Virtual Instruments Changes Name to Virtana to Drive AIOps
With the formal launch of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) to monitor cloud platforms and optimize cloud, Virtual Instruments today renamed itself Virtana. The company’s CloudWisdom platform is based on technology Virtana gained via the acquisition of Metricly earlier this year. In addition to being integrated with existing on-premises offerings from Virtana, CloudWisdom has been expanded to […]
Survey Suggests DevOps Drives Digital Business Transformation
A survey published this week by New Relic, a provider of IT monitoring services, suggests there is a high correlation between organizations that have embarked on digital business transformation initiatives and adoption of best DevOps practices. Revealed at the Futurestack conference hosted by New Relic, the survey 750 global senior IT decision-makers of enterprises with […]
DevOps Deeper Dive: DevOps Accelerates Open Source Innovation Pace
In the span of a few short years, open source software has evolved from being a means to create the free equivalent of an existing commercial platform to now becoming the primary means of driving innovation across the IT industry. That rate of innovation has increased dramatically in the last few years. However, much of […]
IoT Security Concerns
The Internet of Things (IoT) is being hailed as the next step in our technological development. It’s hard to argue with that. The abilities it provides are as captivating as they are numerous: smart cars and homes, automatized agriculture, advancements in medicine that help with after-stroke recovery and the list goes on. However, while the […]
GitLab Outlines Scope of DevOps Ambitions
At the GitLab Commit event in New York today, GitLab launched an ambitious effort to extend the scope of its DevOps platform to provide a view into the software development life cycle for not just developers but also designers, product managers and business leaders. Fresh off raising an additional $268 million in funding, GitLab now […]
An Inside Look at GitOps
At a time when variations on DevOps abound, get ready for the latest: GitOps. This new term promises to bring some order to what can be operational chaos and empower operational teams to leverage best practices learned from their developer counterparts. It’s early days yet for GitOps, but here’s what we think you need to […]
Why COBOL Still Matters After 60 Years
In the world of DevOps, the Agile Manifesto and countless other application delivery frameworks, one has to wonder how an anachronism such as the programming language COBOL (common business-oriented language) has managed to remain relevant. After all, COBOL has its roots back in the 1940s, and was built upon Rear Admiral Grace Hopper’s work on […]
Virtual Instruments Aims to Meld DevOps, ITSM Worlds
Virtual Instruments today announced additions to an IT management platform that leverage machine learning algorithms to identify application drift and dynamically right-size virtual machines. Tim Van Ash, senior vice president of products for Virtual Instruments, said version 6.2 of the company’s VirtualWisdom platform is part of an ongoing campaign to meld the traditional world of […]
The State of DevOps Report 2019 Is Out
The Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2019 is out like every other year. Now, let’s talk about the key findings of this year’s survey: The Industry Continues to Improve, Particularly Among the Elite Performers: Proportion of high performers have tripled, now comprising 20% of all teams. This shows the improvement is real for those who […]
Aspects of Machine Learning on the Edge
Machine learning (ML) is hard. Making it work within the confined environment of an embedded device can easily become a quagmire unless we consider, and frequently revisit, the design and deployment aspects crucially affected by ML requirements. A bit of upfront planning makes the difference between project success and failure. For this article, our focus […]
Why DevOps Implementation is Often Unsuccessful – and How to Fix It
Much like “blockchain” and “big data,” the term “DevOps” is another buzzword currently being thrown around the IT departments of large organizations. Many have identified the need for faster software development life cycles; a more precise process closely aligned with business objectives, allowing for clearer workflow and collaboration between the development and operations teams. DevOps […]
Mendix Injects More AI to Accelerate Low-Code Development
The rate at which low-code applications are built and deployed will accelerate as developers begin to rely more on artificial intelligence (AI) to write code. The summer 2019 release of the Mendix low-code platform includes a revamped instance of Mendix Assist, which employs machine learning algorithms to make coding recommendations. Those algorithms have been trained […]
Why Did DevOps Become So Popular? 3 Theories
DevOps has now been a thing for a solid decade. As we look back at the history of DevOps, it’s worth asking: Where did DevOps come from, and why did it take off when it did? In honor of the 10-year anniversary of DevOps, I’d like to explore these questions. A Brief History of DevOps […]
Chef Brings DevOps to Windows Platform Migrations
Chef and Microsoft revealed today that they are working together to apply DevOps processes to accelerate the migration of Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 to more current versions. Announced at the Microsoft Inspire conference, the goal is to enable organizations to leverage Chef Enterprise Automation Stack (EAS), which includes an EAS Migration Accelerator […]
How DevOps Training and Certification Benefits the Team
Cisco Systems recently announced sweeping changes to its training and certification programs to increase the real-world value of both. Cisco’s move demonstrates a trend by organizations that provide training and certification to place more value on the practical aspects of educating technology professionals—which, in turn, should have a major impact on those looking to build […]
AI for IT Operations: All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is becoming a critical tool for organizations attempting to bring automation quickly to network management and IT problem resolution. However, many organizations are still unsure how to deploy AIOps for the most value and to net the full, promised results. Perhaps the challenges come from not looking beyond data […]
27-Factor Assessments Lead to Success With DevOps
October 2019 will mark the 10th anniversary of the first DevOpsDays, where the term “DevOps” began to catch on. In the world of information technology, 10 years is a long time and it is quite evident based on the amount of change that has transpired since then. To name a few, we have seen the […]
Pulumi Advances DevOps on AWS
Pulumi announced the availability of Pulumi Crosswalk for Amazon Web Services (AWS), an open source framework for deploying applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Company CEO Joe Duffy said Pulumi Crosswalk for AWS provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application through which DevOps teams can automate the deployment of applications on AWS infrastructure using software development kits […]
Shift Left Without Fear: The Role of Security in Enabling DevOps
It’s the age of DevOps, and we all want to shift left, which refers to the idea of performing processes earlier in the CI/CD cycle. That includes security checks and audits. By starting security operations earlier in the delivery pipeline, it becomes easier to find problems, and teams have more time to address them before […]
Get Testing Bottlenecks Out of Your Pipelines
I first learned the term “deployment pipeline” when I read “Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test and Deployment Automation,” by Jez Humble and David Farley back in 2009. End-to-end automation of the build, deploy, test and release processes kick in each time a team member commits a change to the source code repository. […]
Chef Extends Automation Reach and Scope
At its ChefConf 2019 conference today, Chef extended its core platform in ways that collectively serve to automate further the management of applications and the IT infrastructure they are deployed on. Extensions to the Chef Enterprise Automation (EAS) Stack include the addition of Application Operations Dashboards, Migration Accelerators for moving applications to the cloud and […]
Kubernetes Adoption: Are You Ready?
Enterprises are rapidly embracing a cloud-first strategy and microservices play a pivotal role in this journey. But enterprises are achieving various levels of success, measured by many factors includingmaturity of DevOps in the enterprise, ability to identify the right candidates for microservices, selecting the appropriate container management platform, adequate tooling and, finally, cultural shift in […]
The Bug in Production: What You Don’t Know Can – and Will – Harm You
Despite the risk of unplanned downtime, many organizations that develop software and services push them live without adequately testing for bugs that will manifest against production traffic. This is a huge gamble: Those bugs could lead to errors that bring down the service altogether. Pushing live without sufficient testing can be detrimental to your business. […]