April 5, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps News, DevOps Tools, DevOps Updates Leave a comment

CA Technologies (CA) Completes the Purchase of Veracode

Source:- nasdaq.com CA Technologies CA recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of a Burlington security software company Veracode, for approximately $614 million in cash. The deal, signed in early March, was subject to customary closing conditions. Founded in 2006, Veracode offers cloud-based software that helps organisations to run large-scale performance and load tests quickly, easily and inexpensively during the building and deployment process. The company serves more than 1,400 customers, which includes Boeing and Thomson Reuters, and its

April 4, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

Eight best practices for hiring DevOps engineers

Source:- zdnet.com Technavio, a market research firm, predicts that the worldwide DevOps market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19 percent through 2020. Companies in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and services are all adopting DevOps methodologies to speed new applications to market, as is the public sector. What is attracting firms to DevOps? The word itself, which originated as a combined expression of ‘software DEVelopment’ and ‘information technology OPerationS’, describes a methodology and supporting tools that invite

April 4, 2017 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

How one company’s DevOps success got them the green light to hire 1000 developers

Source:- techrepublic.com The business concept of doing more with less, which dominated enterprise IT for many years, is being turned on its head in a major way at one pharmaceutical company. The leadership at Express Scripts recently green-lighted the hiring of 1,000 new developers based on the success the company has had with one key tech trend: DevOps. The company got its start in the 1980s, relying heavily on mergers and acquisitions (M&A). And recently, the company began looking into

April 4, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

7 Reasons to Switch to a Cloud Payroll Software

Source:- pcquest.com Cloud is fast becoming the new normal. According to a Gartner report, the public cloud services market in India is projected to grow 38 percent in 2017 to touch $1.8 billion as nearly 60% IT organisations move their systems management to the cloud. The second highest growth will be driven by Software-as-a-Service (Saas) which indicates that the migration of application and workloads from on-premises data centers to the cloud as well as cloud ready, cloud-native applications are fueling

April 4, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process Leave a comment

DevOps success factors: Culture, APIs and security

Source:- zdnet.com As little as a decade ago, software was shipped in a CD-ROM to a storefront, purchased, and likely abandoned after the user’s initial installation. Today, code is shipped via the internet, meaning that continuous software updates are not only achievable, but expected, whether it’s for desktop, mobile, or browser-based applications. In an age where competitive advantage requires fast time to market, high service levels, and relentless experimentation, enterprises that cannot continuously deliver improvements risk losing in the marketplace.

April 4, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process, IT trends Leave a comment

DevOps: Challenges and considerations

Source:- itproportal.com Every few years, a new buzzword appears on the IT canvas that sparks hype and excitement among businesses and technologists alike. DevOps is one such term that has continued to gain momentum and is highly-relevant in today’s digital transformation landscape. It’s also a term that’s quite misunderstood. Here are some thoughts that define this term, while also explaining its benefits and challenges. What is DevOps? Very simply put, DevOps embodies Development plus Operations within software development. Traditionally, these

April 3, 2017 bestdevops Agile, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

The Importance of APM for Developers

Source:- ulitzer.com Software developers are the modern equivalent of medieval craftsman. In the old days, masters of the constructive arts – such as those who transformed trees into furniture – would take responsibility for the entire user experience. They did everything from design and configuration to implementation and delivery. If a chair leg broke or wobbled, the craftsman would also be responsible for resolving the fix. Clearly, the ways of the old masters are not possible at scale. They’re more

April 3, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Process, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Using Docker Behind a Proxy

Last updated:Tuesday, March 28, 2017 In today’s article, I am going to explore a common pain point for anyone running Docker in a large corporate environment. Today I’ll show how to use Docker without direct internet access. By default, Docker assumes that the system running Docker and executing Docker commands has general access to the internet. Often in large corporate networks this is simply not the case. More often than not, a corporate network will route all internet traffic through

April 3, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

4 DevOps Metrics to Improve Delivery Performance

Source:- versionone.com How well do your DevOps metrics provide insight into the speed, risk, and quality of software delivery? Read this article to learn the four most critical measures of DevOps performance. Data-Driven DevOps We have a challenge in devops. The minute we convert backlog items into source code and then convert that source code into binary artifacts, we lose all visibility into flow. It’s very difficult to track a specific backlog item in the form of a binary artifact

April 1, 2017 bestdevops IT Training Leave a comment

HumanOps: It’s time to make DevOps personal

Source:- jaxenter.com Over the years, as our infrastructure has moved to the cloud it has become more abstracted and self-correcting. During this time it’s been far too easy to forget that, when something goes seriously wrong, it’s still a human at the other end of the system waking up to fix it. The tech world’s mantra of ‘move fast and break things’ has spread to many other industries and sectors relying on IT infrastructure for their products and services, however

