DevOps

Continuous software delivery that unites development and operations teams for faster business results.
Metrics on a whiteboard
Value stream mapping brings the metrics you need to deliver on the promise of DevOps.
Eric Robertson
Jul 12, 2017
DevOps and value stream mapping: Why you need metrics
Measure once
Bridge building
DevOps teams should move forward with microservices projects right away. Don't wait until your application architecture is fully optimized.
Ericka Chickowski
Jul 5, 2017
Is your application architecture prepared for microservices?
Building bridges
Hotel check-in counter
If you're not checking into your master daily, you're not doing continuous integration.
Suzie Prince
Jun 29, 2017
Why you don't do continuous integration as well as you think you do
Checking in?
Racing horses
DevOps leaders don't code faster than laggards, but they release do faster and with better quality. Here are 4 reasons why.
Eran Kinsbruner
Jun 23, 2017
4 DevOps secrets that separate leaders from laggards
Winners circle
 White Paper
You know the drill. In IT today, it’s all about fast delivery of applications and updates—with no compromise in quality. Organizations demand that...
Gain Actionable Insights From Your ALM Data
 Report
The ability to deliver high-quality applications quickly is a key differentiator for firms in the age of the customer. Infrastructure and...
Accelerate Application Success With Operational Efficiency
Two cats and a sign
Open source software facilitates and speed successful DevOps implementations in the enterprise. We have the data.
Jay Lyman
Jun 16, 2017
Open source leads to DevOps success
Open for business
 White Paper
Keep at it! The most elusive DevOps activities are worth the pursuit
3 Elusive DevOps Activities Worth Pursuing
 White Paper
Security analysts are in demand. Explore the aspects of recruiting, training, and retaining your team.
Growing the Security Analyst: Hiring, Training, and Retention
Tools
In DevOps, the database is often the process bottleneck. Here are the tools that can help, and how to pick the right ones for the job.
Robert Reeves
Jun 9, 2017
Four DevOps tools every database developer should have
Bottleneck busters
Europe takes a community approach to doing DevOps in centuries-old corporate cultures.
Steve Brodie
Jun 8, 2017
DevOps Enterprise Summit London: Tales of courage and community
Time for a change
Graph drawing on whiteboard
Extreme Programing (XP) helps flatten the change curve. DevOps practices can push the boundaries further.
Rouan Wilsenach
Jun 7, 2017
5 ways to cheat the software change curve with DevOps
DevOps to the extreme
Old measuring stick
High-performing DevOps teams decisively outperform their peers. Use these metrics to make it happen.
Nicole Forsgren
Jun 6, 2017
How to use metrics, measurement to drive DevOps
Are you measuring up?
 eBook
Getting the right balance of your company’s workloads and digital resources can be tricky. Now, there’s a book that can make your next steps clear.
iSpeak Cloud: Embracing Digital Transformation
Foot on gas pedal
High-performing DevOps teams are twice as likely to achieve or exceed objectives, finds the 2017 State of DevOps report.
Jennifer Zaino
Jun 6, 2017
State of DevOps 2017: 5 key takeaways
Hit the IT accelerator
River view from a plane
Here's how Hearst uses value stream mapping workshops to build a DevOps culture in a large enterprise.
Alexa Alley
Jun 5, 2017
How value stream mapping delivered on DevOps' promise for Hearst Business Media
Go with the flow
Be brave
DevOps retrospective: Five lessons IT Ops learned at business insurer Hiscox.
Jonathan Fletcher
Jun 5, 2017
5 lessons: How DevOps, cloud reinvented IT Ops at Hiscox
Courage counts
Stacked junkyard cars
A self-service operations model helps IT operations management cope with the fast pace of DevOps
Damon Edwards
Jun 2, 2017
How IT Ops can avoid the DevOps capacity crunch
Squeeze play
Bell with leadership, excellence at Harvard
Understanding organizational change dynamics is critical for leaders engaging in a DevOps transformation. Here's how to get it right.
Steve Mayner
Jun 1, 2017
Transformational leadership: What every DevOps leader needs to know
Change is hard
Yin and yang sign in rocks formation
Even highly regulated businesses can achieve both speed and control. Here's how Barclays does DevOps.
Jonathan Smart
Jun 1, 2017
How Barclays balances speed vs. control in DevOps
Yin and yang
Calculator app and money
It's easy to estimate operating costs for software developed using a microservices architecture. John Davis shares how to do it.
John Davis
May 31, 2017
How to estimate the IT Ops cost for software before it's written
Microservices make it easy
Rolls Royce
Product management and development teams need to adopt a service mindset. Here's how to deliver.
Akshay Anand
May 31, 2017
DevOps+: How to deliver services, not just products
Mind your services
Number 30 sign on railroad tracks
Here are the most commonly cited challenges DevOps teams face in the enterprise, and how to resolve them.
Peter Eeles
May 24, 2017
30 common challenges to DevOps and how to resolve them
Through the hoops
Row of masks
Here's how to unmask problems that are killing your productivity, and how to use Kanban to help optimize your workflow.
Dominica DeGrandis
May 23, 2017
Make your team's work visible: How to unmask capacity-killing WIP
Masks off
 White Paper
Results show participants rate people and team considerations highest, but analysis suggest tech is more important to a project's success.
Technology, Processes More Important Than People in Driving Development Success
iPhone screen
Want to deliver software more frequently? Automating GUI tests is the last thing you should do.
Matthew Heusser
May 3, 2017
Is GUI test automation a recipe for continuous delivery failure?
Fuggedaboutit
People with emoji masks
Don't let user activity data go to waste. Here's how one team gathers and analyzes it for better product decisions
Yoav Weiss
Apr 26, 2017
How to leverage user feedback to improve software quality
QA's secret weapon
Lock on a pink background
Moving to DevOps?Then think about security in orchestrating your development processes. Here's how to lock down the full stack.
Robert Lemos
Apr 18, 2017
Go beyond software flaws: How to secure your entire stack
Bottom-up security
Statue of Moses holding tablet
These 10 principles for IT Operations are critical to every DevOps team's success.
Lucas Carlson
Apr 10, 2017
10 commandments of IT Ops in the DevOps era
Survival guide
7 on apartment door
Gene Kim, DevOps author and evangelist, shares his observations about successful, game-changing IT.
Stephanie Overby
Apr 7, 2017
Gene Kim's 7 secrets of DevOps success
View from the Summit
 White Paper
Learn how to adopt the right strategy for DevOps success.
DevOps Study: Cost and Quality More Important Than Speed
Line graph with coins next to it
Software projects are most successful when business value is the primary way of prioritizing flow of work. Visualization helps make it happen.
Michael Harris
Apr 6, 2017
How to demonstrate the business value of software
Visualize success
100 dollar bills
DevOps Survey: Cost of delivery the prime objective, speed of delivery is secondary for most organizations.
Ericka Chickowski
Apr 5, 2017
DevOps delivers savings and speed, so focus on strategy
What's my motivation?
 Report
Linux, and soon Windows containers, are rapidly adopted by organizations as developers seek ways to push innovation faster into production...
HPE Software Container Security POV: Are Containers Secure?
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