I’ve been interested in the ramification of automation on human employment for a while now. My profession, IT, is bringing more automation to the planet every day. I would be irresponsible to not understand the ramifications of my work. Recently in my research I came across three facts that gave me pause. The facts are: […]
How Agile Are Your User Stories?
Around the world, enterprises are adopting the concept of Agile development. This methodology is based on a set of principles for software development by which requirements and solutions evolve through the collaborative effort of teams. User stories form the foundation of the Agile requirements process, and teams gather to create them by exploring how users […]
Reasons Why DevOps May Not Work for You
DevOps is a great way for many organizations to optimize software design and delivery. Yet, like every other technological innovation in history, DevOps is not perfect. Here are some examples of drawbacks associated with DevOps. By no means do I think DevOps is a bad idea in general. I want to be very clear about that. […]
Is Your Company’s IT a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
Recent IT disasters suggest gaps in hardware testing, backup system testing and inadequate disaster recovery plans. Although the summer often is the most profitable season for most airlines, this past summer wasn’t great for several of the largest carriers. In July, Southwest Airlines suffered a 12-hour IT outage, triggered by a router malfunction that quickly […]
5 DevOps Techniques to Improve Software Hygiene
Thinking about frequent food contamination outbreaks, perhaps the old adage, “You are what you eat,” should be modified to, “You are what you eat—as assembled across an unknown supply chain.” Even foods advertised as fresh and healthy can be quite the opposite. And it could be because of just a single unhygienic practice hidden within […]
Software Complexity Driving DevOps Automation
The drivers behind increasing software complexity also are the drivers behind expansive DevOps automation. As the saying goes, “Software is eating the world.” DevOps is gobbling up software, too, engulfing it in practices that are necessary to make it thrive under the pressure of the current environment. That environment and those drivers are of keen […]
DevOps Q&A: Datalink’s Dennis Vickers on MobileApps
Companies are custom-building mobile enterprise applications to enhance employee productivity on smartphones. staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud recently spoke with Dennis Vickers, director of Software Solutions at data center services and solutions provider Datalink about this trend and where DevOps fits in to the process. staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud: Why does applying smartphones to business initiatives require so much additional custom-built software? Vickers: […]
Build fast, then build right
This article is a part of a series of pieces on digital innovation, accelerating change and the rise of the coded business from innovators in the Chef community. This article is by Kate Matsudaira, founder of Popforms Businesses have always needed speed and scale to meet customer demands. Today though, the kind of speed and […]
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