IT Ops Implications of Continuous Delivery
Look to the continuous deployment resource center for expert advice and news to help IT teams manage the flow of application releases with developers, as well as case studies of DevOps adopters using CI/CD, outage prevention, tool news and more.
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News
11 Feb 2022
Observability data finds its way into BizDevOps
The digitize-or-die catalyst of the COVID-19 pandemic forced enterprises toward BizDevOps, and IT observability data has begun to inform cooperation with business users. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2022
Product mindset to steer DevOps platform, ITSM M&A in 2022
ITSM tools, DevOps platforms and value stream management are converging amid an enterprise move away from IT projects and toward a strategic product mindset. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 May 2019
The DevOps paradigm shift: Avoid obsolescence in IT
DevOps is an appealing paradigm shift in IT, part and parcel with app componentization and containers. But despite the hype, IT pros still face a few hurdles to actual implementation. Continue Reading
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News
18 Apr 2019
CloudBees' acquisition of Electric Cloud broadens focus
CloudBees folds in Electric Cloud and pledges to broaden its focus beyond Jenkins, while customers wait and see how that might impact long-term roadmap plans. Continue Reading
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News
12 Apr 2019
Opsgenie integrations expand under Atlassian
Opsgenie's induction into the Atlassian fold reflects a trend of incident management tools' absorption into broader DevOps platforms, but not every user prefers a one-stop shop. Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2019
Cloud Foundry PaaS undergoes seismic shifts as IT evolves
Cloud Foundry undergoes drastic changes as infrastructure automation technology develops, to the point where some industry experts see more erosion than evolution. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Apr 2019
Build up a DevSecOps pipeline for fast and safe code delivery
It's all well and good to automate the software build process, but without proper security practices in place, the DevOps pipeline can lead developers to deploy compromised code. Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2019
Users forge ahead with Cloud Foundry-Kubernetes integration
Complementary roles for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes are clear to IT pros, and the community plans to knit the two more closely together with the Eirini project. Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2019
Google SREs test the limits of infrastructure automation
Google SRE veterans spoke publicly about infrastructure automation work, its future and its limitations. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2019
Prepare for ITIL framework updates in version 4
The much-anticipated release of ITIL v4 not only changes the framework's certification structure, but emphasizes many modern software development and IT service delivery practices. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2019
Evaluate the COBIT framework 2019 update
ITSM frameworks must adapt as IT changes swiftly or risk stagnation. COBIT ended its six-year silence with its 2019 update. Get an overview of the new information and how to use COBIT. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2019
Site reliability engineer shift creates IT ops dilemma
Aspiring SREs find it hard to move away from tactical tasks to focus on strategic projects. Veteran SREs say the path to less toil begins with prioritization and automation. Continue Reading
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News
15 Mar 2019
DevSecOps shift begins, but remains a work in progress
DevOps security has shifted left, but IT pros disagree on just how far into application design and away from infrastructure security practices will go. Continue Reading
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News
15 Mar 2019
DevOps security tools 'shift left' into CI/CD pipelines
DevOps security remains a work in progress, but many enterprise IT shops already plug collaboration points for IT security and operations pros directly into the app development pipeline. Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2019
Release automation tools link legacy, modern app management
Release automation tools will evolve in 2019 to embrace advanced application development and infrastructure automation techniques. Continue Reading
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News
28 Feb 2019
Istio security drives Auto Trader UK move to GKE
The U.K.'s largest online automotive marketplace put Istio security features in place before it adopted containers and GKE, rather than the other way around. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2019
Mainframe DevOps forces platform reckoning for enterprises
DevOps has reached the mainframe world, where a few enterprise 'unicorns' have blazed a trail with new tools for the rest of the IT industry. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Feb 2019
How Jenkins X updates this CI/CD tool for the cloud, Kubernetes
Jenkins wasn't built for the cloud or Kubernetes, but that's not so for Jenkins X. Here's how users can keep their favorite CI/CD tool to build modern cloud apps and work with containers. Continue Reading
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Tip
07 Feb 2019
Evaluate the Mesos architecture for massive container deployments
In addition to supporting large-scale IT deployments, Mesos takes a unique approach to data center and cloud resource pools that can benefit both containerized and noncontainerized apps. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jan 2019
