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Lessons Learned From the Salesforce Outage
Everyone has bad days. Every company has been through some kind of outage due to a buggy database deployment. Even the best of the best, with highly trained staff, world-class best practices and well-thought-out processes make mistakes. On May 17, Salesforce.com had a bad day. What Happened? The company deployed a faulty database change script […]
Jun 17, 2019 · 3 minAll articles by Robert Reeves
Showing 1–3Back to DevOps School: What Tools are in Your Backpack?
The 2018-19 school year is in full swing, and just like the kids are going to the bus stop with their new backpacks and shoes, it’s time to refresh your DevOps tool chain and look to the future. Remember, just like education, DevOps never ends. It’s a lifetime pursuit that constantly improves your life. The […]
DevOps: The (Absolutely Critical) Cloud Enabler
A couple weeks ago, I gave a talk titled, “DevOps: The Cloud Enabler” at a conference. As I was putting together some requisite materials previewing my session, I made a few mistakes. (Yes, I’ll readily admit it.) I used the words “should” and “can” and “consider.” Instead, the words “must” or “not optional” or “operationally […]