Can IT admins benefit from a DevOps environment?

Source- searchdatacenter.techtarget.com If DevOps is implemented poorly, it increases the pressure on admins to deal with uncontrolled code rollouts in the operational environment, which can drain hardware resources and increase troubleshooting time. However, a good DevOps environment with all the right checks and balances in place reduces the number of mind-numbing tasks that admins face, and it provides more time for interesting, value-add tasks that help the business. DevOps also gives admins oversight of developers. Powerful DevOps tools place all the correct filters

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How CI/CD Can Fast-Track Next-Gen Media Rollouts.

Source- searchitoperations.techtarget.com Online video consumption has been increasing tremendously with rapid change in consumer expectations to have seamless viewing experience across various digital devices. To capture this growing demand, it is critical for digital service providers (DSPs) to deliver fast-track rollout of next-gen media services. Moreover, to counter the growing inïŹ‚uence of over-the-top content providers (OTTs), DSPs must deliver media services that are high quality, right the ïŹrst time and consistent, along with creating competitive advantage through speed to market. However,

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Defining DevOps success: the 5 stages of DevOps evolution.

Source- networksasia.net DevOps is changing the way organizations look at application and infrastructure solutions today. By reducing redundancies and automating mundane processes, organizations are able to reap the benefits of adopting DevOps practices to increase agility, create a more collaborative work environment and enable IT to respond to business requirements faster With the Asia Pacific DevOps market expected to grow at a CAGR of 20.2% between 2017 and 2023, and more organizations recognizing the opportunity to adopt DevOps, mapping out the

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DevOps at Trainline has been a ‘great adventure’

Source- computing.co.uk In 2015, Trainline adopted DevOps in a bid to speed delivery. It started by virtualising services and containerising them, and the new platforms demanded a new way of working. Sana Essid is a platform operations engineer at Trainline. With the infrastructure hosted on AWS, this mostly entails monitoring the cloud services, building new containerised microservices and helping to standardise the architecture. An operations engineer for 15 years at a number of different organisations, she has seen some big changes in

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DevOps consolidation continues with JFrog and Shippable

Source- searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com JFrog’s recent acquisition of Shippable is one of many moves in the DevOps market as software vendors look to provide a single source for developers who want to consolidate their toolboxes. JFrog’s Feb. 21 acquisition adds CI/CD to the company’s comprehensive DevOps platform. Previously, JFrog encouraged developers to use the CI/CD server of their choice. It still does that, except now the company can provide its own product for customers who want one place to support DevOps from code commit

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Enhance DevOps Experience with AWS Smart Tools

Source- devops.com DevOps has become the champion of business operations by fostering collaboration between disparate teams, providing a common work framework and paving way for continuous delivery that greatly boosted software development. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has become a leading provider of DevOps tools and services and has been instrumental in taking this experience to a higher level. So how does AWS elevate the DevOps experience? Automation DevOps not only eliminates the cultural disparities between two different environments but also eases the software

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How Jenkins X updates this CI/CD tool for the cloud, Kubernetes

Source- searchmicroservices.techtarget.com Jenkins was one of the first essential technologies of the DevOps revolution. As such, development and operations teams around the world constructed expansions, build packs and plugins for this CI/CD tool. Unfortunately, Jenkins wasn’t built for the cloud or designed for containers. In fact, most Jenkins environments differ substantially from a Docker or Kubernetes ecosystem. This left many developers struggling to figure out how they could continue to use this tried-and-true open source automation server. This is the problem that Jenkins X was designed to

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Microservices: How to prep DevOps teams

Source- enterprisersproject.com The first reaction non-development IT people have when seeing their company’s microservice is very similar to a parent looking at their child’s art. “Oh! It’s a
what is this? A microservice? Wow
 well, isn’t that something! I like how the blue, green, and red make a nice brown colour. Let’s put this on the refrigerator.” Of course, that art could be the beginnings of the next Frida Kahlo if only the parents understood. Likewise, we need to make certain that

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How DevOps And Agile Are Influencing Automation in Business

Source- customerthink.com One of the factors affecting business health is control of its bottom line. Today, more businesses are realizing improved bottom lines through DevOps automation. While the number of success stories from DevOps automation increase, businesses that are most successful appears to recognize that its importance is due to the fact that technology offers an opportunity to automate the repetitive processes that introduce risk through errors and ultimately improve the organization’s bottom line. The not so surprising result of

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Myth or Matter: Is There a DevOps Talent Shortage?

