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 24, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

The top five in-demand cloud skills for 2017

Source:- cloudcomputing-news.net Financial results for the fourth quarter of 2016 reveals massive growth for the top cloud providers. With 47% and 93% revenue growth for Amazon AWS and Microsoft respectively, one thing is clear – cloud is growing at a breakneck pace. Enterprises and small businesses will continue to adopt and invest in cloud technology. Cisco’s Global Cloud Index whitepaper shows global cloud IP traffic will almost quadruple over the next five years. But the rapid expansion of cloud has

February 23, 2017 bestdevops IT Training Leave a comment

Ten project tools that every development team could use

Source:- sdtimes.com Every year, new tools, frameworks and languages arrive, and every year developers must sit down and see if they’ll actually save any time by diverting current projects (or planning new ones) with them. We’ve gone through the maternity ward of tooling and picked out the brightest prospects for the coming months and years. Among this year’s fresh young faces are some new items, some updated older entrants, and some runaway hits that are worthy of your attentions. Cycligent

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 23, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps Tools, DevOps Updates Leave a comment

Kubernetes is now generally available on Azure Container Service

Source:- infoworld.com Microsoft and Google don’t get along all that often, but they do agree on using Kubernetes for cloud container orchestration. Kubernetes is generally available for use with Azure Container Service, Microsoft’s managed cloud container hosting offering, as of Tuesday. ACS support for Kubernetes comes along with the service’s existing support for the Apache Mesos-based DC/OS and Docker Swarm. Containers provide an isolated, portable and consistent runtime for applications that’s particularly well-suited to deployment in a cloud environment. Orchestrators

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 Continuous Integration, DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

Continuous deployment for your tests

Source:- microfocus.com Why would you want to continuously deploy your tests? Release fast and release often. This core principle of modern software development provides numerous advantages, for example earlier customer feedback, faster response cycles, and overall higher customer satisfaction. When trying to increase your release frequency, you will be faced with many testing issues, including the following: Changing tests might lead to unexpected failures (false-positives) or unwanted passes (false-negatives). The probability of introducing breaking changes to your automated test set

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 22, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Integration, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Continuous Integration with GitLab

Source:- 126kr.com Recently Team Alfonzó, with help from the Build Team, took the next in adopting a new build infrastructure. We wanted to move away from Jenkins and the TOPdesk DockerHub registry, towards a more distributed infrastructure. Our Implementation Wizard project gave us the opportunity we were looking for to start making use of GitLab’s CI and Registry features. How does GitLab compare to a Jenkins pipeline script? If you have ever written a pipeline script for Jenkins you will

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 21, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps Tools, DevOps Updates Leave a comment

Amazon Web Services Introduces Amazon Chime

Source:- ucstrategies.com Amazon Web Services, Inc. is making its move on the Unified Communications (UC) market, with Amazon Chime. This new UC service provides video and audio meetings, chat, and sharing on desktops, iOS, and Android devices, in an attempt to compete with services like Skype for Business, GoToMeeting, and WebEx. Amazon Chime boasts high quality video, voice, chat, and screen sharing that can be launched with one click. Customers can host and join meetings, and receive calls when the

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, DevOps Process, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Extending AWS CodeBuild with Custom Build Environments

Source:- amazon.com AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed build service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. CodeBuild provides curated build environments for programming languages and runtimes such as Java, Ruby, Python, Go, Node.js, Android, and Docker. It can be extended through the use of custom build environments to support many more.Build environments are Docker images that include a complete file system with everything required to build and test your project. To

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