New to some, old hat to many and a source of ambiguity to more than a few, DevOps is being embraced by the IT world as an answer to increase quality of business processes—to innovate faster and to get new products to market sooner in a defined time frame. There is no doubt DevOps has […]
The DevOps Devil is in the RFP Details
The request for proposal (RFP) process in IT outsourcing is, at its best, a challenging, time-consuming process rife with pitfalls for both customers and outsourcing providers. The process is made even more complicated if customers are unable to provide clear and detailed requirements because of haste or inexperience in software development outsourcing. In my work […]
The 3 Compliance Questions to Ask
As companies move to cloud, they require more certainty around export compliance. Of the many complexities associated with cloud computing, export compliance laws arguably are some of the thorniest. From a legal and technical perspective, the export compliance laws currently on the books—as they vary from country to country—can make even the savviest and most […]
Video did not kill the radio star – IT Ops Continues on
The Buggles classic “Video Killed the Radio Star” may have been a hit song, as well as hotly contested idea in the early 80s, but given the retrospect of the last 40 years, we know that video did not kill the radio star – it simply changed him. Just as MTV failed to kill the […]