Ed was demoralized. He had just heard a speaker who would change his life. He knew he needed to change, and he knew what the end goal was. He just didn’t know how to get there. He needed fresh air. He needed endorphins. What better way to do that than go on a six-hour run […]
Confessions from Fannie Mae, Liberty Mutual and Capital One
Learn from real-world stories from presenters at the All Day DevOps conference … True Story Over the past few years, Fannie Mae transformed the way in which it delivered software. Deploys increased from 1,200 per month to 15,000 per month. At the same time, productivity increased by 28 percent while costs were reduced by 30 […]
DevOpsSec: Survival is Not Mandatory
Deming, the patron saint of DevOps once advised, “It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” To survive, application development teams are constantly pressured to deliver software even faster. But fast is not enough. The best organizations realize that security, quality and integrity at velocity are mandatory for survival. Hence, DevOpsSec My aim […]
DevOpsSec: 1 in 16 Chances
The quantitative research summarized below, covering over 7,000 repositories across nearly 100 countries, highlights some of the challenges with quality at modern development velocities, especially important for DevOpsSec practices. By leveraging automation in your repository manager, you can improve application quality and reduce unplanned work while lowering exposure to risk. While this practice supports DevOpsSec initiatives, at […]
DevOps Leadership Series 2015
We recently hosted the 2nd annual “DevOps: Wine-ing, Not Whining” event in San Francisco to bring together a number of thought leaders and leading practitioners in the DevOps field. We traded stories from the trenches, formed new insights, and offered visions of the future. This week, I’ll be sharing videos captured from the event that […]
31 Reference Architectures for DevOps and Continuous Delivery
At QCon London, David Farley (@davefarley77) told the audience that “continuous delivery changes the economics of software delivery”. I could not agree more. If you have been drawn to the evangelists like David Farley, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim, you’ll know that high performance IT organizations are seeing a massive payoff in their continuous delivery […]