It is safe to say that since the term NoOps escaped from its confines as an assembly language instruction (NOP or NOOP mnemonic for no operation) and in microelectronics (NoOps or null instructions inserted into pipeline, creating bubbles*) into enterprise IT, it has caused more than its fair share of consternation and controversy in the […]
Securing Immutable Servers in a Serverless World
Snowflakes are beautiful, unique creations. But, let’s keep them in nature. They don’t belong in our server infrastructure. Snowflake servers, where every configuration is just a little different, can introduce unnecessary security vulnerabilities and complications. While common in IT infrastructure, in the DevOps realm they are gradually becoming ancient history. At All Day DevOps 2016, Erlend Oftedal (@webtonull), […]
Codeless Automation: Shattering the Testing Bottleneck
In his article, “Moving from ‘Tester’ to ‘Quality Enabler’,” Scott Edwards clearly lays out the predicament in which QA testing is currently at: with one foot in the quicksand of manual testing, while the other tries to jump over the hurdle of automation. Ever tried hurdle racing with one foot? You probably won’t reach the […]
Using Application Deltas in Deployments
Developers have been versioning their source files since the early days of Unix. Anyone else remember SCCS? Back in those days, storage was at a premium: Disks were small and very expensive and it was too inefficient to store a complete copy of each version of the source file. So version control tools would simply […]
4 Predictive Analytics Challenges Facing SRE Teams
“Predictive analytics” refers to the many techniques used to analyze data to make predictions about the future, such as data mining, statistics, modeling, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Being able to predict technical and business outcomes is one of the main promises of big data. Indeed, many businesses have invested heavily in infrastructure to anticipate […]
Fast Pass: Your Ultimate Guide to the Best of Jenkins World
At the end of the month, Jenkins users and DevOps professionals from around the world will head to San Francisco for the annual Jenkins World conference, taking place Aug. 28-31. The conference lasts four days, but time flies when you’re attending trainings, keynotes, sessions and networking events. To make sure you get the best of […]
DevOps Proves No Coaster Ride for Roller
Keeping amusement parks running and the fun flowing is Roller‘s main job. The company provides software for the leisure and entertainment industries, notably theme parks, amusement parks and trampoline parks. Its core functions are ticketing, POS and CRM. Clients include Coney Island Luna Park, Aussie World and Twinlakes Park. When Roller decided to expand and […]
Puppet Makes Development Kit Available to Advance DevOps
Organizations that embrace DevOps often find themselves moving from having a paucity of IT automation tools to an embarrassment of riches in short order. As a result, many of the teams involved in those DevOps processes wind up making different IT automation choices. Before too long, the organization finds itself trying to bridge too many […]
Creatures of Habit, Snowflakes and Integration Tax
Donovan Brown of Microsoft, in conversation with Matt Hilbert of Redgate Software, discusses database DevOps’ biggest challenges When DevOps was first talked about in Flickr’s seminal “10 deploys per day” Velocity presentation in 2009, it was regarded by some as strange and alien to corporate culture. It was the antithesis to the accepted way of […]
Go Big or Go Home: Total DevOps Guarantees Results
As revealed by a recent survey, only enterprises that implement an “all-in” approach to DevOps achieve the results of best-in-class enterprises seen in the “2017 State of DevOps Report.” Total DevOps approaches DevOps transformations holistically, integrating the full breadth of your DevOps value chain as well as the many stakeholders across your organization that must […]