Break the Rules and Win at Digital Transformation

September 18, 2017 by contributor 1 Comments

The rules of the game have changed. In today’s digital world, it’s not about the big eating the small. It’s the fast that beat the slow and the nimble that outmaneuver companies constrained by old systems and business models. What’s more, the finish line is always moving. The rapid pace of innovation and disruption means […]

Continuous Delivery vs. Continuous Deployment

June 29, 2017 by contributor 1 Comments

I am often asked, “if we are using a continuous integration (CI) server and adopting a continuous delivery pipeline, where does continuous deployment fit in?” Good question. In a nutshell, continuous delivery engines such as CloudBees or Blue Ocean are designed to trigger the execution of CI workflows across the dev, test and prod environments. […]

DevOps Chat: Waterfall Will Not Disappear, with Flint Brenton, CEO Collabnet

May 31, 2017 by Alan Shimel 1 Comments

One of the perks of being editor in chief of DevOps.com is I get a chance to meet with so many leaders of the DevOps and IT industry. You can really learn a lot by listening to what these folks say. This DevOps Chat is a perfect example. I sat down with Flint Brenton, CEO […]

Mainframes and the Myth of Bimodal in DevOps

September 23, 2016 by contributor 0 Comments

Rewind 20 years ago when we lived in a business world where big companies with unlimited resources beat out smaller, more strapped companies. The digital era—also known as the “age of the customer”—is changing all that. Where big once beat small, fast now beats slow. The DevOps approaches of startups often make them more adept […]

Test-First Development: Processes and Tools for Success

August 12, 2016 by contributor 0 Comments

A lot of software development teams are talking about “test-first” methodologies. The practice involves moving testing up into the very earliest stages of development so automated tests can be written before code. Making this seemingly minor shift can result in much higher quality software and greater efficiencies. Integrating development and testing avoids needless late-stage bugs […]

Faster, Smarter DevOps

May 12, 2016 by Derek E. Weeks 3 Comments

Whether you call it DevOps or not, if you are concerned about releasing more code faster and at a higher quality, the resulting software delivery chain and process will look and smell like DevOps. But for existing development teams, no matter what the velocity objective is, getting from here to there is not something that […]

IT Organization: Blend, Don’t Divide

March 31, 2016 by contributor 1 Comments

Bi-modal is the new normal, but the best way to approach this is to blend operations, not create separate groups. There’s been much ado lately about the transition of enterprise IT from traditional, steady operations to a highly agile and services-based operation. Companies of all sizes are moving to the cloud and adopting DevOps, yet […]

Waterfall to Agile to DevOps: The State of Stagnant Evolution

November 11, 2014 by Chris Riley 6 Comments

DevOps is all the rage. The hot IT buzzword intended to heal the expanding divide between development and IT operations is being used to sell a range of services and solutions to struggling development shops and enterprises, even though DevOps can’t be sold – it’s a cultural shift that nurtures under a strong leadership. Prior […]