As we continue to recognize the importance of DevOps—particularly its automation and orchestration aspects—to achieve the agility necessary for continuous deployment of apps, the question of how the term “Infrastructure as […]
Continuous test and monitoring essentials for SDN and NFV
The prior blog Continuous Test Monitoring DevOps Healthbeat discussed the importance and suggested practices for testing and monitoring test trends. This need is amplified when the system that is being tested […]
What IT expects from SDN is DevOps
There was much excitement in the air when the announcement that Docker had acquired SocketPlane. Not the least of which was emanating from my corner of the world, where DevOps […]
The Last Frontier in the Software-Defined Data Center
Three years ago, technology pioneer and venture capitalist Marc Andreesen famously proclaimed, “Software is eating the world,” and, more recently, industry research firm Gartner – in its top predictions for […]
DevOps needs infrastructure multi-tenancy
DevOps will, under whatever moniker you want to give it – NetOps, DevOps for Networks, operationalization – continue to make inroads into the network infrastructure because ultimately it’s part of […]
You Might Already be Doing DevOps in the Software-Defined Data Center
I was out reading the Internet and came across a report from EMA (Enterprise Management Associates) regarding the state of the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) in 2014. After perusing the […]
Network Engineers as Programmers? Not so fast.
It is interesting, as the triplet new waves of hype evolve – cloud, SDN, and DevOps – that we are repeatedly hearing The Voice of Reason say things like “All […]
Is SDN just DevOps for the network?
The answer depends on your definition of SDN.
What “Programmable” Means
One of the most often used words these days to describe emerging architectures and technology is (drum roll please) “programmable.” Now, from my used-to-be-a-developer-and-architect-turned-infrastructure-geek perspective, I know what that means. […]
Ops is dead, long live DevOps
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 […]
