In the context of cloud operations, the last decade was ruled by DevOps and infrastructure-as-code (IaC). But what is true DevOps? Is it developers running their own operations? Is it operators learning development skills to automate infrastructure provisioning using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform? Though DevOps is widely understood to incorporate both of these, software […]
0 CommentsThe DevOps space is buzzing with a new trend—platform engineering. Platform engineering has been gaining steam over the last few years but has really peaked in interest lately. In fact, according to a study conducted by Puppet Labs, 51% of organizations have adopted platform engineering or plan to do so in the next year. But […]
0 CommentsAbout five years ago I announced that AWS Documentation is Now Open Source and on GitHub. After a prolonged period of experimentation we will archive most of the repos starting the week of June 5th, and will devote all of our resources to directly improving the AWS documentation and website. The primary source for most […]
0 CommentsAt its Knowledge 2023 conference, ServiceNow launched an observability service that runs on its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Based on the observability platform the company gained with its acquisition of Lightstep, the ServiceNow Cloud Observability platform makes it possible to collect and analyze data collected from software running on infrastructure and also from workflows created using […]
0 CommentsIn a fast-paced environment like DevOps, your security strategy needs to be even more agile. While moving fast is great for delivering application features and functionality, speed shouldn’t come at the cost of security. DevOps security incorporates security strategies directly into your DevOps pipeline, creating a culture of pre-secured software deployments that work seamlessly for […]
0 CommentsIn our industry’s attempts to follow best practices that marketers assure us we must have or we are going to lose to our biggest competitor … No, wait, we’ll lose to that startup no one ever heard of … No, hold on, we’ll lose to foreign competition … No, wait … (okay, I’ll stop. You […]
0 CommentsBoomi announced today it is applying generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enable organizations to automate integrations via a natural language interface. Boomi CEO Steve Lucas said Boomi AI makes it much simpler for professional and citizen developers alike to create integrations at scale using generative AI platforms to invoke the low-code engine that Boomi already […]
0 CommentsSapientAI emerged from stealth today to automate the writing of test code using a combination of generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms and data science. Fresh from raising $5 million in seed funding, SapientAI CEO Rishi Singh said the goal is to leverage AI to push application testing further left using an AI Test […]
0 CommentsAzure Storage is a cloud-based storage service from Microsoft Azure. It provides a scalable, secure and highly available data storage solution for businesses of any size. The platform includes various services such as Azure Blob, which is a service for storing large amounts of unstructured data such as documents, images, videos and backups. Azure Files […]
0 CommentsEvery year, the amount of data that needs to be backed up increases. There are two ways to store backups – using on-premises facilities or trusting cloud-based solutions. Having an on-premises storage infrastructure can be costly for a company. This is because of the high prices for storage equipment and the expenses to maintain this […]
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