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Best of 2021 – Torvalds’ Bug Warning is a Lesson for Linux Users
As we close out 2021, we at devopsy.kinsta.cloud wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the third in our series of the Best of 2021. Linux does, occasionally, raise security concerns. While many users see it as the most secure, robust and versatile operating system available — that’s this writer’s […]
Dec 21, 2021 · 3 minAll articles by B. Cameron Gain
Showing 1–20NS1 Touts a Common Delivery Platform for Devs and Ops
NS1 has extended the capabilities of its DNS and network management platform with the release of NS1 Connect. The platform is designed to serve as a delivery platform that integrates developer and network operations teams’ tasks for the creation and management of applications across highly distributed cloud-native and on-premises environments. While DevOps teams typically rely […]
Rocky Linux Emerges as a CentOS Replacement
Rocky Linux was created to offer the community an alternative following Red Hat’s recent decision to shift its focus away from CentOS—the open source version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). However, the Linux distro’s popularly can also be attributed to how its creator sought to offer a superior alternative based on lessons learned during CentOS’ […]
China’s Open Source Activity Surged in 2020
Activity among China-based open source project contributors and creators surged in 2020, as Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent and other leading Chinese tech companies are playing an increasingly important role in the open source development community worldwide. According to the recently released Open Source Contributor Index (OSCI) ranking, as of March 2021, Alibaba, Huawei, and Tencent collectively […]
Solving Cloud-Native Challenges in the Rush to the Cloud
The shift to cloud-native environments away from traditional data center infrastructures continues unabated, but security and complexity challenges remain a struggle for DevOps teams. These were two of the main takeaways in a survey and analyst report published by the IT consultancy firm Flexera. The survey, based on the responses of 750 IT professionals, revealed […]
Red Hat Survey Reveals More Confidence in Open Source
A recent Red Hat survey revealed how DevOps teams increasingly depend on open source to support their shift to cloud-native environments and digital transformations, and to maintain security in these highly distributed environments. Based on a survey of 1,250 IT professionals, Red Hat maintains that the survey respondents — from organizations that were Red Hat […]
Python Remains Popular in Programming Language Study
A ranking by analyst firm RedMonk reflects on Python’s continued popularity as a leading enterprise programming language for a number of reasons. According to a recent study by RedMonk, JavaScript also remains widely popular as the web development programming language of choice for a significant number organizations. In many ways, Python’s strong showing in the […]
Cassandra Update Boosts Recovery Speeds
Apache Cassandra is a row-oriented NoSQL database created by developers working at Facebook. With elasticity as one of its key features, open source contributors have added new streaming capabilities to Cassandra 4.0 for its beta launch. These improvements have been shown to enable the database to stream data between nodes at speeds up to five […]
The EU’s Plans to Build a Wall Around GDPR-Protected Data
An ambitious German- and French-lead European Union (EU) initiative could wrestle tighter management, and eventually, control of data from commercial cloud providers. The project, dubbed as “Gaia-X,” is also intended to offer firewall-like protection for data sources from the EU. The initiative could have repercussions on how DevOps teams from outside of the EU manage […]
How GitOps Can (Sometimes) Save DevOps
A lot has been written about GitOps since its release by Weaveworks more than a year ago as a “single source of truth for the whole system” for using Git for Kubernetes deployments on the cloud. Aptly described by Alexis Richardson, Weaveworks co-founder and CEO, as “90% best practices and 10% cool new stuff,” GitOps […]
DevOps Ethics: The Danger of Unethical Code
The accident could not have come at a worse time for Uber. Already under scrutiny following several high-profile lawsuits for sexual harassment, intellectual property theft and other accusations that played at least as significant role in founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick’s departure, the ride-hailing firm’s driverless test vehicle was involved in a fatal pedestrian […]
Why Database Development is in a League of Its Own
Despite how the database is the lifeblood of many organizations, its management remains siloed and is more often than not left to a separate team of resident experts outside of the sphere of DevOps. Database developers also may work separately from the database administrators, thus further slowing down deployments. The end result, of course, is […]
Why Serverless Needs DevOps
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated July 2, 2018 Serverless, like Kubernetes and microservices, is a new technology. Yet, despite the amount of blog, forum and news-related posts published about serverless, it represents only a fraction of all IT deployments. Aside from the new factor, serverless shares few similarities with Kubernetes and microservices. Organizations turn […]
How DevOps Replaces the BYOD Mindset
The impasse is clear: users often have no formal way to effectively communicate to IT departments how certain devices and apps are useful for work and should be allowed to connect to the enterprise’s network. Since the debut of smart phones well over a decade ago, so-called bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies as a potential solution have […]
Using CALMS to Assess an Organization’s DevOps
Of the tried-and-tested frameworks that allow enterprises to assess DevOps in their organization and how it can be improved, the CALMS model remains particularly useful. CALMS, which stands for Collaboration, Automation, Lean, Measurement and Sharing, is particularly helpful for analyzing an organization’s DevOps structure, and ultimately, its utility in any organization. The CALMS framework covers […]
How DevOps Helped One Firm Get GDPR Right
There has been a lot of press about how many, if not most, enterprises are still unprepared to comply with the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) just days before it takes effect. However, executives from Cybric, a security platform provider, said their company has been ready for some time—and they thank DevOps for […]
Despite DevOps, Firms Unprepared for GDPR
Most organizations are not fully compliant with the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before it takes effect in May, analysts report. While DevOps certainly gives organizations the mean to turbo charge the compliance process, stakeholders outside of IT departments often are failing to greenlight this necessary project ahead of the deadline, due […]
Google Analytics Adapts to GDPR, But Questions Remain
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will have an effect on how Google Analytics collects and processes data and how DevOps uses the tool—at least, that is what is known for sure at this time. These changes also should almost certainly impact DevOps for any organization that relies on the tool to collect and analyze user […]
DevOps to the Rescue as GDPR Deadline Looms
The stakes are high: Organizations failing to comply with the European Union’s (EU) strict General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) face fines up to 4 percent of their annual revenues or €20 million ($25 million), whichever is greater. But while the threat of what happens if organizations ignore the mandate when it takes effect at the […]
DevOps Isn’t Getting Cloud Security Right (and What Can Done About It)
The song title of Billy Joel’s 1977 hit, “Get it Right the First Time” aptly describes what DevOps teams need to take to heart when making the jump to the public cloud. But in most cases, security is lacking in the pipeline when making the shift—and a change in DevOps culture and mindset is necessary […]