Source- informationweek.com Change often requires adding new skills to the team, but the search for the perfect, ideal engineer can become an exercise in frustration. Consultants and hiring experts say this is a time of significant change ushered in by cloud providers and edge computing. They see a bit of a frenzied response at some organizations to find DevOps talent, and such actions may be overzealous. “Things are not in such bad shape,” says Brendan Caulfield, chief revenue officer with ServerCentral Turing

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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

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7 essential best practices to follow when adopting a DevOps model

Source- sdtimes.com The benefits of DevOps have been talked about for some time now. But a recent report has shown how organizations are reaping the benefits after implementing DevOps. According to a recent survey sponsored by Google and Harvard Business Review Analytics Services, two-thirds of the respondents that have implemented DevOps have seen benefits that impact their bottom line. Seventy per cent have seen increased speed to market, 67 per cent have seen improved productivity, 67 per cent have seen increased customer relevance, 66

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When DevOps Isn’t Enough

Source- cso.com.au The DevOps approach can accomplish many things, but can it help make your business more cyber secure? I don’t believe so. In fact, the notion of “DevSecOps”—making its way to an IT buzzword bingo card near you—could, in fact, jeopardise informational security across the organisational surface. The best way to boost security is to build a central team responsible for baking it into the development process from start to finish. More than just an attitude DevOps brings various strengths

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Kubernetes Goes Native for Developers

Source- enterprisetech.com Among the leading “cloud-native” technologies is the Kubernetes container scheduler. Red Hat said this week it has gone a step further down the cloud-native path with the release of a “Kubernetes-native” development environment designed to make collaboration easier for cloud application developers. Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) said its Kubernetes-native, browser-based development environment dubbed CodeReady Workspaces would allow enterprise development teams to share tools and dependencies needed to build, test and run container-based applications. The environment is optimized for Red

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Is Your Organization ‘Fit for the Future’?

Source- devops.com This was a question explored by CIO Platform Nederland and the DevOps Agile Skills Association(DASA) in a recent event I attended, hosted by Transavia. Many organizations have already embarked or are about to embark upon Agile transformation initiatives, driven by growing business demands. This event focused on sharing experiences, learning from the practical examples (successes and lessons learned) from Transavia and ABN AMRO, and exploring the way forward to successfully create a high-performing IT culture that is “Fit for the Future.” The event

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Benefits of Automation in IT Infrastructure

Source- trendintech.com The convergence of technology in this digital age is phenomenal. At the core, every organization is looking forward to a single speedy solution that provides them with the opportunity to streamline their operational efficiency and cut costs of IT functionalities. From the release of application to customer support, every aspect of the enterprise needs faster solutions. The competitive distinctness, customer loyalty, and good business outcomes are all dependent on the acceleration of business processes.  While the legacy IT

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Four DevOps mistakes to avoid when implementing for your SME

Source- devopsonline.co.uk There are many advantages to implementing a DevOps program within an SME, if it’s done correctly. However, since there is some confusion today about what DevOps truly means and what it can accomplish for organisations of all sizes, there are several pitfalls to avoid when undertaking a DevOps initiative. Before rushing to implement this latest trend, we’ve helped clarify a successful strategy by outlining below some of the DevOps mistakes to avoid. 1. Failing to clearly define DevOps

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The future of open source and DevOps.

Source- jaxenter.com Only a few short years ago, organizations considered open source to be a high risk. These days, enterprises and governments alike are embracing open source and placing it at the center of their software development stacks. IBM’s recent acquisition of Red Hat and Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub, which is the home of many open source projects, show that open source has won the hearts and minds of the general populace. In fact, if you’re not already using open source,

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Oracle: Cloud-Native Apps to Drive DevOps Change

Source- containerjournal.com Oracle is betting this coming year will see accelerated adoption of a raft of nascent emerging container and cloud-native technologies that will radically transform a range of DevOps processes. Siddhartha Agarwal, vice president of product management and cloud strategy for Oracle Cloud Platform, predicts 2019 will witness more organizations hiring platform engineers in place of traditional IT administrators as the shift to cloud-native technologies such as Docker containers and Kubernetes continues to gain momentum. Agarwal also expects to see

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Challenges and Tips for Taking Legacy Systems to the Cloud

Source- devops.com For many modern companies, growth often means growing through acquisition. As organizations become larger, it often makes sense to acquire existing companies who are already creating the solutions they need than try to build them from scratch. However, this can often create a variety of conflicts and challenges—one of which is around infrastructure. For other companies that have grown more organically, it often can be difficult to modernize their legacy systems and bring their technology stack into the 21st century.

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