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Showing 1–24Navigating the Future of AI with Responsible Governance – DevOps Unbound EP46
In this episode, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by experts Martin Klaus (Tricentis), Tracy Ragan (DeployHub) and Hope Lynch as we dive into the critical topic of AI Governance—the guardrails that ensure artificial intelligence tools and systems remain safe, ethical, and aligned with human rights. We’ll explore the frameworks, rules, and standards […]
API First and API Testing – DevOps Unbound EP 45
Akamai reports that 83% of traffic on their Akamai network is API hits, which is more than HTML traffic. Our discussion focuses on the API First strategy, which places API design and planning at the forefront of project development, enhancing collaboration, scalability and integration. Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by experts Chris […]
EP 43: DevOps Building Blocks Part 6 – Day 2 DevOps, Operations and SRE
Day Two DevOps is a phase in the SDLC that focuses on enhancing, optimizing and continuously improving the software development and deployment processes to ensure increased efficiency, reliability and collaboration between development and operations teams. In this episode hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Ana-Margarita Medina (Lightstep), Bryan Cole (Tricentis), Adriana Villela […]
EP 42: DevOps Building Blocks Part 5: Flow, Bottlenecks and Continuous Improvement
In part five of this series, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Bryan Cole (Tricentis), Ixchel Ruiz (Karakun AG) and Jeff Keyes (Planview) as we focus on the DevOps flow, continuous improvement and how to fit all the pieces together. We discuss the crucial components of the DevOps process flow, how to […]
EP 41: DevOps Building Blocks, Part 4 – Making the “Ops” in DevSecOps Happen
Many organizations still make the mistake of treating security as an afterthought instead of considering it a top priority from the start, which can lead to breaches and major losses for their business. By adopting a DevSecOps approach throughout the SDLC, including Ops, to identify and address potential risks promptly. In part 4 of this […]
EP 40: DevOps Building Blocks Part 3 – Making the “Sec” in DevSecOps Happen
Many organizations still make the mistake of treating security as an afterthought instead of considering it a top priority from the start, which can lead to breaches and major losses for their business. By adopting a DevSecOps approach, security is integrated early in the SDLC to identify and address potential risks promptly. In part 3 […]
EP 39: DevOps Building Blocks Part 2: Power Up Your Automated Testing
Automation is critical to DevOps success. Test automation accelerates and simplifies the software development process, empowering DevOps teams to deliver high-quality, secure and reliable products to market faster without sacrificing crucial debugging and troubleshooting processes. Automated testing minimizes the chance of human error, removes redundancy and increases collaboration between DevOps and QA teams. On the […]
EP 38: DevOps Building Blocks, Part One: How CI/CD Drives DevOps Automation
Automation is the key to DevOps success, and CI/CD is the driving force behind it. The CI/CD pipeline is a series of automated workflows that help DevOps teams reduce manual tasks, achieve faster feedback, identify and fix issues early in the SDLC and improve the quality of software. However, keeping up with the latest CI/CD […]
EP 37: The Rings of Software: DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering
What does the rise of platform engineering bring to the table for DevOps and SRE? Or is it simply the next evolutionary step of DevOps? Despite some confusion about mission and responsibility, there are key differences between these roles, and there’s a need for all three across the SDLC. Platform engineers, SREs and DevOps teams […]
EP 36: DevOps and Low-Code/No-Code: Develop, Test and Deploy
Low-code/no-code and DevOps share the same goal—to deliver high-quality software faster while reducing costs. When it comes to testing, low-code/no-code test automation simplifies testing for QA teams, allows citizen developers and executives with less technical knowledge to build applications quickly and facilitates developers contributing to projects when their more technical or specialized skills are needed. […]
EP 35: What’s In Store for DevOps In 2023?
