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How Discovery Used Splunk to Survive Shark Week

So, in a happy turn I recently found out I had been cited by Erika Morphy over at CMSWire in her super roundup of the announcements and customer stories from the annual Splunk user group, .conf15. It was a fantastic show,…

iSpeak™ DevOps: Top 5 Implementation Mistakes to Avoid

Have I mentioned that Jeanne Morain, my co-author on ‘Visual Ops – Private Cloud‘ (see side bar to the right), is one of the best people I know in tech, or maybe ever? Well, you should know that, because then it…

The Digital Disconnect with @AndiMann By @MadGreek65 | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps] | SYS-CON MEDIA

Check out my guest appearance on  Mike Kavis, a key influencer in the DevOps space podcast. We discuss the “digital disconnect”, a gap between the expectations of business leaders and the ability of IT leaders to deliver, and how DevOps…

IT Leaders Prepare for Next Wave of Smarter and Smaller Connected Devices

Chatted with Hunter Muller at HMG Strategy about the Next Wave of Smarter and Smaller Connected devices. “We’ve all heard or read about the Internet of Things. But what excites me more is the Internet of Cars. Automakers are placing…

Seven Reasons Your Cloud Deployment Might be Delayed – Datamation

I was recently interviewed by Andy Patrizio over at Datamation.com for his article on Seven Reasons Your Cloud Deployment Might be Delayed. Another industry expert weighed in. “It does spread the cost of infrastructure, which makes it very attractive to…

The Ultimate Endpoint of Enterprise on DevOps.com

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…

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