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8 Hot Takes: Will We See a Monolithic Renaissance?
Is the DevOps world slowly backing away from microservices and to a monolithic renaissance? After years of proselytization about the benefits (Flexibility! Resilience! Support faster release speeds!) of microservices and serverless architecture, there are signs of a potential backlash against the singularly fragmented microservices architectural approach. The argument in favor of rolling back to monolithic […]
May 23, 2023 · 3 minAll articles by Ericka Chickowski
Showing 1–244 Risk Factors Devs Should Consider for ChatGPT Integrations
It’s only been a couple of months since OpenAI introduced its latest low-cost API for developers to leverage ChatGPT in their applications and already many engineering teams have jumped headlong into new integrations. But developers experimenting with the possibilities of how ChatGPT can boost their software should temper that with some risk analysis and threat […]
5 Ways DevSecOps Can Manage Software Supply Chains
The unbridled use of open source components within the software supply chain is on a major uptick, according to new research. Even as this surge in open source dependencies fuels faster innovation, the study shows that it comes with high cybersecurity costs, as the number of breaches related to these components is similarly on the […]
4 Traits of High-Performance Digital Leaders
Businesses that have retooled their culture, their hierarchy and their business mindset toward the use of technology are consistently outperforming their more traditional peers. According to the newly released Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey 2019, digital leaders are the top 30% of businesses that are extremely effective at leveraging digital capabilities to advance their business strategy. […]
Are Self-Service Machine Learning Models the Future of AI Integration?
DevOps teams seeking to step up their mojo in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) features are facing a big skills bottleneck when it comes to data analytics and machine learning modeling. As a result, the market is seeing an influx of self-service machine learning models and machine learning-as-a-service offerings designed to help development teams more […]
Open Innovation Labs: How Lockheed Brought Better Security to Fighter Jets
How Red Hat’s Open Innovation Labs have helped accelerate Lockheed’s software development for the F-22 Raptor As the key government contractor charged with helping the U.S. Air Force keep its F-22 Raptor jets in fighting trim, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics increasingly values software delivery speed as much as engine speed. So much of the continued evolution […]
AIOps: Supporting Reliability at DevOps Speeds
AIOps looms large as a way to help push the DevOps envelope. How can organizations prepare? As organizations journey down the path of DevOps maturation, sustainable IT operations and IT service management remains a challenge for many. Even advanced organizations that have managed to speed up deployment rates and improve software quality struggle to maintain […]
The State of Web and Mobile DevSecOps
As the leaders in coverage of the DevOps world, the reporters here at devopsy.kinsta.cloud 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. […]
DevOps Kids Holiday Gift Guide: Giving the Gift of Code
Any DevOps professional worth their salt inherently understands how inextricably tied the future of work is with coding, scripts and automation. It’s already a development-oriented world out there and is increasingly growing so. As a result, today’s kids need to at least understand the fundamentals of programming if they want to succeed later on in […]
When DevOps and ITSM Collide: Mistakes to Avoid
In many ways the DevOps movement evolved as a reaction against the worst elements of IT service management (ITSM). IT leaders wanted to get from under the yoke of overly complex processes, bureaucracy and red tape to speed up software delivery, and to just get stuff done. Now that DevOps has kicked into full gear […]
The Software Testing Metrics That Make Or Break DevOps Success
Organizations today are racing to develop software at a breakneck pace through efficient DevOps processes. But it’s important for them to avoid losing sight of the forest for the trees. If too much of that speed comes with quality sacrifices that degrade the user experience, the rapid software iterations hurt the business more than they […]
DevOps Security: 3 Privileged Access Management Best Practices
The tremendous upside of DevOps practices and tools are enough to keep organizations pressing forward at all costs. But when sloppy use of DevOps toolchains cause breaches, more than half the time it comes down to poor protection of privileged accounts. According to a recent study by security vendor Beyond Trust, 52 percent of IT […]
10 Views on What Microsoft’s GitHub Deal Does for DevOps Users
The DevOps and open source communities have been in a tizzy all week over the massive $7.5 billion Microsoft acquisition of GitHub. Even as many developers rage on Twitter about the deal and still others are rushing to migrate their repositories to alternative solutions—#movetogitlab has trended heavy this week—for the most part the DevOps community […]
The DevOps Management Perception Gap
The DevOps momentum is fierce in the enterprise today, as executives and middle management recognize the transformative power that continuous delivery of software has for a business. The message that DevOps can lead directly to increased profitability for organizations has seeped into technology leadership consciousness and tech leaders are gung-ho to reap the rewards. The […]
Open Source: Is Your DevOps Org Vulnerable to an Equifax-Style Hack?
