February 12, 2019 Bittu K DevOps Leave a comment

Why do your DevOps projects fail? Here’s why

Source- techgenix.co Several businesses have opted for DevOps tools and processes that fit the framework. Unfortunately, few of them actually implement the workflow with the fidelity necessary to increase team productivity. According to a 2nd Watch report, companies must bring separate operating groups together as a single unit when transforming their business into a full-fledged DevOps organization. Unfortunately, 78 per cent of IT professionals claimed their organizations still keep separate teams for operations and developments and managing infrastructure. These kinds of key mistakes

February 5, 2019 Bittu K Continuous Integration Leave a comment

What is continuous integration?

Source- itpro.co.uk It’s easy to spot mistakes once a project is finished, but it isn’t easy, or cheap, to rectify them. This is particularly problematic when it comes to coding and a reason why many software developers frequently turn to continuous integration (CI) during the build process. CI is the practice of contributing lines of code to a central shared repository, usually multiple times per day. These frequent integrations allow teams to detect errors far more frequently and far earlier in the

January 17, 2019 Bittu K Continuous Integration Leave a comment

Survey Indicates Container Security Concerns Limit Adoption

Source- datacenterknowledge.com A decade ago when a cloud was the latest disruptive technology, IT departments found they needed to rewrite the book on security. The old way of doing things — protecting the perimeter of the local network or data center with firewalls and other security precautions — wasn’t enough anymore. The data center and the LAN had expanded to include VMs, applications, and data sitting outside the firewall, on cloud servers owned and operated by the likes of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or

December 22, 2018 Bittu K Continuous Deployment Leave a comment

DevOps: Underestimated Security Risks

Source- e3zine.com Digital transformation needs high agility and increasingly promotes the use of DevOps environments. That’s because DevOps offers accelerated innovation, higher flexibility and reduced complexity in application development and deployment. With the implementation of DevOps, companies, therefore, want to primarily benefit their businesses. More often than not, however, they neglect security. A severe mistake, because DevOps significantly widens the attack surface for cybercriminals. If companies use DevOps models, they also have to create more privileged accounts and login details and

December 18, 2018 Bittu K Continuous Delivery Leave a comment

What is software application enhancement?

Source- techhq.com Software application developers and programmers work hard to build the apps we use every day. Developers also spend a lot of time focused on engineering, integrating and deploying that software alongside their operations ‘Ops’ counterparts– often in newly-established DevOps teams designed to combine the working goals of both parties. But not all apps just get built and then retired or killed off. Lifecycle management Many applications (and wider database analytics systems) will go through what the industry likes to

December 8, 2018 Bittu K Continuous Integration Leave a comment

DevOps: Common mistakes and how to avoid them

Source- itproportal.com Across organisations of all sizes, software is driving real business value as it has transformed processes, broken down legacy systems and unleashed the wave of app-driven business models. The software is changing the business landscape, levelling the playing field for businesses of all sizes to compete and innovate through software development. To stay competitive, market-leading businesses are committed to producing software in the right way, adopting the principles of continuous integration, continuous delivery and DevOps. While continuous integration involves

December 4, 2018 Bittu K Continuous Deployment, DevOps Leave a comment

Kubernetes 1.13 Improves Cloud-Native Storage Features

Source- eweek.com Kubernetes 1.13 was released on Dec. 3, providing users of the popular open-source cloud-native platform with new features to help make it easier to manage, deploy and operate containers in production. Among the features that are now generally available in Kubernetes 1.13 is the kubeadmin administration tool for configuring services. The Container Storage Interface (CSI) is another new generally available feature providing a stable abstraction layer for different third-party storage plugins. Additionally, with Kubernetes 1.13, CoreDNS is now the

December 3, 2018 Bittu K DevOps Leave a comment

9 Must-Have Tools To Make DevOps Much Easier

Source- nerdsmagazine.com The concept of DevOps is increasingly becoming popular in the technological sphere. Basically, it is the process which aims at the unification of development and operations to allow a custom software development company to deliver high-quality solutions faster. But DevOps is much more than merely purchasing a new set of tools. It’s all about undergoing a true cultural transformation. However, to be successful with DevOps, you need to invest some money in acquiring a few new software. These tools help the

November 30, 2018 Bittu K DevOps Leave a comment

Accelerate and Scale DevOps

Source- cio.com Software teams have to be fast, especially when it comes to adapting to change. As for performance expectations from the market and the business increase, DevOps has arisen as a prescription for improvement. However, teams need to know not just what success looks like but how to achieve it. A survey of more than 3,000 technology professionals, the 2018 State of DevOps Report, co-authored by Puppet and Splunk, defines DevOps as an evolution comprised of five stages. Our data indicate

November 29, 2018 Bittu K Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration Leave a comment

Getting started with CI/CD: 6 pitfalls to avoid

Source- enterprisersproject.com What shapes the long-term success of your CI/CD effort? A faster, more automated pipeline for software development? We recently outlined 4 success factors when getting started with CI/CD – and all led back to culture. That’s helpful, but it’s also productive to look at the downsides – not of CI/CD itself, but of common mistakes organizations make, especially when they’re just starting out. “If done right, proper continuous delivery and integration can lead to great customer experiences,” says Joy Scharmen, director of DevOps at Optimizely.

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