I admire and appreciate the ideas of DevOps as a result of living through two decades of working in IT and experiencing the pain of what I would call the “failed state of IT”. The failed state of IT being something inherently broken, something that couldn’t survive on its own, something that eats its budget […]
Config Management & F***ing Shell Scripts
Joke tech projects pop up all the time. Some, like the lamentable titstare, should never have seen the light of day. Others, like Mark Zuckerberg’s Facemash start out as a joke and grow into something that is anything but. Most come and go without anyone really noticing. Whilst their lives are typically short we often […]
What “Programmable” Means
One of the most often used words these days to describe emerging architectures and technology is (drum roll please) “programmable.” Now, from my used-to-be-a-developer-and-architect-turned-infrastructure-geek perspective, I know what that means. It means I get to write code. But to what purpose that code is put to is a question that’s rarely answered. So today we’re […]
Don’t let automation be the tail wagging the dog
There is quite a bit of talk right now about DevOps and how important automation is. This could be compared to GM in the 1980s when the company tried to transform the way they built cars through automation and robot. In the early 1980’s GM spent $90B dollars in an attempt to speed up the […]
Busting The 4 Biggest DevOps Security Myths
Last month when the IT security world convened in San Francisco for the annual RSA confab, a number of security experts tackled DevOps in talks that covered the crossover between continuous improvement and risk management. Among them was a lively panel mythbusting some of the most prevalent misconceptions about DevOps held by the security community. […]
Partnership Between Tufin, Puppet Labs Indicates Need for Security Baked Into DevOps
A recent partnership between the IT automation developers at Puppet Labs and the security policy orchestration gurus at Tufin Technologies could start setting the pace for how orchestration of security policies can more easily be baked into DevOps practices. Announced at last month’s RSA Conference, the partnership yielded an integration between Puppet Enterprise and Tufin […]
Perforce: The biggest little secret in DevOps
Quick can you name a company that is 15 years old, never took a dime of venture money, has over 250 employees, over 10,000 customers and was widely profitable from day one? Until last week me neither. That was when I was briefed by Dhruv Gupta, Director, Product Marketing and Bob Dever, Director, Corporate Marketing […]
DevOps: An Opportunity to Build a Better Resiliency
Security professionals like to check code for security-related defects before the code is delivered. When they start hearing about multiple builds a day, or even a few builds a week, and a radical decrease in development time along with operational changes, they are bound to give pause. After all, most are having a hard time […]
The DevOps Journey
Maintaining a constant thirst for learning is essential for anyone dedicating their career to the IT, computer and networking industries. It’s more than just learning about the latest technologies, rather, it’s imperative we embrace new methodologies and paradigms for doing work, thinking about problems and creating solutions. Enter DevOps, which is a healthy mix of […]
A Q & A with Gene Kim: DevOps and What Separates High Performing Enterprises
We recently caught up with Gene Kim (@realgenekim) as he was wrapping up the final touches of a draft of the upcoming DevOps Cookbook. We wanted to get his thoughts on what causes IT deployment failure, the DevOp movement, and finally what separates high performing IT organizations from low performing ones. If you’re following DevOps, […]