Tag: infrastructure as code
Comparing Three Approaches to Multi-Cloud Security Management
Gary Stevens | | cloud management, Cloud Management Platforms, Cloud Security, cloud-native, CMP, IaC, infrastructure as code, multi-cloud securityMoving to a multi-cloud environment can bring many advantages, but it also brings huge challenges in managing both the everyday operations and security of multi-cloud infrastructures. To meet these challenges, several approaches ...
Rackn Extends Reach of IT-as-Code Framework
Mike Vizard | | automation, bare-metal infrastructre, infrastructure as code, IT management, virtualizationRackn announced the Digital Rebar platform it created to automate the provisioning of bare-metal infrastructure now can be applied simultaneously across multiple physical sites. Company CEO Rob Hirschfeld said Digital Rebar 4.3 ...
Infrastructure as Code and Six Key Automation Concepts
Rob Hirschfeld | | CI/CD pipelines, Composable automation, Dynamic Infrastructure, IaaS, IaC, infrastructure as code, Programmatic ConfigurationThis summer, I walked into an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) flame war because I was blissfully unaware of just how broadly IaC had been reinterpreted. Reviewing the comments, it’s clear that thinking ...
From Pets to X-as-Code: Enabling Control and Predictability for ITOps at Scale
Bill Mulligan | | cloud-native, infrastructure as code, ITOps, KubeCon, kubernetes, predictability, x-as-codeAmy Wheelus, vice president of network cloud at AT&T, recently spoke about declarative predictability at the Open Networking Summit in Antwerp. AT&T is the world’s largest telecommunications company providing mission critical communication ...
Speaking the Language of Applications
Maya Ber Lerner | | application automation, applications, Configuration Management, immutable infrastructure, infrastructure as code, infrastructure automationI arrived early to a meeting, and the pleasant security guard at AT&T suggested I take a look at their innovation museum while I wait. Among motion picture sound technology and life-size ...
Why Your Test Automation Is Failing
Maya Ber Lerner | | Automated testing, eaas, IaC, infrastructure as code, test automation, test environmentsIf you have been investing in test automation, but it’s not getting you where you think it should, it could be that you approached it superficially. One of the most common issues ...
Accelerating MVP Development Performance Through DevOps
Dhaval Sarvaiya | | CI/CD, devops, IaC, infrastructure as code, microservices, minimum viable product, mvpThe core concept of minimum viable product (MVP) is to get maximum learning and understanding regarding what customers want about a product. Learning and understanding is a continuous process requiring a development ...
DevOps: The Things We Must Stop
Anytime there is a popular movement in technology (and I would argue any other field), people get carried away. We’ve seen it over and over, and DevOps attracts this kind of attention ...
3 Practical Steps to Employing DevOps
contributor | | application pipeline, CI/CD, devops, devops adoption, full-stack pipeline, infrastructure as code, infrastructure pipeline, version controlEveryone seems to be talking about DevOps but, if you are new to it, it might all seem a little overwhelming. One of the hardest things about DevOps is knowing where to ...
Puppet Makes Development Kit Available to Advance DevOps
Mike Vizard | | code, developers, devops, infrastructure as code, it automation, IT operations, Puppet, Puppet Development KitOrganizations that embrace DevOps often find themselves moving from having a paucity of IT automation tools to an embarrassment of riches in short order. As a result, many of the teams involved ...
Don’t Underestimate the Work
Don Macvittie | | application configuration, application release automation, application release management, ara, ARM, CD, ci, continuous delivery, Continuous Test, infrastructure as code, server provisioningIt is relatively common in human endeavor to attempt to figure out how much work will be involved in a project, and be wrong. The more complex the work being done and ...
Empower Developers to Build Security into DevOps
contributor | | CI/CD, continous deployment, continuous integration, developers, infrastructure as code, securityOver the past 10 years, as more organizations have made the transition to DevOps, there has been a cultural shift in which security and development teams agree quality is a priority. Yet, ...
