IBM Survey: Rise of Multi-Cloud Computing to Force DevOps Issue
A survey of 1,106 business and technology executives published this week by the IBM Institute for Business Value finds 85 percent of companies are already operating in multi-cloud environments, with 98 percent forecasting they will be using multiple hybrid clouds within three years. But the survey finds that only 39 percent of the respondents have […]
Securonix Selects Cylance for End-to-End AI-Enabled Security Intelligence and Threat Prevention
Partnership To Provide Clients with Seamless Integration with CylancePROTECT and Securonix Security Analytics IRVINE, Calif. – October 11, 2018 — Cylance Inc., the leading provider of AI-driven, prevention-first security solutions, and Securonix, the market leader of next-generation SIEM and user and entity behavioral analytics, today announced a partnership to support the interoperability of CylancePROTECT with the new release […]
Log Management: What DevOps Teams Need to Know
One of the most important shifts of this decade is the rise of interconnected data across distributed systems. This explosive growth not only sparked the need to rethink cloud and global IT strategies, but it also disrupted traditional development, DevOps and ITOps practices. These changes are pushing requirements for higher-velocity development of features and products—together […]
DevSecOps: Critical in Building the Bank of the Future
It is no secret that change in a large organization can be difficult. This is often true within banking, an industry that often has sought predictably instead of agility in software delivery. However, with the right tools, guidance and teams, creating a bank that can be both complaint and responsive may be more attainable than […]
How to Fix ‘Dark Debt’ in Your IT Organization’s Culture
Poor decisions, bad metrics, lack of communication can accrue dark debt in any company Buying a low-quality microwave meal from a gas station, kicking a sock under the bed before guests arrive, jaywalking … We all take shortcuts. But unlike enterprise software delivery, these decisions rarely cause any collateral damage. The ramifications of taking shortcuts […]
Why the DevOps Trinity is Key for Digital Transformation
As digital technology continues to disrupt and transform businesses across industries and around the world, the ability to deliver high-quality software rapidly will make the difference between survival and extinction for many companies. DevOps seeks to change the dynamics in which operations and development teams interact. Ultimately, successful adoption of DevOps and the process of […]
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 […]
Black Box vs. White Box Monitoring: What You Need To Know
The word monitoring possesses a meaning most people are familiar with. But what does monitoring actually break down into if you’re monitoring servers, applications and hardware? One way of answering this question is in terms of black box and white box monitoring. The latter term refers to application monitoring, and the former to server or […]
Revisiting My Bet on DevOps
On Dec. 29, 2015, I bought some stock. It was a bet on DevOps that my wife kindly tolerated. Since then, the S&P 500 has risen 31 percent and my DevOps portfolio is up 113 percent. This blog is a retrospective on a bet that worked out. I was inspired by Nicole Forsgren’s talks and […]
7 Signs You’re Mastering Continuous Integration
A majority of organizations think they are doing continuous integration (CI), yet when asked if they are following key practices of CI such as running tests to validate every build, many of them aren’t. Ask yourself the following: “Are we building our application with every change, or at least multiple times a day? Do we […]
Integrating Blockchain and DevOps
Blockchain is one of today’s hottest technology buzzwords. And at the same time, the concept of DevOps has achieved acceptance and is gaining momentum. Blockchain and DevOps already offer a number of benefits individually. Together, they can provide significant tactical and strategic advantages. However, some challenges must be overcome simply to adopt blockchain, as well […]
Serverless Computing: Moving from DevOps to NoOps
Developers rejoice as serverless computing ushers in a new era of ‘NoOps’ to replace the ill-fitted DevOps model. While some organizations do better than others when it comes to implementing DevOps, almost everyone agrees it’s a concept easier penned to paper than pinned to reality. The idea of integrating development and operations is smart, but […]
Making the Database Key to DevOps
Here are three best practices for doing DevOps with the database The speed of business today demands that the development and deployment of applications is fast-moving, with frequent yet error-free releases. That’s why the adoption of DevOps is trickling down from Amazon, Facebook, Google and the other usual suspects to every company that relies on […]
Transforming with the Cloud: If Not Now, When?
The question of whether to move to the cloud is no longer relevant for most organizations. Migrating workloads to the cloud has already become an inevitable requirement for a vast majority of companies regardless of their sizes, and if your organization isn’t doing that already, then it is simply the question of when and how […]
Software Development: A Better Way to Measure Success
Here’s a metaphor for software development you probably haven’t heard before: It’s like flying a plane. You have a starting point and a destination in mind, there’s a good chance you’ll change course midflight, and … sometimes you get a little nauseated? Okay, it’s not the best analogy. But there is one aspect of piloting a plane […]
Puppet Report Sees Long DevOps Journey Ahead
A recent report published by Puppet suggests the level of DevOps maturity within most organizations is still relatively slight. In fact, most of the respondents reported high levels of manual work still occurring across configuration management, deployment, testing and change approval processes. Alanna Brown, director of product marketing for Puppet, said the “State of DevOps: […]
There’s No Such Thing as DevSecOps
Should DevSecOps be categorized separate from DevOps? After years of debate, few doubts remain about the viability of the public cloud for enterprise workloads. Enterprises are shifting to cloud-first and cloud-only strategies, looking to take advantage of all the good the public cloud has to offer. For applications built and deployed in the public cloud, […]
Living in a DevOps World (Part 1)
The concept of DevOps has grown and evolved into a conceptual and working model for more effective and efficient software development and implementation. That said, there are some differences of opinion on the real-world value of any DevOps approach to date, and on the best way to create and implement a real-world DevOps environment. This […]
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 […]
Microservices Momentum Accelerates
A global survey of 353 application development professionals conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of LightStep, a provider of application performance management (APM) tools, finds a full 86 percent of respondents expect microservices to be the default architecture within five years. A total of 60 percent of respondents said they already have microservices in production […]
How DevOps Can Create Smarter, More Agile 5G Telecom Networks
There is no doubt DevOps revolutionized software development with its introduction of lean and agile techniques. By applying continuous deployment and continuous integration methodologies into software development, enterprises can build, test and deploy applications and release new services more rapidly. In this article, we will see how the DevOps approach is being utilized in 5G […]
Monitoring Your Data Center Like a Google SRE
Back in the early ’00s, when Google was beginning to expand its portfolio of services beyond search, it encountered a combination of challenges. Some of these emerged from familiar, classic disconnects between developers and operations folks or between IT services and line-of-business owners. Others were brand new, never-before-seen failure modes that arose from providing services […]
Barracuda Networks Survey: DevSecOps Is Hard
Organizations that have adopted DevSecOps processes may be making progress when it comes to improving cybersecurity, but it’s far from easy. A survey of 618 IT decision-makers conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Barracuda Networks, a provider of IT security software and appliances, finds half have adopted either DevOps, DevSecOps or a continuous integration/continuous […]