In the past couple of years, businesses have been leveraging DevOps to drive their digital and cloud transformations and enable rapid innovation. Now it’s time to look back at the lessons learned and look forward to the future. With so many changes going on in the industry, what does 2023 have in store for DevOps? […]
EP 34: Testing Strategies for Cloud Migration Success
Migrating workloads from on-premises infrastructure into the cloud is a long and tedious process, and if not done properly, it could result in high-risk situations. Having a strategic testing plan is key to mitigate the risk of losing critical functionalities in your databases and applications as you move to the cloud. Hosts Alan Shimel and […]
EP 32: Shift Right Testing – Debunking the Myths of Shift-Right Testing
Shift left has more than its fair share of admirers and advocates, as DevOps and DevSecOps initiatives aim to move responsibility for building and securing applications as early (or as far left) in the development life cycle as possible. But what about its more traditional (and much maligned) cousin, shift right? Shift right, or testing […]
EP 31: Feature Flags and Microservices: Oil and Water or Vinaigrette
As microservices increased in popularity, the previous uncertainty about feature flag use with cloud-native has been resolved. Feature flags have evolved from solely being used to toggle on license-based functionality to becoming a powerful tool for testing, experimenting and delivering software using DevOps, microservices and much more. But feature flags can introduce chaos and, if […]
EP 29: Bringing Data Integrity to DataOps – DevOps Unbound
In DevOps, we frequently use a variety of tools to help manage the entire software development lifecycle. But with an immense amount of data coming from so many different sources, this introduces a question of integrity of the data. DataOps is key to efficiently detect changes faster while minimizing risks and ensuring data quality and […]
EP 28: Hyperscale DevOps
Hyperscale DevOps: How Do You Get There? Hyperscaling DevOps is the key to a successful digital transformation. Hyperscaling is a whole new game and it demands a new level of coordination, processes, tools and mindset. Is hyperscaling DevOps an attainable goal for your organization? Mitch Ashley is joined by Tracy Ragan (DeployHub), Parag Doshi (Tricentis) […]
EP 27: DevOps Dojo
Leveraging DevOps Dojos and Centers of Excellence (CoE) A DevOps Dojo is the place where DevOps teams come together for hands-on training in a collaborative, risk-free learning environment. DevOps Dojos and CoEs can improve automation and software development processes and enable teams to deliver higher-quality products. DevOps Dojos and CoEs create a knowledge and learning […]
SBOMSs for DevOps: EP 26
Software Supply Chain and SBOMs for DevOps – Bad actors are constantly looking for ways to gain access to networks, steal data and corrupt systems. As supply chain attacks continue to be one of the most persuasive threats that companies face, organizations across all industries have been increasingly adopting the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) […]
EP 25: Compliance Synergy
“DevOps and Compliance Synergy: Reality or Fiction?”Achieving compliance might be challenging when embracing DevOps due to the rapid pace of development. However, the agility and automation associated with DevOps might actually simplify compliance. When integrating compliance into the SDLC, DevOps teams may have to use different tools or slightly modify part of their processes to […]
EP 23: Bringing Chaos to DevOps
“Bringing Chaos to DevOps” – Chaos engineering has become a critical part of DevOps to help build better and more effective applications. It is the process of intentionally injecting harm into a computing system to test how the system responds to unexpected disruptions in order to improve its resilience. Bringing chaos to DevOps helps teams […]
EP 22: DevOps Got Me Through It
“DevOps Got Me Through It” – Organizations all around the world went through an overnight digital transformation due to a worldwide pandemic and the shift to remote work. The businesses that embraced DevOps methodologies were able to pivot much faster with their digital strategy, allowing them to drive innovation, speed and adaptability, while providing greater […]
DevOps Got Me Through It – DevOps Unbound EP 22
“DevOps Got Me Through It” – Organizations all around the world went through an overnight digital transformation due to a worldwide pandemic and the shift to remote work. The businesses that embraced DevOps methodologies were able to pivot much faster with their digital strategy, allowing them to drive innovation, speed and adaptability, while providing greater […]