Old-school businesses may not like it, but they’re competing with Google, Facebook, Amazon and other Internet powerhouses because those players have grown from day one with an eye on rapid, […]
Five Top Tips for Cloud and DevOps Automation
A while back, I overheard someone asking why many of the ‘cloudy people’ have moved on to DevOps. One reason is certainly that cloud is at the heart of DevOps. […]
DevOps developers; don’t be a DevGoof
There was a lot of brush back last week over Jeff Knupp’s post about how DevOps is killing the developer. Frankly I wasn’t shocked by Knupp’s opinion that developers “are […]
Microsoft bridges the gap between Azure and DevOps
DevOps can be easy for a startup. Many of the concepts and principles of DevOps come quite naturally to a fresh company just getting started. It’s a different story, however, […]
Nagios is not a monitoring strategy
When I visit clients to talk about DevOps, I usually ask them what their monitoring strategy is. Too often, the answer I hear is “We use Nagios”. I think Nagios […]
Don’t Let the (April Fools Day) Joke Be on You
As much as seasonal increases in demand for on-line resources are discussed, the one day that’s often overlooked is April Fools Day. It’s the day the Internet loses its mind […]
The Automation Continuum
The speed of innovation these days is often influenced by the speed of adoption of new and exciting tools, and specifically open source tools. Open source projects have been growing […]
It’s the Outbound Stupid!
As nice as the word “Egress” may sound, I like “Outbound” better. Outbound is hardcore firewalling for the traffic that was initiated on the “trusted” side of the firewall, and is destined […]
Red Hat Announces Certification for Containerized Applications, Extends Customer Confidence and Trust to the Cloud
Red Hat Container Certification delivers secure, consistent and simplified platform for ISVs to take advantage of containers in Docker format RALEIGH, N.C., Mar 11, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Red Hat, […]
JumpCloud Joins Rackspace Marketplace
Automating Server Management is Now Just a Click Away For Rackspace Customers BOULDER, Colo., Feb 25, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) —JumpCloud™ , the leading automated server management tool for DevOps and IT […]
