The DevOps and open source communities have been in a tizzy all week over the massive $7.5 billion Microsoft acquisition of GitHub. Even as many developers rage on Twitter about the deal and still others are rushing to migrate their repositories to alternative solutions—#movetogitlab has trended heavy this week—for the most part the DevOps community […]
Microsoft and GitHub: The Sky is Not Falling
The consternation seen in some corners of the internet over Microsoft’s agreement to acquire GitHub is overblown and too early. For those who don’t follow me normally, I am a developer for Windows, Android and Linux. I am also a user of both GitHub and BitBucket. While I am an advocate, I am more of […]
Microsoft Is Acquiring GitHub for $7.5B, Becomes Steward of Leading Open Source Repository
As part of its effort to get even closer to the developer community, Microsoft is acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion. GitHub controls the open source repository that is at the center of millions of DevOps processes and is home to up to 28 million developers worldwide. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said GitHub will remain an open […]
Microsoft Snaps Up GitHub for $7.5 Billion
Recognizing the role GitHub plays in the larger developer and DevOps ecosystems, Microsoft is acquiring the software development platform for a cool $7.5 billion, the two companies have announced. GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform, has more than 28 million users who “learn, share and collaborate to create the future,” according to the press […]
Morpheus Data Advances DevOps Across Hybrid Clouds
Thanks to the rise of multi-cloud computing, the challenges associated with managing DevOps are becoming exponentially greater. Most IT organizations are not likely to be 100 percent sure at any given time which application workload is running where. To address that issue, Morpheus Data has added a Cross-Platform Discovery module to its Unified Ops Orchestration […]
GitHub Applies Data Science to Managing Code
Over the last several years GitHub has emerged as one of the primary repositories around which application development now revolves. At its recent GitHub Universe 2017 conference, the company revealed how it is extending that central role to provide DevOps teams with the addition of a dependency graph that can be employed to alert DevOps […]
ChatOps: Has the Fat Lady Already Sung?
One of the sometimes unsung stars of the DevOps scene is ChatOps. I have heard lots of folks use the term, but what does it really mean to you? ChatOps is a phenomenon that started, perhaps not surprisingly, inside of GitHub. It was only natural that developers leveraging the repository to share and build better […]
From a Commodore 64 to DevSecOps
We all know the story: a farm, a kid, a Commodore 64, and a modem maxing out at 300bps. A few unexpected phone bills later, and young Ian Allison is figuring out how to game the system so he can keep using his newfound gateway to the world of tech. According to Ian, that is […]
Migrating to GitHub
In recent months, Newt Global Consulting migrated multiple source code repositories to GitHub. The repositories are anywhere from 10MB to few Gigabytes of source code. This blog is to share our experiences in migrating source code from SVN and AccuRev to GitHub. Most of the material below should be valid for any Git repositories. We […]
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