What to automate? Which parts of the delivery process are good candidates? Which applications will benefit from automation? At first, those sound like silly questions. Automate all your repetitive processes. If you think that you'll do the same thing manually more than once, automate it. Why would you waste your creative potential and knowledge by doing things that are much better done by scripts? Yet, an average company does not adhere to that logic. Why is that? ...
November 13, 2018
I'd love to see more security automation deeply integrated into the development process. Everybody knows since the 1990s that security as an afterthought just doesn't work, yet we keep doing it. The reason, I think, is because it's very hard to automate security ...
November 09, 2018
DEVOPSdigest asked experts from across the IT industry for their opinions on what steps in the SDLC should be automated. Part 5, the final installment, covers deployment and production ...
November 08, 2018
DEVOPSdigest asked experts from across the IT industry for their opinions on what steps in the SDLC should be automated. Part 4 is all about security ...
November 07, 2018
DEVOPSdigest asked experts from across the IT industry for their opinions on what steps in the SDLC should be automated. Part 3 covers the development environment and the infrastructure ...
November 06, 2018
DEVOPSdigest asked experts from across the IT industry for their opinions on what steps in the SDLC should be automated. Part 2 covers the coding process ...
November 05, 2018
Everyone talks about automating the software development lifecycle (SDLC) but the first question should be: What should you automate? With this question in mind, DEVOPSdigest asked experts from across the IT industry for their opinions on what steps in the SDLC should be automated. Part 1 starts with by-far the most popular recommendation: Testing ...
November 02, 2018
The Redgate State of Database DevOps Survey is the leading research on database DevOps, with around 2000 participants to date. If your organization uses SQL Server, Redgate wants to hear from you ...
October 31, 2018
Halloween is a time for all things spooky, but not when it comes to your mobile app experience. A poor experience can not only scare off your customers but keep them away for good ...
October 30, 2018
As organizations have embraced open source, they have become polyglot — using multiple programming languages and technology stacks to accomplish software and hardware related tasks. Enterprises are caught between the benefits provided by a polyglot environment and the complexities and challenges these environments bring. Ultimately, if the situation remains unchecked, polyglot will kill your enterprise ...
October 29, 2018
Factor 5 of the Twelve-Factor App relates more to processes and advises strictly separating the build and run stages. The emphasis is on identifying and separating each stage of app development, and encouraging automation between each so as to accelerate the process ...
October 25, 2018
Organizations, big and small, are investing in DevOps and Agile approaches to continuously improve the efficiency, speed, and quality of their software. They recognize that the ability to identify and respond to digital innovation opportunities more quickly than competitors will determine if a company sinks or swims.The open question is: how quickly are these approaches taking hold, and are they generating the kinds of returns organizations are expecting? ...
October 24, 2018
The Cloud Infrastructure Security and Compliance Report found that most of participants are using some form of automation for configuration, but still have to manually monitor for misconfiguration after deployment and are using substantial resources to do so. Additionally, they are overwhelmingly concerned that what they are doing isn't enough to prevent serious security incidents ...
October 22, 2018
Embracing DevOps at enterprise scale requires a seismic shift in the way an organization plans, builds, tests, releases, and manages applications. Here are four ways to ensure your enterprise DevOps transformation is a success ...
October 18, 2018
Are applications teams prepared to manage the chaos arising from an ever-growing landscape of heterogeneous deployment types? A recent survey of application and operations professionals sought to better understand how the industry is shifting and what the future of DevOps might look like. Here is what the survey uncovered ...
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