For a number of years, DevOps has been one of the industry’s top buzzwords. With all that talk about this relatively new concept, however, it seems like most IT experts still have but a vague idea about DevOps: sure, it helps enhance IT service management (ITSM), but isn’t that what ITIL has been helping us…
Constant innovation is central to building a great product, sounds great doesn’t it? However, often for the operations teams, constant innovation is tiring, – a roadblock to doing their job effectively. It means more changes to communicate to the customer, as well as having to deal with the likely fallout from the disruption of service…
DevOps integrates development and operations teams to improve collaboration and productivity by automating all sorts of processes. There are situations where this may not be appropriate. Similar to any other domain or solution, one size does not fit all. DevOps Teams: Why Does Automation Matter? Before talking about the “dark side” (downsides) of DevOps let’s see…
The question “Is continuous delivery replacing Agile?” is often discussed today. It is frankly an absurd question, with no evidence supporting that it is the case. More often than not the question is raised by Continuous Delivery vendor advocates (targeting developers without an integrated development environment – ALM Software). In actual effect, the reverse is…
The introduction of ITIL as a formal approach to enterprise IT Service Management (ITSM) put in place order and structure where previously there was none to speak of. The benefits were dramatic, greatly improving IT service, in terms of both quality and speed of service, thereby greatly improving customer satisfaction. Its success has made it…
Do you hear the term DevOps every day but still struggle with understanding the complete meaning? Are you unsure about the benefits of DevOps and what features DevOps tools should have? If so, then our white paper titled DevOps Guide: Implementing Continuous Integration & Delivery is just the perfect resource for you. It includes the…
With the emergence of Big Data and the Internet of things (IoT), the value of DevOps has become all too clear, breaking down the traditional barriers between Agile Development and Operations. This new interconnected world where business networks and their applications share data with, not only the increasingly connected, mobile end user, – providing products…
Have you ever wondered how DevOps can support your business? Is DevOps only an IT support tool or is it more than that? What else is DevOps good for? Although there is no agreement on the definition of DevOps, with everyone using slightly different terminology to describe it, there is a working consensus of implementation. DevOps…
The growing trend of businesses integrating the disciplines and associated processes of Agile development and IT Operations (DevOps) has resulted in an increased demand for tools suitable for DevOps, – DevOps tools suitable for Scaling DevOps for Enterprise use. So what factors should be considered when assessing DevOps Tools? First thing to mention here is that…
As those who have read our 2-part series on DevOps (click here for part 1, and here for part 2) already know, DevOps is a fairly recent IT approach that brings together the disciplines of development and operations, aligning their goals and weaving their processes together. Basically, DevOps brings the entire development-to-operations process together in one…
The relationship between Agile and DevOps has been thoroughly discussed in our two-part series on DevOps (Part 1, Part 2). By now, you know that DevOps means the integration of the entire development lifecycle with the operations approach, to incorporate post-deployment aspects and to maintain customer focus throughout the process. DevOps means that development no longer…
In Part 1 of our DevOps series (Agile Operations: The Evolution of DevOps), we traced back this fairly recent approach to its roots, identifying the factors that led to its emergence and increasing popularity, and found that DevOps has a lot to do with the Agile movement. In Part 2, we will look at some…
Even though it’s considered a buzzword that has been discussed extensively in recent years, it seems like even experts struggle with understanding the complete meaning, let alone the significance of DevOps. As the portmanteau of Development and Operations, DevOps denotes a modern approach to these converging roles (along with QA) that is commonly associated with many…
