Yes, that’s a bold statement, but if the vibe at the recent AWS re:Invent conference was any indication there are a number of methodologies, technologies, and companies working to make that a reality. This article isn’t focused on whether this is a good or bad thing (my personal belief is that ops will always be […]
So, you wanna DevOps?
How do you start your career in DevOps? How do I shift my team to use those approaches? This is a question I run into more and more frequently. Either while speaking to candidates, or among colleagues looking to move their IT operations into a more devops aligned culture. I want to look at that […]
DevOps’ Chicken Or Egg Origins
When acolytes explain the DevOps movement to the uninitiated, they usually run into a chicken and egg line of questioning. What is DevOps, really? Is it a culture? Is it a pattern of processes? Or is it a technology? What comes first? The ratios of the perceived importance of each of those elements may shift […]
Why Baking Security Into the DevOps Framework is Vital to Its Success
I attended my first official DevOps conference in Israel in September 2013. But I was initially introduced to DevOps by my customers – firewall and network managers who, through their efforts to automate security policy management, found themselves dealing with a new and like-minded set of IT stakeholders – DevOps teams. They said DevOps was […]
The Unexpected Benefits of DevOps
There are many well and widely known benefits of DevOps, including rapid software delivery, a higher degree of enterprise agility, increased system resilience, and being able to swiftly identify and resolve problems. But what unexpected benefits have been experienced by organizations that are already down the DevOps path? Kevin Behr, chief science officer at Assemblage […]
DevOps: It’s All Open Source’s Fault
Blame DevOps on open source. After all, it was the open source movement that gave developers the idea that they were free to code, free to build applications and other software for their companies without needing prior approval. It was open source that crowned developers kingmakers. It was open source that gave developers the freedom […]
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 pros, today announced that its best-in-class service is now available through the Marketplace for Rackspace® Hosting,RAX +5.66% , the open cloud company. An ideal addition to the […]