DevOps as a service (DaaS) is emerging as the next big shift in how organizations build, deploy and maintain their software pipelines. What started as do-it-yourself automation with Jenkins scripts and self-hosted Git servers has now become an increasingly complex ecosystem of tooling, governance and culture. The question now is whether companies really need to […]
Platform Engineering: The Evolution to DevOps-as-a-Service
Platform engineering represents the evolution of DevOps into a more structured and service-oriented model, effectively embodying the principles of DevOps-as-a-service.
Armory Aims to Turn Continuous Delivery Into a Service
Armory this week made generally available a continuous delivery-as-a-service (CDaaS) offering that promises to make it simpler for a much wider range of organizations to programmatically deploy applications. The Armory Continuous Deployment-as-a-Service platform has been available in beta since March. It differs from Armory’s existing open source Spinnaker continuous delivery (CD) platform in that it […]
Measuring the Value of DevOps-as-a-Service (DaaS)
The late great W. Edwards Deming, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and consultant said, “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” The point is, if you want people to trust your information, then you need to present measured data. This is true for countless circumstances. As a DevOps consultant, I am often asked by […]
DevOps as a Service: Migrating Your Entire DevOps Stack to the Cloud
DevOps as a Service (DaaS) enables teams to centralize their tooling and workflow into one unified solution. This solution typically contains all necessary DevOps pipeline features, which replace legacy tooling. This article explains how DaaS works, including pros and cons, and an example showing how to migrate from Azure DevOps Server to Azure DevOps in […]
DevOps in 2017: From Building to Executing
In 2016, DevOps grew in popularity and use, new tools were introduced and enterprises across industries realized the influence and benefits derived from agile development. But there are even more developments to look forward to as enterprises engage DevOps teams further. Scaling-out solutions, providing a baseline for a new cultural approach to problems and continuous […]
Australian DevOps Company to Open US Office in 2017
Australia-based DevOps as a managed service provider base2Services is preparing to establish a U.S. office in mid-2017. Despite being based in Melbourne, Australia, base2Services already has five customers in North America—including media company All Day and online video specialist Sardius Media—that contribute nearly 20 percent of the company’s revenue. Further expansion in the region will […]
Measuring the Cost of Service Creation & Adoption
Adopting and implementing DevOps isn’t an overnight project. It takes time and effort to determine how it best fits into your organization—and what benefits your organization will realize as a result. Creating an enterprise-class DevOps service is typically done in one of three ways, depending on the organization, its leadership and its employees. Each has […]
staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud Examines DevOps-as-a-Service
Should enterprises buy DevOps or build their own? staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud looks at the benefits and detractors of DevOps-as-a-Service. To -As-A-Service or Not To -As-A-Service Vendors are moving enterprise technologies to the cloud, adding “–as-a-Service” at the end of their titles. Such was the case when Disaster Recovery became Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service. But not everything that can be done […]