The Massive DevOps Efficiency Problem No One Wants to Talk About
More people are online and engaging virtually than ever before, and it makes me wonder about the experience for the businesses on the other side of that — the ones that are actually providing these digital experiences. What are the unique challenges or opportunities they’re facing as a result of the increased engagement with their […]
The Pain of Not Doing DevOps
For planning new software projects and maintaining existing deployments, DevOps helps organizations creates stronger ties between all stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle. So it’s no surprise that DevOps is rapidly gaining popularity around the world. In the most recent Global Development Survey from Evans Data, 72% of developers reported working in a formal DevOps environment, […]
DevOps Introduction Course
DevOps and AppDynamics Need a crash course on what DevOps is, how to foster a collaborative environment, and how to measure the effectiveness? We created a DevOps course, which presents you with a series of interactive questions to test your knowledge. Having just viewed the course myself, I have to say it’s a great introduction […]
DevOps in 2015 – Beyond Basic Metrics
This article originally appeared on CodeProject.com It’s 2015, do you know how your web applications are behaving in their production environments? Maybe you’ve got some front-end analytics plugin installed with some server monitoring also configured so you can see the processor and memory utilization of your servers. The outstanding question is: Do you really know […]
Keep CALM And Embrace DevOps – Lean
Following on from my last blog posts on culture and automation, I want to move on to the next letter of the CALMS model – the letter L for Lean. Defining Lean For many, and for myself, the basis of modern Lean principles come from Toyota and the Toyota Production System. If you want to read […]
Keep CALM And Embrace DevOps – Automation
Following on from my blog post on Culture, I want to turn my attention to the next letter in the CALMS model – the letter A for Automation. If you boil down DevOps to its basics then it’s all about releasing new applications or features at speed while maintaining quality. In order to do this, […]
BizDevOps: Taking DevOps a Step Further
Traditional siloed IT organizations, which were primarily driven by strictly gated Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes and workflows, created tremendously effective controls around operating, and evolving IT systems. This operational methodology was effective when the business expected methodical change to happen via large releases of hardware and software functionality that most often were delivering […]
5 Steps to DevOps Success with Application Analytics and BizDevOps
In my last blog, I talked about how the process of BizDevOps is emerging to utilize DevOps best practices that further drive the overall business agenda and how a business transaction can be that common language for collaboration between Dev, Ops, and Biz. DevOps is an approach that improves collaboration among Dev and Ops teams […]
Keep CALM And Embrace DevOps – Culture
This is my first blog post at AppDynamics, and I have to say that it’s great to be aboard. It’s been a hectic first couple of weeks, but the energy, enthusiasm and friendliness of everyone I have met has made me very excited about 2015! AppDynamics has a market leading APM and analytics platform but it […]
APM & DevOps: How To Collaborate Effectively with the Virtual War Room
We’ve all been there: the dreaded War Room. When a critical application starts behaving badly, everyone and their uncle is on high alert, on conference bridges, chat sessions, and often physically in the same room trying to get to the bottom of the problem. And here’s how the conversation usually goes: Non-Technical Lead: “Okay, what […]