April 1, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process Leave a comment

Using DevOps principles for better application modernization

Source:- techtarget.com A modern application is an app that adheres to DevOps principles. What does that mean? Keep reading for an explanation of app modernization the DevOps way. Defining DevOps principles To understand what the “DevOps way” is, you have to understand DevOps principles. Briefly, DevOps is an approach to software development that emphasizes constant collaboration between developers, IT ops admins and everyone else who plays a role in software development. By maximizing communication across the organization, DevOps aims to

April 1, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

5 Tips for a Trouble-Free Cloud Migration

Source:- tech.co If you’re considering migrating to the cloud, you’re not alone. According to a recent survey, companies run 79 percent of their workloads in the cloud. It’s easy to see why: in a cloud environment, you benefit from redundancies that bring you as close as possible to 100 percent uptime. It may sound ideal, but there are hidden roadblocks to migrating to the cloud. Before you make the move, ask yourself these five crucial questions: How Much Downtime Should

April 1, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Process, DevOps Tools, Test Driven DevOps Leave a comment

Has DevOps changed the role of a tester?

Source:- hackernoon.com DevOps, should be the replacement of process, in the form of out-of-date Wiki pages, the one person in the team that knows how to configure the servers correctly, or that person you always go to in order to fix the database issues, with automation. Everything-as-code. Infrastructure-as-code, Networking-as-code and database-upgrades as code. But in this world of everything-as-code, whose responsibility is it to test it? Does the role of the tester still have to be limited to the core

March 31, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process Leave a comment

IT ops pros adopt iterative approach to security in DevOps

Source:- searchitoperations.techtarget.com Baby steps that add security in DevOps environments are better than none at all, according to experienced IT ops practitioners. Most organizations have dedicated IT security departments or personnel, but lack of a mature DevSecOps collaboration means IT ops ends up on the front lines to identify vulnerabilities and anomalies in production applications. Like it or not, security in DevOps environments is often left up to them. Attacks are often unmasked because they show up as a problem

March 31, 2017 bestdevops Build and Release, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Seven ways the mature Docker container architecture changes the game

Source:- techtarget.com What does the architecture of a containerized system look like, and how have Docker container architectures evolved as Docker matures? The answer to this question can be found by examining the different layers of infrastructure required to host containerized applications. What is a container architecture? Simply put, a container architecture is the hardware and infrastructure set up to host an application within containers. Managing a Docker container architecture is different from running just a single container. Running a

March 31, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Enabling the future of connected devices

Source:- cio.com The Fog Rolls In There is an IT market segment, with roots dating back to the 1800s, that is growing at 60% CAGR and yet, almost no one has heard of it. There is even an industry consortium for this market, with big-name founding members like Dell Technologies, Cisco, Intel and Microsoft. And when you hear the name for the first couple of times, you think it might be a prank. It’s called Fog Computing. The first time I

March 31, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Top IT Trends MSPs Need to Know Today

Source:- mspmentor.net Staying on top of the managed IT services business requires knowing the latest, greatest trends and practices in computing. Here’s a recap of the innovations shaping the IT world today. Being familiar with these trends is important for two reasons. First, this knowledge helps you provide the best services to customers — and answer their questions authoritatively when they ask about tech buzzwords they’ve heard recently. Second, you may be able to benefit by adopting some of these

March 30, 2017 bestdevops Agile, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process, DevOps Updates Leave a comment

How to build self-organizing DevOps teams

Source:- techbeacon.com The idea of a self-organizing DevOps team is enticing: Promote business growth by combining automation at all levels with the innovation that’s enabled when individuals with a sense of ownership focus on progressive transformation in an environment that encourages continuous improvement. Parties in self-organizing teams should have a keen understanding of their business goals and the ability to make decisions about how to achieve them on their own. In the context of swiftly and consistently changing market dynamics, in

March 30, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process, IT trends Leave a comment

Seven Essential Steps for Transitioning to Enterprise DevOps

Source:- informationweek.com DevOps is currently the train every enterprise wants to climb aboard. In fact, many of today’s market leaders already have some sort of DevOps plan in place. As companies incorporate IT further into their business, DevOps is becoming a basic necessity for the modern enterprise. However, when it comes to actually implementing DevOps in real life, things can get a little shaky. Having helped many organizations go through this process, I’ve pinpointed some common mistakes and misconceptions —

March 29, 2017 bestdevops Agile, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

3 Key DevOps Needs for Every Development Team

Source:- stackify.com Agile development has created a process for developers to rapidly ship a new version of their code. DevOps is the next step in the process. It is the ability to help get that code to production as fast as possible. DevOps should be about empowering your development team to be able to do their job and support their apps from A to Z. There are the 3 critical things I think every development team needs. 1. Automate builds

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