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Here’s something to think about: Despite the fact that IBM stopped manufacturing personal computers in 2005, deciding instead to focus on higher margin business services, the company continues to produce mainframes and by all estimates will continue manufacturing them well into the future. The question is, why? The answer: because there is still significant demand […] The post Mainframes: The Cloud Before the Cloud appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2GLdScL

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Dell Technologies this week launched a series of initiatives intended to provide IT organizations with multiple deployment options for Dell EMC appliances and servers, including forthcoming managed service offering through which Dell will manage private cloud platforms based on VMware software on behalf of customers. Announced at the Dell Technologies World 2019 conference, Dell EMC […] The post Dell Technologies Drives Automation Deeper into Platforms appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2ZL7JpL

Over 30 of the world’s leading healthcare organizations—like Delta Dental of Michigan, Molina Healthcare, Alberta Blue Cross, and Trifecta—use Delphix solutions to accelerate innovation, drive growth in this $10 trillion market. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 2019:  Delphix, the company helping enterprises accelerate innovation through DataOps, today announced a major milestone for the company with […] The post Leading Healthcare Insurers and Providers Leverage Delphix To Accelerate Innovation In An Age Where Data Is New Healthcare Currency appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2USXHPX

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Advancements to API Services deliver state-of-the-art compatibility with third-party technologies in the Spring ’19 release of Talend Data Fabric Redwood City, CA – April 30, 2019 – Talend (NASDAQ: TLND), a global leader in cloud data integration and data integrity, today announced support for OpenAPI specification (OAS) version 3.0 as part of its Spring ’19 release of Talend Data […] The post Talend Leads Innovation for OpenAPI Visual Design Support appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2LdK6Tq

Calls for accessibility and inclusion are a defining characteristic of current times. Persons with disabilities (PwD), including vision, hearing, cognitive and physical impairments and others, are demanding equal access to virtually all public services and forums they interact with, from transportation to banking and self-service terminals in airports—and increasingly, digital (web and mobile) services. Ensuring […] The post Embedding Accessibility into the DevOps Process appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2PACycd

DevOps’ ultimate aim is to create efficiencies in the software delivery process. But it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes DevOps initiatives lead to mistakes—something we lovingly call “DevOoops.” CloudBees recently polled some colleagues and came up with five examples of a DevOoops in action. Following is a discussion submitted by Carlos Sanchez, principal […] The post ‘DevOoops’ Moves: Unforeseen Lock-Outs appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2Vy0fXX

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2ZIV8n1

At the Dell Technologies World conference, VMware today announced it will make available an instance of its managed cloud platform on appliances from Dell EMC in the second half of this year. VMware Cloud for Dell EMC is a turnkey platform that combines VMware compute, storage and networking software in a single offering managed and […] The post VMware Drops Managed Cloud on Dell EMC Appliances appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2Lelo5t

By LIN QIQING and RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2GIo0D7

At the Open Infrastructure Summit conference, Mirantis today unfurled a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application through which IT administrators can employ modeling tools to configure private clouds based on either OpenStack or Kubernetes. Boris Renski, chief marketing officer for Mirantis, said rather than having to manually configure a private cloud for an on-premises IT environment using YAML […] The post Mirantis Adds Modeling Tool to Configure Private Cloud appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2J4ebCy

According to the 2019 StackOverflow survey completed by 90,000 developers around the world, whether you are already a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) or thinking about becoming one, looks like you are onto something. SREs, also called DevOps specialists, are a pretty unique type of talent; one that has knowledge in both software development and system […] The post SREs: The Happiest – and Highest Paid – in the Industry appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2GKH3wL

“We’re NoOps—everything is in the cloud and we have no infrastructure to manage.” Before running that victory lap and shifting everyone to the dev side, consider several NoOps risks carefully. I’m really thinking about teams using all-SaaS stacks, especially in martech, edtech and other areas. However, the rise in microservices and serverless means more teams […] The post Keeping NoOps from Going Rogue appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2INM4bq

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By MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2XSoFZS

By JACK NICAS from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2XSXxK9

By TESS RISKI, NATASHA SINGER and KATIE THOMAS from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2XO3iZC

By ERIN GRIFFITH and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2ZDQVRC

By ERIN GRIFFITH and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2IJmyUr

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By KATE CONGER and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UYyl7R

In this DevOps Chat, Jonathan Fries, VP of Engineering and Digital Transformation at Exadel, tells us about the new Innovation Lab by Exadel—a place for organizations to accelerate their transformation. We also talk about the state of IT in general from his perch at Exadel, a company with 20 years of empowering IT. You can […] The post DevOps Chat: Digital Transformation with Exadel’s Jonathan Fries appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2UChHWM

The annual DevOps gathering and JFrog user conference, swampUP 2019, is going to be here before we know it. It’s happening June 17-19 in San Francisco, providing easy access for everyone (it’s just 30 minutes away from SFO airport). What’s swampUP? For the thriving DevOps community, swampUP is the must-attend event where developers, engineers and […] The post Guess Who’s Coming to JFrog swampUP? appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2Vq8AwF

