February 28, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Tools, IT trends Leave a comment

The impact of new digital business models on IT services

Source:- cio.com Suddenly, on-shoring is becoming more in vogue. Like many U.S. CIOs and their C-suite colleagues, you may be actively exploring how to duplicate or offset the loss of cost benefits from offshore/labor-arbitrage services. I have good news for you, along with a crucial tip. Four primary factors are driving U.S. companies to make the move to onshore service delivery: Uncertainty associated with the potential of changing tax laws and border taxes, which could introduce a tax of 20

February 27, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

The 8 Principles of Continuous Delivery

Source:- dbmaestro.com Continuous delivery promotes the adoption of an automated deployment pipeline to release software into production reliably and quickly. Its goal is to establish an optimized end-to-end process, enhance the development to production cycles, lower the risk of release problems and provide a quicker time to market. To that point, Jez Humble and Dave Farley define the 8 principles of continuous delivery in their Book “Continuous Delivery” as follows: 1. Repeatable Reliable Process Use the same release process in all

February 27, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, DevOps, DevOps Process Leave a comment

An Interview: Continuous Delivery, the ObjectStyle Way

Source:- dzone.com In this interview, Alesia Krush talks to Evgeny Vintik, a Team Lead at ObjectStyle, about his experience making Continuous Integration part of his team’s day-to-day software development routine. OS: As far as I know, you were the one who introduced Continuous Integration into your team’s routine here at ObjectStyle. What inspired you to do that? EV: Prior to ObjectStyle, I worked for a company where Continuous Integration was the norm. We were using TeamCity to cooperate and were

February 26, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Tips to choose the best DevOps tool for your organization

Source:- ishir.com While driving home, I heard this song from Rolling Stones You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes, well you just might find You get what you need. And the song made me think. In 2017, we are absolutely bombarded by choices and things evolve faster than ever, so how can you actually get what you need? For example, recently I had to guide someone searching for that perfect DevOps tool. In such a

February 25, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

Six Tips for Using DevOps to Combat Security Vulnerabilities

Source:- samsung.com Growing requirements from stakeholders for rapid app deployment means more businesses need to explore DevOps to ensure collaboration between their development and operations teams during the development life-cycle. In a recent BMC/Forbes security survey, 60 percent of executives said their IT and security teams “have only a general or a little understanding of each other’s requirements.” Additionally, the report revealed that these two groups often have goals that are out of sync. Such complications lead to companies taking

February 25, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process, Test Driven DevOps Leave a comment

DevOps from the Front Lines: Enterprise Adoption Principles and Pitfalls

Source:- sys-con.com So, what do I think of when I’m told a company wants to adopt DevOps? The first thing that comes to mind is the size of the organization, and how far they want to take DevOps best practices. I really want to know what DevOps adoption will mean for the company. In my experience, it gets especially interesting for large organizations that rely on a lot of applications and teams. There are important principles that support adoption. First,

February 25, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

10 Reasons To Use Docker With .NET

Source:- stackify.com When you think of Docker, you probably don’t think of .NET or Windows. There are a lot of good reasons to use Docker with .NET. Check out our top 10 list of reasons to use Docker with .NET to see if Docker can help you! 1. Pre-Made Runtime Environment Generally, when you set up a server machine (or virtual machine), you have to install the operating system, any software needed by the application (web server, SDK, et. al.)

February 24, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

4 reasons you should use Kubernetes

Source:- infoworld.com As most modern software developers can attest, containers have provided us with dramatically more flexibility for running cloud-native applications on physical and virtual infrastructure. Containers package up the services comprising an application and make them portable across different compute environments, for both dev/test and production use. With containers, it’s easy to quickly ramp application instances to match spikes in demand. And because containers draw on resources of the host OS, they are much lighter weight than virtual machines.

February 24, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Process, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Why automation doesn’t necessarily remove the need for QA

Source:- techrepublic.com In software development, the rise of automation tools has largely eliminated human involvement. ON one hand, it’s easy to say that automation has further eliminated the need for QA but that’s not the case. As experts have noted, QA is still essential, as is human intervention in some cases, to ensure a quality product is deployed. “Test automation may largely eliminate the need for manual testing in some scenarios, but it will never eliminate the need for QA,”

February 24, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Process Leave a comment

Is DevOps security about behavior or process?

