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The DevOps Journey
Maintaining a constant thirst for learning is essential for anyone dedicating their career to the IT, computer and networking industries. It’s more than just learning about the latest technologies, rather, it’s imperative we embrace new methodologies and paradigms for doing work, thinking about problems and creating solutions. Enter DevOps, which is a healthy mix of […]
A Q & A with Gene Kim: DevOps and What Separates High Performing Enterprises
We recently caught up with Gene Kim (@realgenekim) as he was wrapping up the final touches of a draft of the upcoming DevOps Cookbook. We wanted to get his thoughts on what causes IT deployment failure, the DevOp movement, and finally what separates high performing IT organizations from low performing ones. If you’re following DevOps, […]
Is DevOps Ready to Cross the Chasm to Mainstream?
There are just a handful of business books that I have read that have had a profound influence on me. One was Gene Kim’s “The Phoenix Project”, another was Eliyahu Goldratt’s “The Goal”. A third one was Geoffrey Moore’s, “Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers”. Even though written in the […]
How We Can Help DevOps Cross The Chasm
The problem that DevOps solves is universal, urgent and important. Every IT organization is responsible for two things: deliver fast flow of projects and features, while preserving reliable, stable and secure services. Until very recently these were thought to be mutually exclusive, we thought it was only possible to achieve one of those objectives, at […]