May 5, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Tools, IT trends Leave a comment

Get started with AIOps tools

Source – techtarget.com CIOs often lament the number of people and the portion of their budget devoted to keeping the lights on. These are the tasks of IT operations — necessary, but not visible. CIOs would prefer to take charge of innovative projects that bring high value to their organization, but they’re judged by the unglamorous and unexciting uptime and performance stats of underlying computer systems, especially systems tied to revenue generation. Keeping the lights on is quite important to people

May 4, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Is DevOps right for financial services?

Source – bobsguide.com When faced with strict regulations and procedures, it can be hard to constantly innovate. It’s especially challenging in the financial services industry where we must develop innovative digital software solutions within an environment controlled by tight regulatory requirements, a desire to mitigate risk and a need for ensuring high quality technical processes. In the past, organisations tended to develop software applications by following waterfall methodologies. These have their place, but can create an inflexible approach to application development

April 30, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

These are the tech skills you need to survive in Singapore banking: adapt or die

Source – efinancialcareers.com Barely a week goes by without a major bank announcing a restructure, transformation programme, or rebalancing of their strategy, especially here in Asia. Despite this, banks are still investing heavily in technology in Singapore, but the mix of skills they need is changing. As they seek to achieve digital transformation to engage better with customers and hold off fintech start-ups, they need technology people who can collaborate with peers in other professional disciplines, both within the bank and with vendors,

April 20, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Why DevOps must become BizDevOps for business and IT collaboration

Source – information-age.com Nowadays, pretty much anyone who is anyone in the world of application software development is familiar with the concept of DevOps. It’s about bringing together development and operations to facilitate continuous integration, application monitoring, and the automated, frequent delivery, testing and updating of app portfolios: agile methodology at speed. But while speed of application delivery is important, it isn’t everything. At the end of the day, the big question is whether a project can be considered a success

February 16, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

From DevOps to DevSecOps: Structuring Communication for Better Security

Source – darkreading.com A solid approach to change management can help prevent problems downstream. Security has long been considered an afterthought in the software development process, with ad hoc measures typically tacked on just before release. This approach is no longer adequate in sustaining today’s expectations for rapid and reliable service. DevSecOps is emerging as a superior way to integrate security throughout the DevOps cycles, using better intelligence, situational awareness, and enhanced collaboration. It entails a solid approach to change management,

January 31, 2018 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Analysing security solutions in cloud computing technology

Source – cloudcomputing-news.net Ever more companies are proving that cloud computing continues to be a major trend in the IT field. For instance, IDC recently predicted that spending on public cloud services would reach $160 billion by the end of this year. When it comes to security, however, the same issues and concerns persist today as they did several years ago. Take any research report which asks about organisations’ concerns with cloud migration and security is usually the number one. What

January 23, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

7 leadership rules for the DevOps age

Source – enterprisersproject.com If DevOps is ultimately more about culture than any particular technology or platform, then remember this: There isn’t a finish line. It’s about continuous change and improvement – and the C-suite doesn’t get a pass. Rather, leaders need to revise some of their traditional approaches if they expect DevOps to help drive the outcomes they seek. Let’s consider seven ideas for more effective IT leadership in the DevOps era. 1. Say “yes” to failure The word “failure” has

January 11, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

IT ops pros predict routes to DevOps efficiency in 2018

Source – techtarget.com IT operations is a fast-moving river of change. It might bend or fork as it travels, you might go over a Waterfall, but it never doubles back. Expert IT professionals and analysts –– many of whom write tips on the tools and technologies you use every day — lay out their predictions for where IT operations is heading in 2018. Everyone expects a heavier emphasis on DevOps efficiency through smarter adoption and evolved tools and practices. Another broad

January 11, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

5 tips to developing a successful DevOps culture

Source – techrepublic.com DevOps adoption is picking up in enterprises across the US, as research shows that the workflow—emphasizing communication between software developers and IT professionals managing production environments—can lead to faster deployments, fewer service problems, and more employee loyalty. However, focusing too intently on tech tools like Chef, Puppet, or Jenkins instead of how the team works together is a major pitfall to DevOps success. “A lot of organizations think DevOps is a problem that you can solve with tools,”

January 4, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

DevOps processes flounder if old business models don’t change

Source – theserverside.com Many of the mental models often used for thinking about DevOps processes came from the manufacturing industry. But if you ask Mirco Hering, the Asia-Pacific Agile and DevOps lead at Accenture and author of DevOps for the Modern Enterprise, he’d say a different mindset is required to make DevOps processes work for enterprises today. Hering asserted that the fundamental problem lies in thinking about DevOps processes as part of a transformational model that runs for only three to

