Sep
3,
2019
Infrastructure as Code – Lessons learned from Dev to Ops
The craft of software application development has developed continuously over the last thirty years. In comparison, Infrastructure as Code development (IaC) is still in its infancy. In her session at DevOps Conference 2019, Emma Button reports on the most important events as an application developer and shows how the growth...
Jul
9,
2019
Do We Need a Service Mesh?
Over the past year, service mesh has come to the fore as a crucial component of the cloud native stack. Giants like Ticketmaster and PayPal have all added a service mesh to their production applications. But what is a service mesh, exactly? Is it even relevant? And why?
Jun
26,
2019
The last mile for DevOps
Some DevOps transformations flourish, but many others are stalling. Why is that? In his Keynote at the DevOpsCon 2019 in Berlin, Damon Edwards makes the case that Operations is the most predictable differentiator.
Feb
20,
2019
Expert Check: 10 Years of DevOps – Present, past, future
In the past 10 years and since its initial conception, DevOps has become a cornerstone aspect for company culture and the developer community. While DevOps is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, our experts are taking a step back and looking at its evolution so far and what awaits it...
Jan
9,
2019
Staying Alive: Patterns for failure management
Training for technical diving prepares you for situations in a high pressure environment where failures are unavoidable but also highly dangerous. It means surviving in a hostile environment with limited resources where the failure of individual components can trigger deadly failure cascades. A diver who can’t understand how to do...
Nov
22,
2018
Go 1.11: What the new modules in Go are all about
Go packages don't have versions or dependencies. At least, not yet. With Go 1.11 and its experimental support for versioned Go modules, this is changing. Go 1.11 brings native support for versions and modules in Go as a fixed component to the Go toolchain. The modules are meant to replace...
Oct
17,
2018
Beyond Cloud: Public Cloud, yes or no?
"Public Cloud: yes or no?" - a question radically outpaced by the train of technology. More and more companies are looking into the advantages and disadvantages of a public cloud infrastructure. There is no doubt that the public cloud has its advantages. Its elasticity, high vertical integration, and global distribution...
Jul
30,
2018
From DevOps to DevQOps: The Evolution of Quality
DevOps has become a part of good business etiquette for modern companies. Still, companies can achieve an optimal performance, if they integrate these methods with a maximum quality. What we need now isn’t just DevOps but “DevQOps”.
Jul
4,
2018
DevOps becomes BizDevOps
The full advantage of DevOps can only be achieved if development and operations work together with the specialist departments and management on a value adding product. Or to put more radical: The topic is no longer called DevOps, but BizDevOps. The integration of business and DevOps changes the cooperation, organization,...
Jul
24,
2017
The 4 roles of DevOps leadership
There’s no magic wand to make a company become better at DevOps. Leadership from management is necessary. In this article, Anton Weiss goes over the history of DevOps, what makes a good leader, and how managers can lead their teams towards a better and brighter DevOps future.