Today’s software-defined and -driven business requires fast changes in business models—a phenomenon permeating successful businesses. What this means is almost every company is learning how to make small, rapid changes and adjustments within their business, especially within software systems. As a result, IT is feeling immense pressure to evolve, and the net result is a […]
From Laboratories to DevOps Factories for Continuous Testing
The prior blog Continuous Testing and Monitoring Essentials for SDN and NFV discussed the importance and suggested practices for testing and monitoring complex systems such as software defined networks and network functions that are virtualized . Whether the product being tested is a complex network system or not, with DevOps the laboratory is no longer […]
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the DevOps
What is DevOps? “DevOps is a cultural and professional movement” –Adam Jacob [movement (n): a group of people working together to advance their ideas.] So, who are these people and what’s the big idea? The people are system administrators, developers, product managers, QA technicians, security analysts, network engineers, and anyone else involved in the business […]
7 things 2016 has in store for the future of DevOps and IT
With only a couple weeks left in 2015 it’s time to start looking ahead to what next year has in store. Let’s be honest—most of us have already mentally checked out for the holidays anyway, so it’s already 2016 for all intents and purposes. I spoke with a handful of industry experts to get some […]
DevOps and IT Support: 4 Principles to Keep Your Team Ahead of the Curve
Here’s the million-dollar IT question: what is DevOps and why does it matter to IT support? Short answer: DevOps advocates collaboration between Development and IT Operations. It’s about constant communication, breaking down silos and a culture of collaboration. The DevOps movement has made great headway and many companies have adopted and are employing DevOps practices – […]
Carving through the hype – take the DevOps maturity assessment
As anyone who spends time with their family over the holidays can attest, the notion of maturity is a highly subjective concept. Whether it’s sizing up the next generation’s advancement or defaulting to time-honored inter-sibling behaviors, annual get-togethers offer tangible proof of what’s new and those things that likely won’t ever change. In the domain […]
APM Prepares Prep Sportswear for Promising Growth
Prep Sportswear kicked off in 2003 and appeared either in the Inc. 500 or Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private U.S. companies six years in a row, from 2009- 2014, according to online data from Inc. Magazine. The custom sportswear vendor has achieved 130-percent growth over the past three years, says Mike Jones, Director of […]
Survey says network agility is still immature
At least that’s the word from SDx Central’s Cloud Management, Orchestration and DevOps 2015 Report in which 76% of respondents said the network was the most immature component in the cloud management stack. Now to be fair, the network is one of the last components (I’m looking at you, security) to get on board the “automate […]
Microservices, Hyper-Complexity, and Automation
Imagine building a human being one DNA codon at a time. Sure, you might be able to build a pretty awesome individual. But it would take a long, long time. And you’d only be able to build one. Worse yet, if you didn’t get your person exactly right on your first try, it would take […]
Continuous Deployment is king of the DevOps hill
One of the promises of DevOps is continuous deployment. DevOps is, first and foremost, a matter of shifting the traditional business culture more than the tools and technologies that enable it. Once that culture exists, though, one of the defining aspects of DevOps is automation and continuity. Earlier this year I wrote about the seeming […]
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