Database DevOps tools ease app deployment at insurance firm
Colonial Life brought its SQL-based enrollment app into the DevOps fold with a tool from Datical to replace its faulty manual update process. Continue Reading
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Guide
24 Oct 2018
An introduction to containers and orchestration for IT admins
Given containers' radical effect on provisioning, resource planning and portability, an IT team's container education should begin well before the first one spins up on a host OS. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
Netflix Spinnaker pipelines tighten bond with Kubernetes
The Netflix- and Google-led Spinnaker continuous deployment software project has added enterprise appeal with revamped Kubernetes integration. Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
SRE model requires technical, organizational optimization skills
Practitioners categorize SRE job descriptions two ways -- by distributed systems architecture design that evolves rapidly, and also by the ability to optimize human workflows. Continue Reading
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Tip
15 Oct 2018
Strive for real-world technical debt management in DevOps orgs
Technical debt is a bit like the kitchen junk drawer: It's cobbled-together, useful stuff that just needed to go somewhere. But the longer you wait to sort it out, the worse it gets. Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2018
Users mull Ansible Tower features' config management controls
Ansible users know their way around a CLI, but some envision an all-inclusive IT automation platform based on the Ansible Tower management console UI and features. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
02 Oct 2018
Compare Go vs. Python for infrastructure programming
Both code languages get the infrastructure-as-code job done, but each from a different angle. This comparison tutorial puts their similarities and differences center stage. Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2018
CloudBees sets a path to Cloud Native Jenkins
CloudBees advanced its core CI/CD platform to broaden developers' options to create apps and access additional services in the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Sep 2018
Is 'Continuous Delivery with Docker and Jenkins' right for you?
If your IT organization is ready to bring DevOps from mindset to tool set, containers and CI/CD are probably on the agenda. See what you'll learn from Rafal Leszko's book on Docker and Jenkins to advance a pipeline project. Continue Reading
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News
20 Sep 2018
Jenkins on Kubernetes is promising, but integration needs work
Jenkins and Kubernetes are a natural fit for automated application development and delivery, and the open source community has plans to improve how Jenkins runs on containers. Continue Reading
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News
19 Sep 2018
CloudBees Core sets its sights beyond enterprise Jenkins
CloudBees and its competitors vie to offer the visibility and data-driven performance measurement into CI/CD processes that enterprises need to strive for better DevOps governance. Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2018
DevOps security takes on the dark side of digital transformation
Without better organizational discipline, digital businesses are at risk for massively disruptive data breaches and attacks. Can DevSecOps transform IT in time to avert disaster? Continue Reading
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Guide
05 Sep 2018
Rev up IT with continuous delivery and DevOps
IT operations is on the software team with continuous delivery, continuous deployment and DevOps. Done right, the collaboration in tools and culture produces better software faster than previous methodologies. Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2018
Atlassian shops size up OpsGenie buy, Jira for incident management
Atlassian snapped up OpsGenie and rolled out Jira Ops as part of a shift in focus to IT incident management. Users will follow the strategy cautiously. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Aug 2018
Adopt these continuous delivery principles organization-wide
Follow these principles to advocate for, adopt and adapt continuous delivery. The work won't always be easy, but well-conceived continuous delivery pays off for everyone involved. Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2018
Enterprise IT struggles with DevOps for mainframe
Mainframe automation tools are nascent, and many mainframe experts are reluctant to embrace DevOps. But large enterprises must address legacy platforms to realize app delivery goals. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2018
Google Cloud Build puts GCP spin on cloud CI/CD
Enterprise DevOps shops have yet another cloud CI/CD choice, as well as additional options for managed Kubernetes, function as a service and service mesh. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Jul 2018
Climb the five steps of a continuous delivery maturity model
The continuous delivery maturity model lays out the five increasingly intense -- and capable -- levels of the process. Know where to start and when to progress. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2018
Insurer accelerates DevOps test data refreshes with Actifio
Data-intensive applications can hobble DevOps velocity, but one IT team makes fresh test data available to its developers with a tool that makes rapid copies of large data stores. Continue Reading
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Answer
23 Jul 2018
Why is Docker's container approach so important?