January 2, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Make 2018 a year of IT skills development

Source – techtarget.com DevOps, open source and programmable infrastructure were relentlessly growing trends in 2017, so it’s no surprise that IT skills development is top of mind heading into 2018. Following are the New Year’s resolutions of DevOps experts, project managers, ops veterans and other members of the IT community. Share yours in the comments. Pick up new OS skills “I grew up in Microsoft, and I’d like to ratify and expand Linux [server administration]. My goal for the next 12

December 21, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, IT trends Leave a comment

4 trends to watch as IT automation expands

Source – enterprisersproject.com We recently examined some of the fundamental factors that have fueled IT automation to this point. “To this point” is the operative phrase – there’s not necessarily a finish line for automation, and even as it matures, automation is going to continue evolving from a technical, business, and people standpoint. With that in mind, we asked a variety of experts for their insights on the current trends to watch as automation grows inside of IT shops going forward,

December 20, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Four questions to ask about your DevOps strategy

Source – searchmicroservices.techtarget.com There’s a lot of information about DevOps out there, making it hard to determine exactly what it means. However, there are still key principles you can stick to in order to achieve success through DevOps. Here are four questions that, according to our experts, you should be asking when thinking about your DevOps strategy. 1. Have we established a zone of business impact? DevOps tasks should be clearly connected to the applications they support, and businesses should in

December 18, 2017 bestdevops Agile, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Predictions 2018: How DevOps, AI Will Impact Security

Source – eweek.com DevOps and agile development, new-generation processes and techniques that work hand in hand in developing, testing and distributing software of all types, have been in the IT business news continually for about the last half-dozen years. And there are good reasons why. We at eWEEK are constantly being pitched by thought leaders with new ideas about this relative sea change in the business, in addition to companies with new or improved tools that facilitate the automation that’s inherent

December 15, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

DevOps in the public sector: Assessing the challenges and the benefits

Source – computerweekly.com DevOps, the unifying of software development and IT operations, has lived up to Gartner’s 2015 prediction of evolving from a niche to a mainstream strategy. The analyst company suggested that by 2016, 25% of Forbes Global 2,000 organisations would instil a DevOps strategy, and the presumption is the public sector would follow suit – as it does with many other IT trends. This is backed up by research from hosting services provider Claranet, with 18% of public sector

December 14, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

5 ways to nurture culture change in IT

Source – enterprisersproject.com The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been talking about moving to the cloud for several years. Multiple operating units across the department have launched individual initiatives, resulting in important progress but also in somewhat disconnected and redundant efforts. Each initiative must separately confront issues around strategy, procurement, security, network architecture, toolsets, and many other things. To help address this challenge, DHS is developing a cloud services platform that will serve our entire organization. Our “Cloud Factory” project has clear

December 12, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

When DevOps And SecOps Collide: How To Improve Collaboration To Enable Agility

Source – forbes.com There are two kinds of companies today: the ones that are in the cloud and ones that will be in the cloud. The gravitational pull fueled by agility, cost and resource management cannot be resisted. Today’s digital transformation is invigorating companies around the world to increase performance and drive more output. The rush to harness new digital technologies often results in enthusiastic business owners taking initiatives straight to the cloud, putting DevOps and SecOps at odds by allowing

December 9, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

10 Top DevOps Barriers And Trends Forecasted For 2018

Source – forbes.com With data indicating that 50% of organizations have implemented DevOps, analysts like Forrester are calling 2018 the “year of enterprise DevOps.” While many enterprises indeed have DevOps practices kicked off, these are early days and barriers to DevOps still exist. Such barriers vary and are based the type of organization, its size, existing processes and degree of deployment scale. A survey we published at the beginning of the year noted the top 10 barriers leading into 2017. Having

November 27, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Tools, IT trends Leave a comment

Strengthening the flow of DevOps with data, tools and culture

Source – pcworld.idg.com.au We’re on the brink of a major technological evolution that is changing the way we communicate, live and work. With the fourth industrial revolution, the explosion of data is disrupting conventional business models and the way technology impacts the decision making process of people. Digital transformation brings the complexities of new and segmenting IT developments. As more and more Australian organisations are realising the importance of collaborating through data, the challenge for business leaders is finding the right

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