Network operations traditionally has been the missing piece in DevOps processes. It’s not difficult to see why. Network management has lagged behind server and workload automation. Updating network policies and configurations typically requires a great deal of analysis, testing and time, undermining the goal of DevOps agility. But once we shift how network devices are […]
APIs and DevOps
As always, there are interesting trends in DevOps, and I wanted to point out one that is starting to bother me: the “API economy,” and how it impacts DevOps decision-makers. Traditional infrastructure—SAN, LAN, physical systems, etc.—were generally controlled the best from the command line. While there are a million of them, Cisco IOS is probably […]
Containers: All Your Base are Belong to Us
The world is still changing. No surprise there, but the direction and velocity have been modified by the growth of container usage. Back in 2015, we at staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud showcased a survey we performed that said container usage was staged to take off. That it did, with a vengeance. No matter the category—pilot programs, test, production—it […]