The name has become synonymous with containers, but there are other container management tools available. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2018
Database DevOps tools bring stateful apps up to modern speed
Database DevOps is no longer a contradiction in terms, as enterprises roll out database management and persistent storage software that makes stateful apps more flexible. Continue Reading
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Guide
26 Jun 2018
Simplify the production deployment process with these tips
DevOps shops emphasize production-ready code, which doesn't cause a stir when it moves from dev to test to prod. Experts share how to deploy top-notch code swiftly and accurately. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jun 2018
Kubernetes books put container deployments on the right track
Whether you're tasked to set up and manage or deploy applications with Kubernetes, these books offer guidance and support. Co-author Brendan Burns shares insights from the texts. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Jun 2018
Cisco roadmap plots course through clouds to DevOps future
From a Google Cloud partnership to API-based network data integration, Cisco showcased application hosting flexibility and DevOps process flows in its product plans at its annual conference. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jun 2018
IT pros weigh Git version control against the competition
You won't get far today without version control to safely iterate on application code. But is Git -- or one of the many commercial products based on Git -- right for your team? Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2018
Reflect adds color to Puppet DevOps tools
Puppet plans to add data visualization and analysis to spruce up its DevOps tools now that it has acquired Reflect, but it's still playing catch-up in a crowded, noisy market. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jun 2018
DevOps shops weigh risks of Microsoft-GitHub acquisition
An online outcry about Microsoft's GitHub acquisition seems overblown to enterprise DevOps pros, but that doesn't mean there's no cause for concerns. Continue Reading
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News
04 Jun 2018
Microsoft-GitHub acquisition shakes up DevOps market
Microsoft's $7.5 billion blockbuster deal for GitHub is a sea change for the IT market, as an enterprise software bellwether with legacy baggage snaps up an open source DevOps darling. Continue Reading
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Answer
01 Jun 2018
What is the best DevOps tool for my career?
I have no prior knowledge on DevOps. I'm doing an online course and understand Unix. I get the concepts, so what tool should I concentrate on learning to advance my DevOps career? Continue Reading
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Feature
09 May 2018
Which IT security roles fall to the ops team?
To help secure data and applications, an IT ops team needs to do much more than put up firewalls and apply other traditional security measures. Here's where to begin. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Apr 2018
A proper DevOps feedback loop includes business leaders
What the modern IT organization needs isn't DevOps -- it's BizDevOps. IT exists to serve the business, but that relationship must be fully reciprocal. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Apr 2018
Become an infrastructure developer to get code to production faster
Wondering where to take your IT career in a future that is increasingly software-defined? Learn the role of an infrastructure developer from one expert with experience in the field. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Mar 2018
Get the most out of continuous testing with Jenkins
With dev cycles shrinking all the time, Jenkins' compatibility continues to evolve. Set up Jenkins for effective CI/CD with quality plug-ins that enable continuous testing. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 Mar 2018
Integrate DevOps and containers with simple tool adjustments
Organizations with an established DevOps pipeline can migrate from VMs to containers without tossing out the entire toolstack. Focus on these steps to enable containers in production. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Feb 2018
Help ops to begin a DevOps implementation the right way
DevOps can be difficult to get right, even with lots of experience. For those forging ahead for the first time, however, the hurdles can seem enormous. Stephen Bigelow explains. Continue Reading
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News
16 Feb 2018
Enterprises identify 10 essential DevOps tools
Products branded with DevOps are everywhere, and the list of options grows every day, but the best DevOps tools are already well-known among enterprise IT pros. Continue Reading
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Guide
07 Feb 2018
Explore Ansible for DevOps configuration management
The configuration management tool is adept at managing workloads across different infrastructure environments. This Ansible overview preps admins to automate apps and infrastructure. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2018
AI apps demand DevOps infrastructure automation
Businesses look to AI apps to gain a competitive edge, but IT teams must make rapid application changes through a DevOps process and embrace infrastructure automation. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2018
Jenkins pipeline as code example demonstrates DevOps coordination
Ellucian, which makes software for colleges and universities, offers a pipeline as code example that unifies the release process for multiple generations of apps and brings IT security into the DevOps fold. Continue Reading
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Opinion
10 Jan 2018
The ITIL 2018 update better catch up to modern IT
When ITIL last updated, DevOps was in its infancy. In the face of rapidly evolving IT practices and technologies, ITIL 2018 must be powerful and usable for diverse IT organizations. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jan 2018
IT ops pros predict routes to DevOps efficiency in 2018
Operations admins have a lot on their plates already, and they'll pile on more in 2018. These IT pros and analysts share what's coming and how to handle it. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Jan 2018
Evaluate ChatOps tools and bots for the right fit
ChatOps is still a niche in IT operations and DevOps shops, but organizations that have set it up love it. That means you should join the fun and give it a try. Here's what you need to know about ChatOps tools. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Oct 2017
To build or to buy? That is the DevOps toolchain question
