As a backend developer at CA BlazeMeter, I recently had the chance to work on a big feature for our web app. The feature required a massive change on our backend code, a big change on our frontend and multiple migrations. You know what I’m talking about—it was one of those projects that developers fear. […]
A Six-Step Approach to Enterprise DevOps Transformation
Agility of businesses to transform and adjust to market conditions is perhaps the most important aspect of managing today’s enterprise. With digitization of almost all facets of running an enterprise, it is safe to say that IT agility translates to either the success or failure of such adaptation. Smaller and new-age businesses are better able […]
Infographic: DevOps Lessons from Lean Auto Manufacturing
Lean principles are as relevant to software delivery today as they were to auto manufacturing in the 20th century. And when you apply lean practices to software delivery, you get the same great results — lower costs, faster cycle times and higher quality. See the below infographic from Puppet to explore what software can learn […]
Digital Business: Paving the Way for DevOps’ Second Act
DevOps is the buzzword of the moment. It’s at the heart of every strategy—not just CIOs’ IT transformation strategies but also IT vendors’ sales and marketing strategies. The question business unit leaders always ask is, “Is DevOps to improve IT or to boost the business?” The disconnect is so big between the concerns of today’s DevOps practitioners […]
Culture Comes First in Bringing DevOps to the Mainframe
One of the most difficult challenges in engineering, oddly enough, isn’t technical: the challenge is culture transition management. In my 20-plus years of managing engineering teams worldwide, I’ve led teams through countless organizational adjustments and process improvements toward high-performance and quality, beginning with QA segregation to CMMI to ITIL, AGILE and SAFe. Today, mainframe organizations […]
Automation Killed QA – It’s Time to Deal With It
Quality assurance (QA) had a good run. From the time it was considered an afterthought by organizations and software vendors alike to the era of massive outsourcing contracts, followed by significant vendor investments in related tooling, and, finally, its recognition as a critical success factor among high-performing organizations, quality has evolved to become even more […]
Webinar: How to Build the Right Automation
Many companies are investing heavily in automation. Good high quality automation is key as companies move towards a successful DevOps model. The problem is that automation scripts can be very brittle and tend to not cover or test the entire application. They are also very difficult and time consuming to keep up to date. This […]
Welcome to the Continuous Delivery 101 Podcast
No matter what industry you’re in or how old your business is, your software often determines your success in today’s application economy. Applications are the face of your business—both the way it performs and the speed with which you can incorporate new ideas and innovations, driven by the efficiency of your software development life cycle—determines […]
Predictable Progress: Tracking DevOps Maturity Metrics
As DevOps methodologies continue to evolve, we’re naturally seeing an increased emphasis on the cultivation of related maturity metrics. For instance, in the 2016 State of DevOps Report, researchers with DORA took an initial stab at creating relevant ROI measurements. Similarly, a new report issued by researchers Coleman Parkes, sponsored by CA Technologies, offers additional […]
How Open Source Can Help Your CD Chain
What can you do to make continuous delivery work better? Consider moving to open source software solutions. Here’s why. Many DevOps teams already may be using open-source platforms for reasons not related to continuous delivery. They might like the cost-efficiency or interoperability that usually come with open source. Or maybe they just like the open-source […]
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