New Relic Tracing Software Pinpoints Source of IT Issues

September 14, 2017 by Mike Vizard 0 Comments

At a FutureStack 2017 conference this week, New Relic previewed an implementation of distributed tracing software that has the potential to close the war rooms where IT operations assign blame for application failure. New Relic CEO Lew Cirne says a Distributed Tracing capability that New Relic previewed this week will enable developers or IT operations […]

Redefining NoOps to Better Inform IT Decision-Making

August 30, 2017 by contributor 0 Comments

It is safe to say that since the term NoOps escaped from its confines as an assembly language instruction (NOP or NOOP mnemonic for no operation) and in microelectronics (NoOps or null instructions inserted into pipeline, creating bubbles*) into enterprise IT, it has caused more than its fair share of consternation and controversy in the […]

9 Essential Ingredients for Modern Enterprise Applications

August 10, 2017 by contributor 0 Comments

Digital transformation. It’s the latest in a series of buzz phrases intended to describe how enterprises are embarking on top-to-bottom modernization of their IT environments. It’s easy to see why it’s a hot topic. Emerging technologies including cloud, containers, microservices and distributed applications hold the promise of greater flexibility, lower cost and faster release cycles. […]

Why Your Manager Will Want to Send You to Jenkins World 2017

August 1, 2017 by Alan Shimel 0 Comments

Jenkins World 2017 is right around the corner. The conference will be held in San Francisco Aug. 28-31 and will be the biggest event of the year for Jenkins users, with approximately 2,000 people expected to be in attendance! You will not want to miss out on this event, full of learning and networking opportunities. […]

Achieving True Automation is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

June 2, 2017 by contributor 1 Comments

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 […]

How IT is More Like an ATV Than a Sedan

May 23, 2017 by contributor 2 Comments

There is an analogy for IT being like a car and it often goes something like this: IT should run like a well-oiled machine. I don’t get in my car and think about how it works, I just work some controls and it does what I need it to and it goes where I need it […]

When IT Disaster Strikes, Part 2: Who You Gonna Call?

March 24, 2017 by contributor 2 Comments

In Part One of this series, I provided a high-level overview of what an efficient incident response process entails from start to finish, including general framework for an incident response team. Now let’s delve a bit deeper into the role each person plays. In my experience, there are several core people who make up an […]

In DevOps, Speed Isn’t Always the Point

February 16, 2017 by Don Macvittie 0 Comments

The high-tech industry has fallen into a rut and seems to be struggling to get out of it. This rut is most fervently seen when talking about DevOps, but it exists across the board. We’ve fallen in love with the idea that faster is always better. That idea is provably false, and the assumption that […]