Can DevOps and MSPs Work Together?

Source:- devops.com DevOps and the adoption of MSP-based IT operations are both surging trends in the IT industry today. They are also trends that contradict each other in some key respects. Here’s a look at what MSPs mean for DevOps, and vice versa. DevOps and MSPs: A Primer MSPs, or managed service providers, are companies that provide IT services on a contract basis. They’re a solution for organizations that want to outsource some or all of their IT needs. In turn,

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Connectivity as Code: Making Network Security DevOps-Friendly

Source – devops.com DevOps is all about agility, with fast, short delivery cycles and automation for software development and applications. Enabled by recently introduced technologies such as virtualization, cloud and software-defined networking (SDN), spinning up new servers, provisioning storage in a public or private cloud or even launching whole environments can take just minutes or even seconds. But if that new application, service or environment needs a change in network connectivity or firewall rules to enable it to work, then the

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