How Event-Driven Architectures Drive Real-Time Operations
With the help of event-driven architecture (EDA) and the Open API economy, businesses can keep up with the world and operate in real-time.
Survey Surfaces Major Observability Challenges
A survey found the biggest obstacles to observability were the pace of technology change, IT blind spots and the complexity of modern applications.
SmartBear to Acquire Stoplight to Advance API Governance
SmartBear announced today it plans to acquire Stoplight, a provider of tools for editing and governing application programming interfaces (APIs). Sean Butler, vice president of product management for SmartBear, said the deal, once finalized, will add a set of complementary tools and open source software that extends the core API catalog platform that SmartBear provides […]
How Platform Engineering Bridges the IT and DevOps Divide
A key area where companies can eliminate expensive waste and increase time to value is the relationship and workflow between IT and developers. Enter platform engineering.
Revolutionizing DevOps With Low-Code/No-Code Platforms
The DevOps industry is growing at an incredible pace, with its worth exceeding $8 billion in 2022. Analysts predict that the market will experience a five-fold increase and reach almost $40 billion by the end of the decade. But with this growth, there is a significant issue within the DevOps chain that continues to escalate: […]
Dell Extends Reach of Managed IT Infrastructure Service Portfolio
Dell Technologies today expanded the scope of its APEX managed cloud offerings to include integration with the Microsoft Arc hybrid cloud computing framework. In addition, Dell is fulfilling a commitment to deliver block and file storage services on the Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platforms. The announcements were made at the Dell […]
Why We Need to Rethink Data Pipelines
Data is the fuel that powers modern business. But as demand for data surges, so does the pressure on data leaders and practitioners to deliver it. Businesses need resilient data pipelines that deliver critical insight for real-time decision-making to users on demand. However, against the backdrop of today’s chaotic modern data ecosystems, this is much […]
Don’t Make Big Tech’s Mistakes: Build Leaner IT Teams Instead
One of the biggest narratives in the U.S. concerning the current wave of tech layoffs is the fact that ‘traditional’ sectors have a prime opportunity to snap up new tech teams and IT talent. This has always been a significant challenge for sectors such as banks, insurance and manufacturing that compete with big tech for […]
Low-Code Should be Worried About ChatGPT
Is ChatGPT the technology revolution that will save the world, or the Pandora’s Box that will eventually destroy it? How about neither? Putting these two extremes aside, a more rational concern is whether ChatGPT will steal your job, especially if you work in software development. Is this a fair concern? Conversations like this are nothing […]
Day in the Life of a Chief Developer Experience Officer (CDXO)
Developer experience (DX) has become essential to modern enterprise software development. As more companies become software companies, more are opening up their software both for internal reuse and externalized consumption. As part of this process, making developer-facing tools consumable and friction-free becomes more necessary to both perform well and stand out in the market. To […]
OpsVerse Adds Backstage Catalogue to Managed DevOps Service
OpsVerse this week added an open source Backstage catalogue software for building developer portals to its managed DevOps service. Originally developed by Spotify, Backstage makes it possible to centralize the management of multiple services that are being built and maintained by multiple developer teams. Backstage is now being advanced under the auspices of the Cloud […]
Automation has Become an Absolute IT Necessity – Techstrong TV
Vijoy Pandey, vice president of emerging technologies and Incubation for Cisco, explains why automation has become an absolute IT necessity. The video is below followed by a transcript of the conversation. Michael Vizard: Hey, guys, thanks for the throw. We’re here with Vijoy Pandey, who’s vice president of emerging technology and incubation for Cisco. We’re […]
Postman Survey: Increased Usage of APIs Results in More Security Incidents
A survey of more than 37,000 developers and application programming interface (API) professionals published this week by Postman, a provider of a platform for developing and managing APIs, suggests that as more APIs are deployed, more organizations are seeing a rise in cybersecurity incidents. The survey finds more than half of respondents (51%) reporting that […]
Civo Report Surfaces Growing Cloud Lock-in Concerns
A survey of 100 IT professionals conducted by Civo, a provider of cloud services based on Kubernetes, finds a total of 82% currently rely on either Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft for public cloud infrastructure. However, more than a third (34%) of respondents also report they now feel locked into the public cloud service […]
Tackling the Complexities of Multi-Cloud With a New IT Model
The pandemic put incredible pressure on organizations to modernize and accelerate digital transformation efforts, with many businesses rushing to embrace cloud strategies in response. According to this year’s Enterprise Cloud Index from Nutanix, multi-cloud—an IT operating model that combines multiple clouds, public or private—is the most commonly deployed IT environment and the only IT model […]
SolarWinds Unveils Unified Observability Platform
SolarWinds this week launched an observability platform that makes available a range of tools and technologies that the company has developed and acquired via a common user interface. Rohini Kasturi, chief product officer for SolarWinds, said the SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability platform also makes an observability platform affordable for a much wider range of organizations. […]
Encore Platform for Running Distributed Apps in the Cloud Arrives
Encore has made generally available a namesake backend development engine for rapidly building scalable distributed IT environments across multiple cloud platforms. Fresh off raising $3 million in seed funding, Encore CEO André Eriksson said the Encore platform analyzes source code to eliminate the need to manually configure, connect and set up portable cloud computing environments. […]
Building a Culture of Full-Service Ownership
In recent years, our reliance on software has exploded. It has been more than a decade since Marc Andreessen made his prophetic observation that “Software is eating the world.” Today, nearly every interaction is mediated through a screen and backed by software. With the massive shift to remote and digital interactions due to the pandemic, […]
Your DevOps Teams Can Do Better. Here’s How.
As more organizations focus on digital transformation as the centerpiece of their growth strategy, software developers and IT teams are under heightened pressure to perform—quickly and efficiently. That begs two questions: Can we do better? And if so, how can we do better? The answers can be elusive, especially for DevOps teams that have over-relied […]
Tackling CostOps When You’re a Developer
The implementation and successful execution of IT initiatives often comes down to developers. From those working with commercial vendors to those working with open source projects, cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, managed service providers (MSPs) and internal teams, they all play an important role in the successful running of IT and operations teams. One challenge developer and […]
Irreconcilable Differences: DevOps Grapples With Issues
DevOps issues can be a thorny subject. The coming together in harmony of Dev (developer) and Ops (operations) represents an arranged marriage of sorts that, for some, will never have a ‘happily ever after’ ending as both parties ultimately grapple with irreconcilable differences. But despite the naysayers, the very existence of DevOps as a portmanteau […]
Elevating Agile With Financial Discipline
A corporate axiom is changing, shifting from “Big eats small” to “Fast eats slow.” But change doesn’t happen overnight. While Agile and lean methods continue to chip away at the status quo, making gains and increasingly moving beyond pockets of teams to the portfolio and then enterprise-wide adoption levels, waterfall approaches to delivery persist. Rumors […]
THE UPSKILLING IT 2022 SURVEY IS NOW OPEN
IT SKILLS IN FOCUS By Eveline Oehrlich, DevOps Institute According to McKinsey, nine out of 10 global executives and leaders are saying that their organizations are facing a skill gap or expect to develop additional skill gaps in the next three to five years. During the past few years, IT organizations, in particular, have already […]