March 7, 2020 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

The Role of Soft Skills in Building Strong DevOps Leads

Source:-devops.com As an industry, we spend a lot of time talking about the process and technology that make up a good DevOps practice. We have a strong focus on the development, IT operations, QA” and security roles. We debate tools and automation strategies. We wax philosophical about DevOps culture. What is either lacking entirely or simply glossed over in that conversation is what I would consider the backbone of any good DevOps team–the people. You might assume by “people” I

March 7, 2020 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

DevOps Brings Pressure to Bear on Database Management

Source:-devops.com The rise of DevOps is starting to have a significant impact on the rate at which databases now need to be deployed and updated. A global survey of more than 2,000 developers, database specialists and IT leaders conducted by Redgate Software, a provider of tools for automating the management of databases, finds nearly half (49%) are now deploying database changes in production at least once a week or more. Kendra Little, DevOps advocate for Redgate Software, said most of

March 6, 2020 bestdevops Docker Leave a comment

5 important Docker container backup best practices

Source:-searchdatabackup.techtarget.com With container storage a major trend, it’s important to ensure data protection. These five guidelines will help you properly back up Docker containers. Container backup best practices vary depending on which product you use. Docker Enterprise, in particular, has a laundry list of best practices that you should follow. One Docker container backup best practice is to keep track of version numbers. Docker requires that Universal Control Plane (UCP), Docker Trusted Registry (DTR) and Engine versions all match. As

January 30, 2020 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

Puppet Introduces Its 2019 State of DevOps: Industry Report Card

Source:-finance.yahoo.com PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Puppet, the standard for automating the delivery and operation of the software that powers everything around us, today revealed the findings of its first State of DevOps: Industry Report Card. The report, based on nearly 3,000 responses collected through Puppet’s eighth annual State of DevOps survey, examines how key industries perform not only in their DevOps success and progression but also in their ability to integrate security into their DevOps practices.

January 17, 2020 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

Why you shouldn’t be afraid of DevOps

Source:-technical.ly Terminology and complexity can make any new concept scary. As a combination of both Software Dev(elopment) and System Op(eration)s, DevOps can be intimidating, as it inherits concepts and jargon from two different worlds of modern technology. While DevOps does have a lot of lingo, a number of TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) and a hefty learning curve, I’m here to tell you that there is plenty to be gained from just a little dip into DevOps. Our ultimate goal with

January 16, 2020 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

How to adapt ITIL to DevOps with continual service transition

Source:-techbeacon.com If you work in a large organization with a traditional, sequential release process such as ITIL, the idea of a continuous flow of change may sound unfamiliar. That’s been the case at several organizations with which I’ve consulted recently, so I use the term “continual service transition” as an easier way to explain continuous delivery (CD) to people familiar with ITIL—and you can too. If your organization has adopted ITIL, you’re probably already familiar with the concept of service

December 23, 2019 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

Moving from DevOps to modern ops: Why there is no room for silos when it comes to cloud security

Source:-cloudcomputing-news.net It started with DevOps. Then there was NetOps. Now SecOps. Or is it DevSecOps? Or maybe SecDevOps? Whatever you decide to call it, too often the end result is little more than the same old siloes with shiny new names. We’ve become so focused on “what do we call these folks” that we sometimes forget “what is it we’re trying to accomplish”. Shakespeare said that a rose would smell as sweet by any other name. Let’s apply that today

July 17, 2019 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

DevOps and Cloud Mean the End of QA as You Know It

Source:- cio.com According to Gartner, “Digital business is driving a faster pace of delivery to support the continuous delivery of incremental changes. Traditional testing cannot meet this pace nor the expanded view of quality required.”[1] Undeniably, traditional QA must change to accelerate application delivery and become a catalyst, rather than a barrier, to digital transformation. But what is the ultimate goal of QA in the new world of DevOps and cloud speed – and what’s needed to achieve it? Those are