January 11, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

5 tips to developing a successful DevOps culture

Source – techrepublic.com DevOps adoption is picking up in enterprises across the US, as research shows that the workflow—emphasizing communication between software developers and IT professionals managing production environments—can lead to faster deployments, fewer service problems, and more employee loyalty. However, focusing too intently on tech tools like Chef, Puppet, or Jenkins instead of how the team works together is a major pitfall to DevOps success. “A lot of organizations think DevOps is a problem that you can solve with tools,”

January 10, 2018 bestdevops IT Training Leave a comment

Does DevOps Plus Open Source Equal Security?

Source – forbes.com There is a cost to prioritizing speed over software quality. Today’s CIO is in a tough spot. As one of the fastest-growing professions, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we are seeing more newly promoted CIOs enter the job market than ever before. In addition to this flood of fresh CIOs who have limited experience managing increasingly complex IT issues, we have CEOs and boards putting more pressure on IT organizations to deliver updates faster while

January 10, 2018 bestdevops Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, DevOps Leave a comment

What is DevSecOps? Developing more secure applications

Source – itworld.com The simple premise of DevSecOps is that everyone in the software development life cycle is responsible for security, in essence bringing operations and development together with security functions. DevSecOps aims to embed security in every part of the development process. It is about trying to automate core security tasks by embedding security controls and processes early in the DevOps workflow (rather than being bolted on at the end). For example, this could be the case when migrating to

January 8, 2018 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, DevOps Leave a comment

DevOps accelerates, requiring new leadership styles

Source – zdnet.com It’s clear that DevOps initiatives are now underway at a majority of organizations — and the time is ripe for leaders to step forward and take things to the next level. A recent survey of 244 IT professionals from DBMaestro finds the majority (55%) are already using DevOps in at least 20% of their projects. At least one-third, 33%, are going even deeper — using DevOps in more than half of their projects. There is some progress in

January 4, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

DevOps processes flounder if old business models don’t change

Source – theserverside.com Many of the mental models often used for thinking about DevOps processes came from the manufacturing industry. But if you ask Mirco Hering, the Asia-Pacific Agile and DevOps lead at Accenture and author of DevOps for the Modern Enterprise, he’d say a different mindset is required to make DevOps processes work for enterprises today. Hering asserted that the fundamental problem lies in thinking about DevOps processes as part of a transformational model that runs for only three to

January 2, 2018 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

5 reasons DevOps will be a big deal in the year ahead

Source – infosurhoy.com The typical enterprise has become a nonstop software and data factory, operating 24×7. Technology has to be there at all times. DevOps has been a hot topic and pursuit for a few years now. During this time, many enterprises have been attempting to put this way of working — in which development output is aligned with ongoing business requirements — in place in one form or another. But 2018 promises to be the year when it all really

January 2, 2018 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Make 2018 a year of IT skills development

Source – techtarget.com DevOps, open source and programmable infrastructure were relentlessly growing trends in 2017, so it’s no surprise that IT skills development is top of mind heading into 2018. Following are the New Year’s resolutions of DevOps experts, project managers, ops veterans and other members of the IT community. Share yours in the comments. Pick up new OS skills “I grew up in Microsoft, and I’d like to ratify and expand Linux [server administration]. My goal for the next 12

December 28, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, DevOps Leave a comment

The future of DevOps: What to expect for 2018

Source – itproportal.com This year we have witnessed more industries adopting the set of practices and solutions that make up DevOps. According to a Capgemini report, 60% of companies have adopted DevOps or plan to do so in the next year. This demonstrates how widely understood it is for DevOps to be a necessary part of your business strategy if you intend to quickly respond to market demands, keep your software and solutions regularly updated, and improve time-to-market within your business.

December 28, 2017 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

On cybersecurity and IT teams of the future, we’ll all be SREs

Source – csoonline.com Devops is perhaps the most important innovation in the IT and security sectors since the invention of the personal computer. The philosophy is so foreign though, compared to what IT and security staffs have traditionally done, that many do not understand the implications. It is tough for them, and their management chains, to fully wrap their heads around the potential impact to their organizations in the future. However, now is the time to embrace the idea not just

December 23, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices Leave a comment

Incorporating security is the next step in the evolution of DevOps

Source – techtarget.com DevOps has been a staple at Actifio Inc. since its founding in 2009. But much like the evolution of DevOps has continued throughout the past eight years, so has the tech company’s version of it. In fact, Actifio has moved into the next iteration: DevSecOps. The company has shifted security testing to a much earlier stage in product development, said Actifio CSO John A. Meyers. It also increased automation and gave developers, solution architects and product managers access

