There’s a reason we so often use the word “journey” when we talk about DevOps – it is a critical aspect to a practical approach to DevOps. While we focus a lot on culture in the DevOps community, as I…
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The Role of a Traditional NOC in the new DevOps World
This new question in the DevOps.com Enterprise DevOps Q&A series comes from a large business, though not what many would recognize as a traditional or legacy enterprise. This organization, like many high-growth businesses, is in a relatively new market segment…
How DevOps Helps Grease the Gears of the Application Economy
Check out this slideshow at devops.com quoting me on How DevOps Helps Grease the Gears of the Application Economy. http://www.eweek.com/developer/slideshows/how-devops-helps-grease-the-gears-of-the-application-economy.html
Why technology alone can’t buy you a DevOps strategy – Highlight
Sarah Lysecki blogged about my keynote speech “DevOps: A Culture Transformation, More Than Technology.” at last year’s CA World. “A DevOps project can help you create a cultural change that seeps out into the organization. It might start with one…
DevOps Is Key Contributor to the Bottom Line | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps] | SYS-CON MEDIA
SysCon interviewed me about CA’s new study “DevOps: The Worst-Kept Secret to Winning in the Application Economy,” “The argument against DevOps is over. Global business and IT leaders need DevOps to transform their enterprises into application-led businesses, drive their competitiveness…
What benefits are driving DevOps adoption?
Check out this new article quoting me for Network World to support DevOps research – http://www.networkworld.com/article/2871233/opensource-subnet/what-benefits-are-driving-devops-adoption.html
15 Out-of-the-Box Predictions for IT This Year
New article quoting me on predictions for 2015 in eWeek. Out of 15 prediuctions from EMC, Microsoft, etc, I landed 3 (all connected to CA’s strategic solutions) including Passwords Give Way to Continuous Security… On the heels of a year fraught…
Impressions of DevOps in Europe
I recently had the pleasure and privilege of traveling around Europe for a series of conferences and events focused primarily on DevOps to help me understand how DevOps is faring in Europe and to see what customers and others are…
Five lessons from Europe for enterprise DevOps
Here are five top lessons that I learned from organizations about DevOps in the enterprise from my travels in Europe late last year. I recently visited Europe for the Continuous Delivery (CoDe) conference in Copenhagen, DevOps Days Berlin, and DevOps Days…
2015 Virtualization Predictions — Virtualization Review
Virtualization Review collects my predictions for 2015! So here it is: I predict 2015 is the year virtualization goes mainstream! read all of my predictions at 2015 Virtualization Predictions — Virtualization Review.
Top Skills for Enterprise
There is one question I hear almost every time I talk with my large enterprise customers about DevOps: What skills do my people need to be successful with DevOps? Talk of DevOps almost immediately focuses on culture – like having…