DORA’s annual “State of DevOps Report” is something I look forward to every year. There is no other report out there that gives us a view and insight into the industry the way this one does. And I know I’m not alone in my beliefs. That’s why it’s always a treat to speak with one […]
Fast Pass: Your Ultimate Guide to the Best of Jenkins World
At the end of the month, Jenkins users and DevOps professionals from around the world will head to San Francisco for the annual Jenkins World conference, taking place Aug. 28-31. The conference lasts four days, but time flies when you’re attending trainings, keynotes, sessions and networking events. To make sure you get the best of […]
Jenkins World Preview: Q&A with Jez Humble
As we approach Jenkins World, scheduled for later this month in San Francisco, we sat down with Jez Humble, author of “Continuous Delivery” and one of the best-known names in DevOps. Jez will be keynoting this year’s event, along with CloudBees CEO and founder Sacha Labourey. Here’s what he had to say. Alan Shimel: What […]
What Is DORA and Why Should You Care?
Many of you may already know that Gene Kim, Jez Humble and Dr. Nicole Forsgren launched a new company called DORA. DORA stands for DevOps Research and Assessment. Some of you probably also know that DORA and the individuals behind it have been providing a lot of the science and analysis behind the State of DevOps […]
DevOps Chat: Gene Kim on The DevOps Handbook and DevOps Enterprise Summit
Today was a red letter day in the DevOps world. Besides DevOps Connect: CD Summit’s being held in Atlanta and Berlin today. It was also the day of the highly anticipated release of the DevOps Handbook. The book was over five years in the making. It contains over forty case studies of real organizations and […]
State of DevOps Survey – The Ultimate Feedback Loop
If there’s any consistent criticism of the larger DevOps movement, it’s that the talking heads and industry gadflies are driving the conversation, not the people in the trenches. All the thought leadership panels and “how-to” content (including the written and AV materials on this very site) make for great watercooler discussion, but lack the input […]
Puppet Labs Launches Annual State of DevOps Survey
Puppet Labs has announced its 5th annual State of DevOps Survey. In the past five years, we’ve surveyed more than 20,000 technical professionals around the world, spanning all industries and companies of all sizes. We’ve captured a tremendous amount of data about how IT performance, culture, technical practices and organizational performance intersect. What sets our […]
DevOps Connect: cdSummit at Austin Innotech
Last week I was down in Austin, Texas for the DevOps Connect: cdSummit @Innotech show. With almost 1900 people registered for Innotech, we had a solid 150 folks specifically for cdSummit. I think it fair to say that the attendees got their money’s worth! The morning started off with a great presentation by Jez Humble. […]
Come to DevOps Connect: CD Summit in Austin, October 8th with Jez Humble
Here at staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud we are very happy to announce that we are teaming up with Prospera Events (producers of the InnoTech Conferences), CloudBees, the enterprise Jenkins company and IBM to bring a DevOps Connect: CD Summit to Austin, Texas on October 8, 2015. The event will be held at the Austin Convention Center as part […]
New DevOps Book: Leading the Transformation
When I first started researching DevOps and was looking for early enterprises that were successful but not “Unicorns” I was introduced to Gary Gruver. At the time Gary had led the transformation at Macy’s and he was talking about it at several DevOps events. For me it was strong proof that DevOps could work beyond […]










