Today’s business demands the ability to change systems at an ever-increasing speed, but for many companies, including their systems of record have created a mismatch in development and operations practices between the traditionally dynamic systems of engagement and the traditionally slower systems of record. The problem isn’t in the ability of the systems of record […]
What lane do you travel on the DevOps highway?
Last week we kicked off our webinar series on Variable Speed DevOps. The discussion was lively and informative. For myself as moderator the webcast was as comfortable as an old pair of slippers. Two of the three panelists, Carme DeArdo of Nationwide and Sanjeev Sharma of IBM are both friends and people I have had […]
Variable Speed DevOps: A Deep Dive
About 2 months ago I wrote an article on “Variable Speed DevOps“. To be clear I first heard the term used by Carmen DeArdo, Director of Application Development at Nationwide. It was a response or play on the 2 Speed IT dilemma. In 2 Speed IT, emerging digital processes coexist with traditional ones. The implication […]



