This is a guest post by R.I. Pienaar (@ripienaar) Many blog posts have been written about what DevOps is or what it means to specific people. While these blog posts are fantastic and well worth reading, there still seems to be a lot of misconception around its meaning. I'd like to point out some of … Continue reading What DevOps Is Not
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DevOps: State of the Nation
This is a guest post by Chris Read (@cread) DevOps is gaining credibility. Industry analysts such as Gartner are talking about it, the big IT vendors are already trying to sell DevOps “solutions.” At its heart it is the integration of Agile principles into Operations practices. With its roots in dysfunctional Enterprises, it has enabled … Continue reading DevOps: State of the Nation
Is DevOps Being Hijacked by Technologists?
This is a guest post by Lindsay Holmwood (@auxesis). The DevOps Movement When Patrick Debois kicked off the DevOps movement, his experience as a project manager gave him a very unique perspective on the problems faced by development and operations teams. Patrick is visionary because he saw that while teams generally worked well by themselves, … Continue reading Is DevOps Being Hijacked by Technologists?
Spliffs and Submarines: The Two Cultures and the State of Devops
This is a guest post by John Arundel (@bitfield) In answering the question: 'What does the red spectrum tell us about quasars?', there are various words that need to be defined. What is a spectrum? What is a red one? Why is it red? And why is it so frequently linked with quasars? ...What the … Continue reading Spliffs and Submarines: The Two Cultures and the State of Devops
DevOps – What’s Up?
I'm totally excited about what's going on here at our blog. Some of the top guys driving DevOps have agreed to post their ideas about the current state of DevOps and its future combined into one big series. You won't want to miss out on the thoughts of: John Arundel, Bitfield Consulting, who starts this … Continue reading DevOps – What’s Up?
Visualizing Small Batch Sizes with Git
I've recently finished reading Web Operations: Keeping the Data on Time. Written by John Allspaw and Jesse Robins, by far my favorite chapter was Eric Ries' submission for Chapter 4: Continuous Deployment. One of the graphs in this chapter compellingly portrays Flickr's "release early, release often" mantra. This inspired me to start monitoring my own … Continue reading Visualizing Small Batch Sizes with Git
Three Proven Ways To Enable a DevOps Culture
To deliver customer value rapidly, it's important that developers and operations work together closely. There are certain traits of organizations which make it either harder or simpler for both to collaborate. In this post, I want to show you three examples which make DevOps simpler. Shared Infrastructure Awareness is one of the key factors to … Continue reading Three Proven Ways To Enable a DevOps Culture
The 5 Goals Of Agile And DevOps
If you're stuck with someone in an elevator and have only a few seconds to explain why introducing agile Methodolgies and DevOps is a good idea, these five goals might help you: Agile Elevator Pitch 1. less code 2. less dependencies 3. less bugs and problems 4. less wait times 5. more value If you … Continue reading The 5 Goals Of Agile And DevOps
Do you have a DevOps Culture?
A lot of Sysadmins and developers all over the world write, meet and talk about DevOps: How to collaborate better so we can deliver business value faster. The aim of DevOps is to get rid of the traditional way of thinking in silos inherent to development and operations. But how can You find out whether … Continue reading Do you have a DevOps Culture?
Why Automated Testing is a Must for DevOps
You've heard a lot about test automation. But why is it so important? It's a lot of additional effort and adds lots of code which needs to be maintained later, right? DevOps Favors Continuous Releases One of the important parts of any DevOps process is the regular release of working software. In Scrum, iterations tend … Continue reading Why Automated Testing is a Must for DevOps
