 2018 by Mike Vizard 3 Comments

On the heels of IBM announcing its intent to acquire Red Hat, VMware announced at the VMworld Europe 2018 conference this week an extension of its longstanding cloud alliance with IBM. Red Hat competes directly with VMware; yet, there are also more than 1,600 customers running VMware on the IBM cloud. Ajay Patel, senior vice […]

Modernizing Testing as Apps Re-Architect

October 26, 2018 by Deborah Schalm 0 Comments

Applications are moving to cloud and containers to boost reliability and speed delivery to production. However, if we use the same old approaches to testing, we’ll fail to achieve the benefits of cloud. But what do we really need to change? We know we need to automate tests, but how do we keep our automation […]