The rise of DevOps has shown that agility and speed are key drivers for turning a business into a high-growth company. But as product managers, that’s not all we can take away from the DevOps culture. Those same methodologies that enable DevOps to function, such as having cross-functional teams and embracing a culture that embraces […]
How IT is More Like an ATV Than a Sedan
There is an analogy for IT being like a car and it often goes something like this: IT should run like a well-oiled machine. I don’t get in my car and think about how it works, I just work some controls and it does what I need it to and it goes where I need it […]
In DevOps, Speed Isn’t Always the Point
The high-tech industry has fallen into a rut and seems to be struggling to get out of it. This rut is most fervently seen when talking about DevOps, but it exists across the board. We’ve fallen in love with the idea that faster is always better. That idea is provably false, and the assumption that […]
Bucking Bank Bureaucrats: From Convergent Thinking to Divergent Doing
As customers, longstanding and new, the way we interact with banks and manage our personal spending, borrowing and saving is experiencing drastic change. New digital offerings in the form of apps and online banking show commitment to customer centricity, but overall, banks are slow to adapt to the pace of change. The vast majority of […]
Last-Mile DevOps: How to Keep Employees Happy
Chances are that your company is embracing DevOps to make sure you can get fresh, new digital capabilities to your customers ASAP. That’s because in today’s market, you either have to be first—or quickly close any gaps between you and your more digitally innovative competitors. But when it comes to getting new capabilities into the […]
Mainframes and the Myth of Bimodal in DevOps
Rewind 20 years ago when we lived in a business world where big companies with unlimited resources beat out smaller, more strapped companies. The digital era—also known as the “age of the customer”—is changing all that. Where big once beat small, fast now beats slow. The DevOps approaches of startups often make them more adept […]
The 3 Secrets to Overcoming the Agility-Stability Paradox
Regardless of whether an organization subscribes to a bimodal IT approach, one thing is clear: It’s more important, and more difficult, than ever to fight the agility-stability paradox. Today’s businesses must build on a delicate balance of being compliant, plan-driven and keeping the lights on while also seeking ways to become more fluid and agile […]
5 Leadership Keys to Enterprise Agility
Much like living creatures, organizations that can best adapt to their surroundings are the organizations that are most likely to thrive. For enterprises, that means being able to adapt swiftly to business and market conditions—and at the very least adapt more swiftly than their competitors. For years, building an agile enterprise has been the focus […]
Redefining Product Value in the Continuous Economy
The internet is now more than 20 years old. It’s older than my kids, which is a scary thought. It’s older than Kendall Jenner. It’s older than Uber, Grey’s Anatomy and the iPhone. And so now, after more than two decades of software and e-commerce, it’s high time we take stock of where consumers really […]
Hello, Security. Meet Agile
Illumio Chief Commercial Officer Alan S. Cohen recently wrote in his blog, “Go, Slow and No: Bringing DevOps Speed to IT Security,” “There are reasons why security and risk professionals often react with a ‘no.’ When you are tasked with assessing and reducing risk, going fast might not be the first instinct.” Many InfoSec practitioners […]