SolarWinds Survey Surfaces DevOps Disconnects
A survey of 336 developers, web product managers and DevOps practitioners published by SolarWinds, a provider of IT management tools, finds they spend most of their time troubleshooting applications—so much so that there is little time for strategic projects such as transitioning to DevOps practices. Joe Kim, executive vice president and global chief technology officer […]
DevOps Challenges and Version Control: What the Survey Results Tell Us
Putting DevOps into practice is an ongoing experiment for many organizations. Developers often struggle with continuous integration (CI) or continuous delivery (CD) performance, testing delays and other bottlenecks. While not the answer to everything, version control—that long-established foundation of software development toolchains—has become a central part of DevOps, particularly DevOps at scale. This is underlined […]
Survey Sees Need for More Consistent Approaches to DevOps
DevOps is arguably one of the most disruptive forces driving transformation of IT processes in recent memory. But a new survey finds that while IT organizations are making progress, adoption of DevOps processes remains uneven at best. A survey of 2,419 IT professionals conducted by OverOps, a provider of code analysis tools, finds that 82 […]
Feature Flagging Poised for Wider Adoption
Feature flags, also known as feature toggles, provide a means for DevOps teams to test and add new capabilities to their applications without having to take the entire application offline. The downside is they generally result in more branches of applications that need to be carefully managed within the context of a DevOps process. A […]
CloudBees: 2019 to Be Year of DevOps Metrics
While DevOps has come a long way in terms of understanding and adoption, 2019 is going to be marked by a concerted effort to applying metrics to DevOps processes. Applying those metrics will not only substantiate the value of adopting DevOps, they also will provide the impetus many organizations need to close a variety of […]
CollabNet VersionOne State of Agile Survey: Join the Fray
If you follow the news on Agile software development, topics such as adoption, scaling, Kanban, Scrum or certifications, it’s likely you saw statistics in your reading that were taken from the “State of Agile Report.” For the last 12 years, CollabNet VersionOne has been surveying the Agile software development community and providing this valuable body […]
The State of Web and Mobile DevSecOps
As the leaders in coverage of the DevOps world, the reporters here at DevOps.com are constantly pressed upon to convey the true state of DevSecOps at any given moment in time. We try to dig up the state of the union by asking important questions of IT executives, DevOps champions, security leaders and other pundits. […]
Upskilling: The Enterprise DevOps Skills Survey and Report
There has been a lot of recent reference to “T-shaped” IT professionals—individuals whose core competence (the stem) is supplemented by a broad range of other knowledge including soft skills (top of the T). T-shaped talent is in such high demand with a limited supply that recruitment efforts have become very competitive for those with upskilled […]
DevOps Chat: Mainframe Attitudes with LzLabs’ Dale Vecchio
Dale Vecchio has spent many years in the mainframe business, including 18 or so years with Gartner covering the mainframe beat. Today, he works as chief marketing officer at LzLabs, which recently conducted a survey with Microsoft on mainframe use: info.lzlabs.com/lzlabs-microsoft-…ation-survey-2018 The results may or may not surprise you depending on your views on mainframes. […]
CA Technologies Report Highlights App Modernization Paradox
The rush to modernize IT environments using microservices, application programming interfaces (APIs) and containers may very well turn out to represent something of a double-edged sword. A survey of 1,087 IT and business professionals conducted by Frost & Sullivan on behalf of CA Technologies, a unit of Brocade, finds that organizations that have modernized their […]
Survey: Rapid Automation of IT Ops Looms Ahead
The rate at which IT operations will become automated is about to accelerate significantly over the next two years. A global survey of 1,500 senior IT leaders conducted by Cisco Systems finds that 64 percent of respondents today would describe their approach to IT operations as either reactive (26 percent) or proactive (38 percent), but […]
IBM Survey: Rise of Multi-Cloud Computing to Force DevOps Issue
A survey of 1,106 business and technology executives published this week by the IBM Institute for Business Value finds 85 percent of companies are already operating in multi-cloud environments, with 98 percent forecasting they will be using multiple hybrid clouds within three years. But the survey finds that only 39 percent of the respondents have […]