December 21, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, IT trends Leave a comment

4 trends to watch as IT automation expands

Source – enterprisersproject.com We recently examined some of the fundamental factors that have fueled IT automation to this point. “To this point” is the operative phrase – there’s not necessarily a finish line for automation, and even as it matures, automation is going to continue evolving from a technical, business, and people standpoint. With that in mind, we asked a variety of experts for their insights on the current trends to watch as automation grows inside of IT shops going forward,

December 20, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Four questions to ask about your DevOps strategy

Source – searchmicroservices.techtarget.com There’s a lot of information about DevOps out there, making it hard to determine exactly what it means. However, there are still key principles you can stick to in order to achieve success through DevOps. Here are four questions that, according to our experts, you should be asking when thinking about your DevOps strategy. 1. Have we established a zone of business impact? DevOps tasks should be clearly connected to the applications they support, and businesses should in

December 18, 2017 bestdevops Agile, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

Predictions 2018: How DevOps, AI Will Impact Security

Source – eweek.com DevOps and agile development, new-generation processes and techniques that work hand in hand in developing, testing and distributing software of all types, have been in the IT business news continually for about the last half-dozen years. And there are good reasons why. We at eWEEK are constantly being pitched by thought leaders with new ideas about this relative sea change in the business, in addition to companies with new or improved tools that facilitate the automation that’s inherent

December 15, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

DevOps in the public sector: Assessing the challenges and the benefits

Source – computerweekly.com DevOps, the unifying of software development and IT operations, has lived up to Gartner’s 2015 prediction of evolving from a niche to a mainstream strategy. The analyst company suggested that by 2016, 25% of Forbes Global 2,000 organisations would instil a DevOps strategy, and the presumption is the public sector would follow suit – as it does with many other IT trends. This is backed up by research from hosting services provider Claranet, with 18% of public sector

December 15, 2017 bestdevops Agile, DevOps Leave a comment

Problem In Moving To Agile DevOps Environment

Source – forbes.com Many companies are now attempting to move into an agile DevOps environment but are struggling in that process. I believe the struggle is because they implement part of the journey but not all of it. Consequently, they often fall short of the desired result. Companies see the benefits of moving into moving into an agile environment and benefits of adopting DevOps. They recognize they need to invest in a set of technologies, whether it’s automated tests, self-provisioning or

December 14, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, IT trends Leave a comment

5 ways to nurture culture change in IT

Source – enterprisersproject.com The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been talking about moving to the cloud for several years. Multiple operating units across the department have launched individual initiatives, resulting in important progress but also in somewhat disconnected and redundant efforts. Each initiative must separately confront issues around strategy, procurement, security, network architecture, toolsets, and many other things. To help address this challenge, DHS is developing a cloud services platform that will serve our entire organization. Our “Cloud Factory” project has clear

December 11, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps Leave a comment

DevOps and cloud set up Amaysim for growth

Source – computerworld.com.au Since its launch in 2010, Amaysim has shaken-up the Australian mobile market, pioneering a bring-your-own handset model and undercutting its more established “dinosaur” rivals with cheap and low-commitment monthly plans. Yet despite its digital-native disruptor status, for the first four years of its existence the company ran on-premise servers and outsourced all of its IT and operations. Over the last three years that situation has been turned on its head. The company’s 20 servers running 100 virtual machines

December 9, 2017 bestdevops DevOps, DevOps Best Practices, IT trends Leave a comment

10 Top DevOps Barriers And Trends Forecasted For 2018

Source – forbes.com With data indicating that 50% of organizations have implemented DevOps, analysts like Forrester are calling 2018 the “year of enterprise DevOps.” While many enterprises indeed have DevOps practices kicked off, these are early days and barriers to DevOps still exist. Such barriers vary and are based the type of organization, its size, existing processes and degree of deployment scale. A survey we published at the beginning of the year noted the top 10 barriers leading into 2017. Having

December 8, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Integration, DevOps Leave a comment

Why container tech is the backbone of DevOps

Source – itpro.co.uk Containerisation is one of the most exciting tech trends to emerge over the last few years. Designed to work at operating system level, it’s a popular virtualisation method that allows IT professionals to deploy and distribute applications easily. This form of application management, which is named after shipping containers, allows almost any application to be stored and transported quickly. Containers, which are simply encapsulated systems, are given their own environments and hosts to run on. This process strips the

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