Source:- networkworld.com One of my main roles is improving the security of the software produced by my employer, and it was in that role that I attended the annual gathering of the security industry in San Francisco last week. The RSA Conference is one of the two global security conferences I attend, the other being Blackhat. While Blackhat has become more corporate, it’s still dominated by hackers and focuses more on vulnerabilities, whereas RSA is very much a corporate event

February 23, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Process Leave a comment

DevOps and Automation: There’s a Big Difference

Source:- enterprisetech.com Confusion abounds that DevOps and development automation are synonymous. An online search for implementing DevOps practices leads to lists of tools meant to automate everything from development to QA to deployment. While automation is certainly a key aspect of DevOps, the two are not identical in practice. Businesses that misunderstand that concept are often faced with less optimized workflows, and it can lead organizations to assume automation tools are the silver bullet to solving their IT problems. Understanding

February 22, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Containers help move Spark and Hadoop into analytics operations

Source:- techtarget.com Moving custom Spark and Hadoop pilot projects into production use has proved daunting. But container technology eased the transition at the Advisory Board analytics service. Spark and Hadoop analytics efforts often stumble when teams try to turn small pilot projects into larger operational apps meant for data science teams and business analysts. For many, it is an obstacle in their quest to work with big data. Configuration complexity has sometimes been the stumbling block. A custom-configured prototype built

February 22, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Tools, IT trends Leave a comment

Containers, clusters and coding: Here’s what’s coming in 2017

Source:- itproportal.com Everyone talks about containers. It became so huge that we think Docker has existed for a long time. The fact is that it has only started. We can observe that by the amount of changes we are seeing. Docker from two years ago is very different than Docker today. Products in its ecosystem are appearing every day and many are disappearing just as quickly. If there is a space we should turn our attention to, that’s containers. At

February 21, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Docker Tools that Developers will Find Useful

Source:- opensourceforu.com Docker allows IT departments to focus on applications, not virtual machines, as a standard unit of production. Looking at recent trends, there have been many projects created by the Docker community that have advanced the developer experience. This article takes a look at a few Docker tools that may be useful for developers. Docker was introduced to the world with no prior announcement, by Solomon Hykes, founder and CEO of dotCloud at the Python Developers Conference in Santa Clara,

February 21, 2017 bestdevops DevOps Tools, IT trends Leave a comment

What will we do when everything is automated?

Source:- opensource.com Recently, I came across a study the caused me to think beyond the day-to-day world of code-slinging in which I live. According to the study Myth and the Reality of Manufacturing in America (PDF), conducted by Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State University in Indiana: “Almost 88% of job losses in manufacturing in recent years can be attributable to productivity growth, and the long-term changes to manufacturing employment are mostly linked to the productivity of American

February 21, 2017 bestdevops DevOps Best Practices, IT Training, IT trends Leave a comment

IT operations best practices to boost team performance and morale

Source:- techtarget.com IT teams have to automate where possible to free up time, while encouraging individuality within the team. This article isn’t about DevOps or any fancy management paradigm — it’s about IT operations best practices that every organization can use to maximize team productivity. Managers and IT administrators alike can take these practical steps — there’s nothing fancy about documenting a patch procedure — to prevent common snags and foster long-term good morale. SMART targets One of the biggest

February 20, 2017 bestdevops Agile, Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Technologies to consider for adapting to digital transformation

Source:- pcquest.com Organization leaders strive to position themselves for success over their competitors and ensure that there’s a clear path for the future. However, many businesses continue to rely on old systems and processes to serve their clients, and this can lead to big problems as technology advances. Teams may be left in the dust if they hesitate to make necessary transitions, impacting their products and their overall reputation. Here are some of the main technologies to consider as you head

February 20, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

Why big data needs DevOps ?

Source:- globalbigdataconference.com Many big data analytics teams choose to not use DevOps methodologies, but there are real benefits to applying DevOps concepts to those big data initiatives. Extracting accurate and meaningful answers from big data is tough. It’s often made more challenging given the way big data software developers and IT operations lack coordination in many enterprises. Even though an IT organization may practice sound DevOps strategies for other supported applications, big data projects often remain siloed for a variety

February 17, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Docker’s tops for devops, AWS is the cloud king

Source:- infoworld.com Docker is the king of devops tools, hybrid cloud is beating public-only and private-only clouds, and Microsoft Azure is making sizable headway in public cloud. Those are some of the key insights from this year’s edition of SaaS provider RightScale’s State of the Cloud report, which is derived from a survey of more than 1,000 IT pros around the world. Docker keeps climbing — and here comes Kubernetes If there’s one devops tool that’s out in front with

February 17, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Automated Test Environments for DevOps

Source:- capgemini.com 1 Test Environments Management: Key Challenges A testing environment is a setup of software and hardware in which the testing team tests a new software build. A test environment consists of pre-production or staging environments, and is generally a downgraded version of a production environment to help uncover pre-production defects. Building and maintaining a test environment is important. Often, dedicated test environments are maintained at various stages like developer test, dedicated test, integration test, and pre-production or business

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