Modern Software Development Helps KPI Achievement
A new survey by Frost & Sullivan in collaboration with CA Technologies clearly shows that business executives believe modern software development helps them achieve KPIs. This is the latest in a string of surveys showing that modern software development practices such as DevOps result in higher-performing organizations, more profits and greater KPI achievement. Key findings […]
Mainframes and DevOps: The Odd Couple of Digital Transformation
I am still surprised when I go to industry conferences and I hear people talking about the imminent demise of the mainframe. More common and equally wrong is how mainframes don’t work in today’s agile/DevOps/cloud/container world. The fact is, with trillions of dollars invested in our mainframes and more every day, the mainframe is not […]
Manual Processes and Silos Complicating DevOps Deployments
The DevOps concept largely originated in 2009, as software and IT organizations were beginning to adopt Agile methodologies. It came on the heels of a movement to integrate lean manufacturing concepts and infrastructure as a service into IT organizations. Rapid development was the goal, but application and infrastructure teams were still working independently, creating barriers […]
Survey Finds DevOps Playing Key Role in Cloud Migration
A survey of 450 C-level and VP/director-level technology leaders in the United States, UK and Canada conducted by 451 Research on behalf of Skytap, a cloud service provider, found that lifting and shifting existing applications into the cloud is giving way to either refactoring and rewriting those applications to take advantage of cloud-native technologies. According […]
Can EV Certificates Improve Brand Value and Increase Trust?
Most people know the difference between a website that is completely insecure and unencrypted and one that offers an encrypted session for security. You simply look for whether the URL starts with HTTP and the address bar displays an open padlock, or the URL starts with HTTPS and shows a locked padlock. Within the realm […]
451 Research Report Highlights Value of DevSecOps for the CI/CD Pipeline
One of the compelling benefits of DevOps for many organizations is speed. Between breaking down silos, streamlining processes and automating routine tasks, the process of developing and deploying software can be significantly faster. A new report from 451 Research and Synopsys, however, points out the value of incorporating DevSecOps in the equation, especially with continuous […]
Reliance on Cloud Foundry PaaS Increases
A survey of 383 IT professionals published April 18 suggests the open source Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment is gaining traction across the enterprise. The survey conducted by the Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF) finds one-third of companies now have at least 100 developers using Cloud Foundry. The number of companies with more than 50 developers […]
Culture Becoming Bigger Issue as DevOps Goes Mainstream
Culture and resistance to DevOps processes appears to be growing at many organizations where DevOps projects have started going mainstream and involving more enterprise groups. Cloud automation vendor Quali recently surveyed 1,300 DevOps and IT professionals on some of the key barriers to DevOps adoption and found more respondents identifying culture as a top issue […]
Barracuda Networks Survey: DevSecOps Is Hard
Organizations that have adopted DevSecOps processes may be making progress when it comes to improving cybersecurity, but it’s far from easy. A survey of 618 IT decision-makers conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Barracuda Networks, a provider of IT security software and appliances, finds half have adopted either DevOps, DevSecOps or a continuous integration/continuous […]
Enthusiasm for DevOps Greater Than Actual Adoption, Survey Shows
When it comes to DevOps practices, adoption continues to lag intention by quite a bit. GitLab recently surveyed some 5,300 software developers and engineers from mostly small and medium businesses around the world. The survey examined overall attitudes and perceptions around the state of DevOps, with a particular focus on uncovering any disparities that might […]
CA Technologies Survey Uncovers DevSecOps Challenges
When it comes to infusing security concerns into a DevOps culture, most organization still have a very long way to go. A global survey of 1,279 IT leaders conducted by the market research firm Freedom Dynamics on behalf of CA Technologies finds more than half of respondents (58 percent) cited existing culture and lack of […]