A survey of 2,500 C-level executives published today by Palo Alto Networks found 81% of organizations have embedded cybersecurity professionals within their DevOps teams. Despite the presence of those cybersecurity professionals, however, the survey also suggested there is much work to do in terms of optimizing DevSecOps workflows. A full 90% of organizations cannot detect, […]
Solving the Culture Conundrum in Software Engineering
The one crucial ingredient underpinning our transition to a digital-first economy, more than any other, is software. That’s why software engineering has become one of the world’s most in-demand professions. In the UK alone, the median salary for the role has increased 13% year-over-year as businesses look to stay ahead of the competition and attract […]
4 Ways to Scale DevOps in 2021
January is a month often dedicated to planning, setting intentions and preparing ourselves professionally and personally for a fresh year. In my own capacity as a DevOps and SRE leader, many of the clients I work with will reinvigorate internal efforts to streamline how they work in Q1. I often advise clients to make very […]
Speed and Security: How to Find a Balance in Development
Time management can help developers realize the necessary combination of security and speed in application development As software continues to create competitive advantages and market differentiation for organizations focused on successful digital transformation, developers will continue to be measured by how fast they can develop and release code. Business leaders encourage DevOps teams to push […]
The Human Touch: The Key to Optimizing Your Software Value Stream Network
Software has no intrinsic value until it’s working in production and supporting a customer’s business initiatives. With that in mind, it’s imperative that organizations focus on how they reduce the time to value, not just time to deploy. And that’s achieved through people. A common misconception is that technology underpins a software delivery value stream. […]
5 Ways to Ensure IT Service Desk Agility
The agile approach is everywhere. Born in the software development world, agility means adaptive planning, ongoing development and continuous improvement. Rapid and flexible response to change is critical. It is not surprising that the best practices of agile software development penetrated into other areas, and IT service management (ITSM) is no exception. The Service Desk […]
Dismantling Inefficiency: The DevOps Point of View
I recently caught up with Paula Thrasher, application delivery lead at CSC and DevOps pioneer in government circles. In our conversation, we discussed a number of important topics including cross-functional teams, software supply chains, paying down technical debt and her search for passionate people to hire. To succeed in managing large projects, she’s taking a […]
Does Modeling Have a Place in DevOps?
As organizations adopt DevOps, they not only release smaller changes sooner, but they also change the way they develop software. Additionally, applications no longer are seen as giant monoliths, but rather as dispersed across dozens of services that may be built on different platforms (from Node.JS to .NET), depending on the team and technology du […]
To Be Continuous: The Fear of Shipping
In this segment of To Be Continuous, Edith Harbaugh and Paul Biggar talk about the fear of shipping and if code is an asset. Edith is CEO and cofounder of LaunchDarkly, a continuous delivery tool of “feature flags as a service.” LaunchDarkly powers software teams to quickly launch, measure and control their features. Paul is the CEO […]
Encouraging a ‘big picture’ view of enterprise DevOps
Welcome to the latest post in a series where I answer some of the many questions on how to approach an Enterprise DevOps transformation at scale. Human issues continue to pop up – not surprising, as people and culture are at the heart of DevOps. This next question asks how to encourage a ‘big picture’ […]