There’s been a lot of movement in the IT operations management (ITOM) business lately, from the acquisition of SignalFx by Splunk to the PagerDuty IPO, and all signs point to a Datadog IPO in the future. What’s with all this consolidation? I believe we’re seeing the rise of a future-state of ITOM; that is to […]
0 CommentsThe Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2019 is out like every other year. Now, let’s talk about the key findings of this year’s survey: The Industry Continues to Improve, Particularly Among the Elite Performers: Proportion of high performers have tripled, now comprising 20% of all teams. This shows the improvement is real for those who […]
0 CommentsSource code management (SCM) is not a new concept. It has been in existence since around 1980, when Revision Control System (RCS), one of the first major SCMs, was released. But that doesn’t mean SCM today is the same as it was decades ago. Modern SCM tools do much more than their predecessors. They handle […]
0 CommentsAgile, DevOps, multiple cloud providers, serverless, contemporary cloud native apps, shadow IT using a credit card–it can be daunting for any IT organization to be responsive to the internal customer needs. It’s even tougher to be proactive and get ahead of the curve. Enter Cloud Management Platforms (CMP). On this episode of DevOps Chat, we […]
0 CommentsThe cloud is a complex environment, with different groups managing different cloud services and environments. The most basic division is between the cloud provider, who provides the core infrastructure, and the customer, who leverages services or builds their applications using resources leased from the provider. Within larger organizations, different cloud resources, data and applications may […]
0 CommentsGitHub has expanded its push into the enterprise with the 2.18 release of GitHub Enterprise Server, which includes a bevy of updates intended to make administrators’ lives easier. Mario Rodriguez, head of product for GitHub Enterprise, said the enterprise edition of GitHub is seeing triple-digit growth as large companies more aggressively embrace DevOps tools and […]
0 CommentsVMware, at the VMworld 2019 conference this week, strengthened its case for an application-centric approach to cybersecurity via updates to VMware AppDefense along with acquiring Intrinsic, a provider of a set of tools for securing serverless computing frameworks. VMware AppDefense layers a distributed service layered on top of the Platinum Edition of VMware Sphere platform […]
0 CommentsEnterprises everywhere are rushing to embrace automation and AI to improve existing business processes and innovate. But they’re learning that if APIs are the glue they use to build their systems, data is the fuel that drives these efforts forward. According to data management provider Actian, however, enterprises are experiencing significant challenges when it comes […]
0 CommentsWhenever we’re pushed for time and forced to rush, we know we’re entering an unspoken deal with the devil. Whether it’s cooking the family a last-minute dinner, ironing a shirt before a wedding or writing against a strict deadline, we’re acutely aware it’s highly unlikely the output will be a fair reflection of our best […]
0 Comments