When I was an operations architect at Ning way back in 2009, we were struggling to manage our deployments and configurations of more than 50 different application servers, or what the cool kids today call microservices. Applications were deployed across three distinct environments: development, staging and production. None of these environments were exactly the same […]
Keep Applications Running by Testing Early, Continuously
Almost every product we buy or use today goes through some form of extensive testing before it’s released on the market; typically, these tests are designed to replicate the worst-case scenarios that a product may encounter under real-world conditions. Automobiles, for example, go through extensive hot and cold weather testing in remote locations, and are […]
Q&A: BDO’s Coffman on Change Management, Security and DevOps, Part 1
DevOps’s best asset is swift and valuable change, which also may be its biggest risk factor. DevOps certainly challenges change management and security. We recently discussed these challenges and the solutions with Deena Coffman, managing director at BDO Consulting’s Technology Advisory Services practice. Here is part one of that exchange. David Geer: What kinds of […]
DevOps Storytime: The Line, The Loop and The Cube
In a time not so long ago, but long enough to be before the mainstreaming of magical ideas such as “configuration as code” or “platform as a service (PaaS),” in a period where the enterprise IT shops were ruled by the one-two punch of Six Sigma and ITIL, there were three magical artifacts sought by […]
DevOpsQA NJ Meetup – Test Automation Tech Talk
DevOpsQA NJ just held our August Meetup on Test Automation Tools and Processes with Polina Rodov and Kamlesh from Medidata, Anil Jaising from JP Morgan Chase and myself, Tanya Kravtsov, from Audible. The venue, food and refreshments were provided by Audible at a state-of-the-art, vast office space in Jersey City with amazing views of the NYC skyline. The […]
How DevOps Can Help Improve Security
Automation and standardization along with development-inspired reviews can address the three top risks to IT security. The term “DevOps” these days tends to evoke images of automation and push-button application deployments whenever app dev wants. It’s anarchy, it’s chaos, and it’s a frightening notion to those for whom stability and security of the core business […]
Electric Cloud Announces Industry’s First End-to-End DevOps Release Automation Platform with Native, Push-Button Rolling Deployments
Easy access to rolling and other advanced deployment patterns makes large-scale, mission-critical application releases safe, reliable and repeatable throughout the entire lifecycle SAN JOSE, Calif., July 19, 2016 – Electric Cloud (http://electric-cloud.com), the leader in DevOps Release Automation, today announced its latest version of ElectricFlow, now the industry’s first and only end-to-end DevOps platform to […]
What ‘Star Wars’ Can Teach Us About DevOps Automation
Perhaps no movie has ever received the same level of hype as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Longtime fans yearned for the latest episode of the sprawling saga to bring back some of the magic of the original movies, while paving the way for the next generation of the “Star Wars” universe. In this way, the […]
On Building Self-Driving IT
More CIOs than ever are moving their data centers to the cloud. Some have decided to maintain their on-premises data centers and move cloud-first with all new deployments, while others are moving more aggressively to all-cloud and are retiring on-premises hardware and software as quickly as possible. Both types of enterprises also are working to […]
Give Test Automation the Respect It Deserves
One of the key mantras of DevOps is “continuous.” Effective DevOps relies on automating routine tasks. Any step in the process that requires human intervention or manual input becomes a roadblock that can slow or halt productivity. To the extent that it’s possible, anything and everything should be automated—and that includes testing. Test is like […]
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