More than half of the Fortune 100 could be at risk of falling prey to the same kind of hack that caused devastation at Equifax last year, and it all comes down to poor open source component governance. A new report out from Fortune reports that in the year after Apache Software Foundation issued an […]
Bridge the DevSecOps Experience Divide with Cross-Functional Teams
Last week’s DevOps Connect event at RSA Conference offered up a ton of wisdom and real-world examples of the power of DevSecOps. With its best-ever attendance after several years and impressive participation levels, this year’s event stands as a good harbinger for the growing interest that the security community has in vesting itself in the […]
DevOps Connect at RSA: In Security, Choose Increments
Earlier this week the worlds of DevOps and information security collided at the DevOps Connect Rugged DevOps event, held in conjunction with RSA Conference 2016. The security-centric audience got to hear from a number of thought leaders across the DevOps and infosec worlds about ways security pros and DevOps teams can work together and establish […]
7 Sets Of DevOps Success Metrics From DOES ‘15
Beyond the moral support, the executive management coaching and the tips on how to build DevOps momentum in the enterprise environment, last week’s DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 offered a boatload of excellent fodder for those seeking to prove the value of DevOps patterns once they got back home. DOES wasn’t just about cheerleading—alongside lessons on […]
5 DevOps Success Factors Surfacing At DOES 15
Two days into a breakneck schedule of energizing presentations at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 (DOES 2015) and there are already some common themes bubbling up from the speakers and attendees. As IT practitioners from big name enterprises like Capital One, HP, Target, Ticketmaster and more step up to the podium to share their personal stories […]
Cloud Visibility: The Security Achilles Heel
As organizations accelerate their DevOps practices and move toward continuous delivery, cloud adoption plays a pivotal role. But visibility into cloud infrastructure and provider practices will remain a security Achilles heel until businesses can get better monitoring and insight into public cloud assets. According to a new survey out by the SANS Institute, even as […]
Will DevOps Kill Outsourcing?: Part 3
Part 3: What’s the differentiator? Understanding how to balance build vs. buy (Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series Will DevOps Kill Outsourcing?) The DevOps movement has spurred a lot of organizations to reevaluate their IT outsourcing strategies. But the reality is that there will be no cataclysmic shift of insourcing. Sure, […]
Will DevOps Kill IT Outsourcing?: Part 2
Part 2: Continuous delivery tool chain efficiency > Outsourcing savings (Check out Part 1 of the series Will DevOps Kill IT Outsourcing?) Experts on digital disruption and DevOps practices are vocal in their belief that DevOps and traditional outsourcing models don’t mix well. “Adopting DevOps requires organizations to erase the barriers between development and operations teams,” says […]
Will DevOps Kill IT Outsourcing?: Part 1
Part 1: DevOps and outsourcing like oil and water After nearly two decades of steady IT outsourcing for the sake of savings and efficiency gains, the shine seems to have worn off from this once glittering phenomenon. And according to many experts, DevOps and continuous delivery practices are playing a big part in many enterprises’ […]
Inside Look at State of DevOps Report: Q&A With Puppet Labs
Last week Puppet Labs released the analysis behind its annual study of DevOps and continuous delivery practices in the 2015 State of DevOps Report. Now in its fourth year, the report offers an in-depth look at the findings of the team on what it means to be a high-performance IT organization—the cultural characteristics these organizations […]