Atlassian products aid BizDevOps, but integration work remains

Source:-searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com IT pros have found Atlassian tools useful for BizDevOps initiatives but would like more integration and consolidated points of management among them in the future. BOSTON — Atlassian products have been useful for enterprises in BizDevOps transformation, and the company plans to further expand features for nontechnical users. However, IT pros also say they’d also like to see refined integrations among the tools in future releases. IT pros at the vendor’s Atlassian Open conference here last week said Atlassian

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How the Phantom acquisition changed Splunk’s approach to automation

Source:-computerworld.com.auThe security orchestration and automation specialist has now been folded into a broader Splunk security platform as the vendor leans in to automation for operations The future is increasingly looking automated for the machine data cruncher Splunk as customers look to ease the burden on analysts grappling with higher alert volumes, and since the acquisition of Phantom in February last year, Splunk has been busy folding the startup’s automation and orchestration expertise into its IT and security monitoring product portfolio. Since

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Enterprise DevSecOps: Security’s Role In DevOps

Source:- securityboulevard.com As mentioned in an earlier section, DevOps is not all about tools and technology, but much of its success is how people work within this model. We have already gone into great detail about tools and process, and we approached much of the content from the perspective of security practitioners getting onboard with Devops. And since this paper is more geared towards helping security folks, here we outline their role in a DevOps environment. We hope this summation

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Voices in DevOps – Episode 13: A Conversation with Gareth Rushgrove of Snyk

Source:-gigaom.com Guest Gareth Rushgrove is a Director of Product at Snyk, working remotely from Cambridge, UK, helping to build interesting tools for people to better secure infrastructure and applications. He has previously worked for the UK Government Digital Service focused on infrastructure, operations and information security, as well as at Puppet and Docker. When not working he can be found curating the Devops Weekly newsletter, hiking or reading a good book. Transcript Jon Collins: Hello and welcome to this episode

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Why agile is key to whole-business transformation

Source – itproportal.com To maintain a competitive edge in today’s evolving marketplace, businesses should refocus their strategies, putting customers at their heart and more efficiently prioritising tasks. A new operating system is required – one that empowers networks of small teams to collaborate so that they can constantly deliver value to customers, and in which leaders provide the clarity of vision to align everyone. This whole-business transformation is an absolute must for survival. Think this sounds extreme? Companies need to transform,

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Top 10 Agile Database Techniques

Source – ibm.com While agile database development and management continues to gain popularity, some DBAs are still hesitant to adopt the agile method in favor of the waterfall approach. Most often this is either because some IT professionals and development teams are afraid of losing maintenance control in the constant thrust of iteration, or they’re wary of change, especially one that would require them to change the way they work together. So, here are some great techniques for having a healthy

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