Everyone wants to do DevOps, but not everyone understands how to do it. While most organizations understand the benefits successful DevOps brings to the business, they don’t understand how to get there. Harvard Business Review recently found 86 percent of respondents want to build and deploy software more quickly, but only 10 percent are successful…
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There are a lot of moving parts to adding security into a DevOps environment. Using application testing DevOps security tools are key to the equation. DevOps – Developers often see security as a drag on software projects, both in terms of time and budget. Time is a particularly critical component in modern continuous development practices,…
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There are a lot of moving parts to adding security into a DevOps environment. Using application testing DevOps security tools are key to the equation. DevOps – Developers often see security as a drag on software projects, both in terms of time and budget. Time is a particularly critical component in modern continuous development practices,…
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DevOps, a portmanteau of “development” and “operations,” is a system of combining technologies that increase automation, collaboration and rapid iteration to drive measurable ROI for a host of organizations, including software developers, startups and established enterprises. Improving development by increasing team efficiency seems straightforward and simple enough but, in practice, it’s a complex art that…
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I recently had the pleasure of moderating a lively discussion with security leaders at the SINET Innovation Summit 2019 in New York. The conversation explored one central question: Can security and DevOps coexist? DevOps is a well-adopted practice that fosters an agile relationship between development and IT operations by advocating better communication and collaboration between…
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While basic monitoring services and feedback loops provide critical insight for DevOps teams, an end-to-end monitoring tool gives them a more holistic view of the end-user experience. Feedback loops are critical for DevOps success. Knowledge of how changes affect users — and how they’re received — helps a DevOps team shape its approach throughout the…
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What have we learned from deploying container-based applications to the public clouds? Some best practices are emerging Devops in the cloud is all the rage. Take the speed and always-improving processes and toolchains of devops, add hugely scalable and self-configuring public cloud endpoints, and the end result is pretty much zero latency between the need…
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As the lines between developers, DevOps team members and software testers get increasingly blurred, the biggest talking point seems to be uncovering future opportunities for QA testers. There’s no doubt that, with Agile becoming the norm, testers are expected to play a much more assertive role than the traditional QA specialists have played in the past. The…
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What initially drove the need for embarking on the DevOps journey in your team or at your company in the first place? Was it: Market shift? New leadership or an acquisition? New product or service idea? Cost savings or consolidation? All of the above? Devops – Whatever drove the need, my guess is there were…
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Here are the largest potholes you need to avoid; While DevOps is firmly grounded in reality, numerous myths and misconceptions have grown up around the concept, several of which have prevented organizations from getting the most out of their teams. Is your organization functioning under one or more DevOps misconceptions? Here’s a rundown of the…
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