2018 Database DevOps Survey: Crises Still Prevalent, Mostly Avoidable
DevOps is not just a buzzword anymore, it’s a reality. With the unfolding evolution of automation and continuous delivery, DevOps practices have become an industry standard. Adopting technologies for rapid deployment has become essential for companies that wish to maintain their status as serious players in their industry, both from cost and production standpoints. But […]
Survey Finds DevOps Teams Under Increasing Pressure
The fact that a much larger percentage of companies now recognize they are software companies that happen to specialize in a specific vertical industry is now putting a lot of pressure on developers, according to a new survey of 750 development team leaders in the United States and the UK conducted by Testplant, a provider […]
Maturity Models Help Measure the DevOps Journey
DevOps professionals often encounter clients who struggle with sorting through the “what”s and “how”s of where they are in their journey, and how they can either get started with—or improve upon—their current practices. As a project progresses, we often find that diving into a technical solution up front without taking a holistic view of where […]
Cloud Foundry Study Confirms Accelerated App Development
When it comes to accelerating the development of applications, having a standard set of runtimes can make all the difference. A new study of 753 IT professionals conducted by ClearPath Strategies on behalf of the Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF) finds a marked decrease in the time it takes organizations using the Cloud Foundry platform-as-a-service (PaaS) […]
Study: CIOs Want a Chief Data Officer
Quick, what does CDO stand for? Before you say chief digital officer, think again. A new study points to the chief data officer as the more important of the two titles, finding 82 percent of CIOs believe there is a compelling case to hire a CDO in most organizations. The survey, commissioned by Experian Data […]
Sonatype Report Spotlights Software Supply Chain Issues
Most application developers today don’t write much raw code. Rather, applications developed today are created mostly by combing various modules and widgets to create a custom application. But currently there is little oversight being applied to the provenance of application components, especially when it comes to open-source software. The third annual State of the Software […]
Survey: Inviting Security into DevOps Promotes Effective Agility
Two of the biggest trends in business technology are seemingly at loggerheads with one another. Many companies are under severe pressure to digitally enable their businesses. At the same time, the need for hardened application security has never been more critical than it is now. You can deliver apps quickly and you can deliver apps […]
Lack of Continuous Testing Mastery Slows DevOps Progress
Progress in achieving the maximum benefits to be gained from investing DevOps processes appears to be held in check by a failure to master the art of continuous testing. A new survey of 923 IT and testing professionals published this week by CA Technologies suggests that only 20 percent of the respondents could be classified […]
Study: Half of Enterprises Have Achieved DevSecOps
The inclusion of IT security into DevOps processes, also known as DevSecOps, appears to be occurring at an accelerated rate. A new survey of 300 enterprise IT organizations published this week by DigCert, a provider of identity management and encryption software, finds that almost half (49 percent) of the respondents says they have completed DevSecOps, […]
DevOps Chat: Developers and Security with Pete Chestna, Veracode
In this DevOps Chat we speak with Pete Chestna of Veracode about the roles and opinions of both developers and security pros about how and who should be working on security in the enterprise. Much of the discussion centers on a survey Veracode conducted with consulting firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Pete is always a […]
Survey: DevOps Divide Grows a Little Wider
The gap between the number of organizations that have invested in DevOps is starting to narrow, and IT organizations that made the transition to DevOps earlier are starting to see accelerated returns on that investment, according to the latest survey by Puppet. The annual “State of DevOps Report” finds that out of 3,200 IT professionals […]
Fear of Being Left Behind Driving IIoT Investment
It’s said that the industrial internet of things (IIoT) will help enterprises improve business performance and enjoy growth from new products, enhanced and new customer experiences and even new business models. The challenge, as we covered in “The Industrial Internet of Things Still More Promise Than Reality,” is that business leaders still don’t have a […]
The Industrial Internet of Things Still More Promise Than Reality
New survey finds while the majority of executives expect big things from the Industrial Internet of Things they’re not quite yet prepared. The Industrial Internet of Things holds enormous promise to transform business in how they manage their manufacturing processes, streamline their supply chains and directly service their customers. But, to date, that’s all it […]
Challenges in DevOps Standardization
Many organizations still face challenges in their Devops adoption journey enterprise-wide, especially when there is no standardization in tools, non-repeatable processes and adhoc practices and culture barriers. Here are some of the challenges in standardization and possible solutions to achieve standardization in DevOps as part of DevOps transformation journey. Business Case A survey conducted within […]
Where Does the Database Fit into Continuous Delivery?
Continuous delivery (CD) is increasingly becoming the norm in software development, with companies releasing updates more and more frequently. Those that aren’t are exploring how they can catch up. But in all of this push to DevOps and CD, it’s vital not to forget the database. Changes to applications or web services often require changes […]
Chef Report: DevOps Feeds the Need for Speed
“I feel the need … the need for speed!” ~ Maverick According to a recent report from Chef, one of the driving motivations for companies is based on this Maverick quote from the movie “Top Gun”: The need for speed. Getting better products to market faster is a competitive advantage that gives companies an edge […]
Help Us Understand CI/CD, DevOps & Job Scheduling
While plenty of vendors tell us what they think is happening in the market, the only way to really learn is from you, our readers. So we are asking you to take a few minutes to take this important survey on the adoption of CI/CD, DevOps and job scheduling. We will be giving a $50 […]
Ransomware will Double in 2017. Are you Prepared?
A recent report found that ransomware attacks quadrupled in 2016, and are likely to double in 2017. Not surprisingly, a research survey showed that 48 percent of organizations had been hit by ransomware in the past year. And as we highlighted in a recent blog post, next generation cloud applications and databases are quickly becoming […]
The Elusive Definition of DevOps
How do you define DevOps? If you went out and asked IT professionals at other organizations, could you guarantee their answer would be the same? In most cases, the answer to this question is no. DevOps, despite its growing popularity, still lacks a widely agreed-upon definition. There are a few fundamental principles that appear consistently […]
Security @ the Speed of DevOps Survey: Efforts Still Lag
Enterprises today are in a relentless race to digitize or die. If they don’t digitize business processes, services or internal workflows and their competitors do, they will be at a steep disadvantage—and perhaps soon an irrecoverable one. In more and more companies these efforts are being driven by DevOps. According to IDC, the vast majority […]
DevOps Chat: Nigel Kersten, Puppet, 2017 DevOps Survey
I had a chance to sit down recently with Nigel Kersten, chief technical strategist at Puppet. Besides the fancy title, Nigel is one of the smartest, nicest people you will meet. Always a pleasure catching up with him. We spent most of our time speaking about the Puppet 2017 DevOps survey, which is now open […]
F5 Networks’s State of Application Delivery, 2017
For the last three years, F5 Networks has surveyed its users and presented the “State of Application Delivery” report. This year’s report is already a couple of weeks old, and I’ve had the opportunity to read through it. There is good information in there for “NetOps” people—those who are focused on the network but want […]
Puppet Launches 2017 State of DevOps Survey
It’s that time of year again! We at Puppet have kicked off the 2017 annual State of DevOps. survey. Now in its sixth year, we have once again teamed up with DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA), founded by our dear friends Gene Kim, Jez Humble and Nicole Forsgren, to survey technology professionals worldwide in an […]