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ShiftLeft & DevOps: A Narrative Within a Narrative?
I procrastinated watching the season finale of “Westworld” just because I ended up reading a day later how Dolores ended the episode! I don’t know who to blame: my inquisitiveness or that guy who couldn’t hold himself. It kind of feels stale when you know the ending. Finally, I finished weeding through the multiple narratives […]
May 17, 2017 · 3 minAll articles by Abdul Salaam Khurram
Showing 1–4DevOps- Is [Ops] operations contribution equally Important?
I started my technology writing journey with a 2 part blog (One & Two) on Service Delivery Excellence, before jumping into the DEVOPS bandwagon, but now as I read across all related discussions, I end up feeling that the good kid is always the DEV and OPS are the unnecessary tag along. We always talk […]
Release Management, a catalyst for DevOps
We have discussed in my last post “DEVOPS and Continuous Change” on the benefits of doing shorter and swifter runs instead of managing a few ‘Dinosaur’ releases. We have also touched upon the way to go about multiple releases by identifying component /functional dependencies without impacting functionality and the expected savings of time, resources and […]
DevOps & Continuous Change
A remark by a colleague while waiting for the coffee machine to complete its cycle started my train of thought. “Should we have multiple minor releases or just do a few major ones in a year?” In large organizations, due to many factors, the turnaround time for a single successful release is quite extensive; but […]