An organization should assess its strengths and weaknesses before choosing a DevOps toolchain. A pre-made pipeline is simpler than individually collected tools, but it sacrifices flexibility. Continue Reading
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Guide
28 Sep 2017
Learn DevOps techniques in a home lab
Not allowed to put work projects on GitHub? Want to run containers even though your company is still virtualizing servers? Get ahead with techniques and tools in a DevOps home lab. Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2017
HashiCorp DevOps tools add Sentinel for IT policy management
As DevSecOps grows, policy as code will take over where infrastructure as code left off through new tools such as HashiCorp Sentinel. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Sep 2017
Persistent data storage in containerized environments
The most significant challenge to the rise of containerized applications is quickly and easily providing enterprise-class persistent storage for containers. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 May 2017
Deploy patches safely and sanely in a CI/CD workflow
Enterprises engaged in a CI/CD workflow must patch systems and apps strategically. There are multiple technologies to consider, including immutable infrastructure and automation. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 May 2017
Log management systems benefit greatly from AI
Organizations with massive volumes of IT operational data need log management tools that can quickly and adeptly process it. AI embedded into tools might be the answer. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Apr 2017
DevOps lab: Build Vagrant VMs to learn immutable infrastructure
This article is part of a series to help IT ops professionals learn DevOps by building a home lab. In this first step, a cluster of Vagrant VMs represents immutable infrastructure. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Apr 2017
Learn DevOps techniques and tools in this home lab setup
This DevOps lab uses Linux VMs and Docker containers to teach administrators the basics of immutable infrastructure, configuration automation and other modern IT concepts. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Jan 2017
Automated deployment tools mitigate the risk of human error in DevOps
There are dozens of application and infrastructure automation tools for IT shops. Choosing the right one requires project and feature evaluation. Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Jan 2017
Real-life change management examples prove it's harder than it looks
Whether your IT shop rigorously follows a service management framework or takes a laissez-faire approach to changes, these examples help hone change management procedures. Continue Reading
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Tip
16 Dec 2016
Idempotent configuration management sets things right -- no matter what
Idempotency ensures a system won't stray from its designated desired state, sending alerts to systems administrators if a requested change would cause a disruption. Continue Reading
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Guide
27 Oct 2016
2017 Modern Infrastructure Impact Awards
The 2017 MI Impact Awards recognize the top products, technologies and services in seven categories. Here are the finalists that made the cut. Continue Reading
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Guide
26 Oct 2016
Use these DevOps examples to reimagine an IT organization
These before and after DevOps adoption stories from real IT organizations yield insights into processes and tools, metrics for success and mistakes made. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
20 Oct 2016
DevOps capabilities vary widely by industry vertical
DevOps isn't the same from one IT shop to another, let alone from healthcare to retail IT. Some verticals rise higher than others when it comes to agility and communication. Continue Reading
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Tip
13 Sep 2016
Improve application rollout planning with advanced options
Enterprise IT teams have several advanced options for deploying application updates. The right one depends on what makes the most sense for the business, available IT infrastructure and your confidence in the update. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jul 2016
A continuous delivery model right on time
With continuous delivery, good enough makes things better for business. Changing to this delivery model doesn't alleviate all app problems, but the right implementation means fewer of them. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
01 Jul 2016
Modern open source systems management
The open source sector abounds with configuration management, monitoring and analytics, CI/CD tools and more to arm IT teams against failure in complex apps and infrastructure. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2016
DevOps automation boosts Rosetta Stone's app delivery
The language learning company uses multiple tools to make its DevOps environment run smoothly, but Docker has been the key to streamlining application releases. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Jun 2016
Create a cloud development environment for on-premises apps
With built-in tools from many of the mature public cloud services and a well-planned deployment strategy, IT teams can -- and should -- move test/dev to public cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Oct 2015
Container technology's role in storage
Containers are somewhat limited in scope and scale so the next logical step for the technology is dealing with storage. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Feb 2015
Three apps in which Docker containers really shine
Docker containers offer a variety of benefits. But apply the software to these three application types to get the biggest bang for your buck. Continue Reading
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Answer
09 Sep 2014
What do you need to roll out application containerization?
Containers have a significant following these days, thanks to Docker. Find out how containers can help and what you need to get started. Continue Reading
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Podcast
30 Jun 2014
Docker 1.0 the beginning of the end for virtualization?
Docker continues to steal the cloud spotlight with its latest lightweight release, but what does it mean for the future of heavyweight virtualization? Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Jun 2014
Two critical components of DevOps success
DevOps appears to be the right track for enterprise IT, but it’s a big change in the way things work and won't succeed without these two critical components. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 May 2014
DevOps overhauls app dev scripts
Applications don't run in a vacuum. Operations -- the last step of app development and maintenance -- actually belongs in every stage of the cycle. Continue Reading