The main motivation behind inventing DevOps platform was to help close collaboration between developers and IT operations. Basically, DevOps emerged as a great platform to bring closer together developers and beneficiaries of the app development process. DevOps initiates a cross-disciplinary practice spanning across development and operations. The ultimate benefit of the DevOps approach is removing […] The post Different Organizations, Different DevOps Outcomes appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2GBtnnL

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2VqjR06

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By CECILIA KANG and ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UXhanl

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Partnership combines advanced application delivery with an intelligent CDN and browser-level control to optimize web experiences from the origin to the browser PALO ALTO, Calif. – April 25, 2019 – Instart, the company helping leading brands around the world deliver amazing web experiences, today announced its partnership with F5 to deliver improved performance and complete […] The post Instart and F5 partner to deliver customers end-to-end reliability, performance, and control to enable exceptional web experiences appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2vjWbMl

ATLANTA, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — CollabNet VersionOne (www.collabnet.com), a global leader in Enterprise Value Stream Management, Agile management, Git version control and DevOps, is a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools for the seventh consecutive year. This MQ evaluates solutions that enable organizations to benefit from Agile practices at scale and notes the […] The post CollabNet VersionOne a Leader in Gartner’s MQ for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2UHcSva

By TIFFANY HSU and IAN AUSTEN from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UXm9EA

Singapore, April 25, 2019 – Archanan Pte. Ltd., the premier provider of cloud-based development environments that help optimize large scale code development workflows through administering personal Integrated Development Environments that emulate an organization’s production system, virtualized in a cloud, today announced the launch of its beta program. The launch of the Archanan beta program makes […] The post Archanan Announces Beta Launch of the Archanan Development Cloud, a Cloud-Based Developer Platform for Building and Testing Code at Scale appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2UE9Is8

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2L2WCFz

“There can be only one”    ~ Duncan McCloud, Highlander They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Often it is absolutely true. But stealing, ripping off and/or trying to trade on the name of others crosses the line between right and wrong, legal and illegal. As a co-founder of the true, one and […] The post DevOps Institute Brandjacking: When Imitation is Not the Sincerest Form of Flattery appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2IG0L08

Data analytics is about to become a whole lot easier. Google’s annual Google Cloud Next conference brought plenty of new announcements and innovations. But the search giant’s focus on data has stolen the show. Partners of the tech titan such as Fivetran, DataStax and Hammerspace are bringing unprecedented data capabilities to the Google Cloud Platform […] The post The Biggest News from Google Cloud Next ’19? Better Capabilities for Big Data appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2IVC7HY

In the era of cloud-based architectures, companies have implemented multiple cloud platforms but have yet to reap the full benefits. Whether it’s Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure—or some combination thereof—a recent Forrester study found that nearly 86% of enterprises have incorporated a multi-cloud strategy. Not only does this strategy take companies […] The post The Key to Multi-Cloud Success appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2IHdmjA

By KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2Zw6o65

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At the SauceCon 2019 conference, Sauce Labs today revealed it has acquired Screener to add a visual testing tool to its portfolio of automated testing tools. Lubos Parobek, vice president of product for Sauce Labs, said the addition of Screener will make it possible for DevOps teams to not only test functions and performance using […] The post Sauce Labs Acquires Screener Visual Testing Tool appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2GElrDk

By PAMELA PAUL from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2UU0SeX

By PAUL MOZUR, JONAH M. KESSEL and MELISSA CHAN from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2ZwVUmP

DevOps, by design, works quickly and accomplishes deadline-driven projects rapidly. With a high amount of project turnover, visibility into key operational data is easy to mismanage and can lead to simple mistakes, lack of optimization and organizational misalignment. To examine the effect of DevOps visibility, SmartDraw commissioned the “2019 DevOps Visibility Report.” The results were […] The post How to Improve DevOps Visibility appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2Zs5He0

The tech landscape has fundamentally changed over the last decade. The steady migration from local data centers to cloud computing combined with the advent of DevOps and the rise of containers have taken what was a more or less contained and relatively stable environment and transformed it into a dynamic, constantly shifting ecosystem. At the […] The post The Challenge of Securing a Dynamic, Cloud-Based DevOps Environment appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2XJ1tgz

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By MIHIR ZAVERI from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2Gw25PD

As Chief Product Officer, Scallan is tasked with keeping his finger on the pulse of the market and his foot on the pedal of momentum Santa Clara, Calif. – April 23, 2019 – Plutora, leading provider of value stream management solutions for enterprise IT, today announced the appointment of Todd Scallan as the company’s chief […] The post Todd Scallan Joins Plutora Determined to Launch Company to New Levels of Growth appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2PmA0y0

I had the pleasure recently of attending my first Insight IGNITE event, which was held at the ION Adventure Hotel in enchanting Iceland. It was also my first trip to Iceland. These two new experiences combined to deliver an excellent learning and networking experience, resulting in me realizing more than several new insights (pun intended) […] The post Insight IGNITE: DevOps, Cloud and Cyber From Iceland With Love appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2XDIUdI

Fresh off raising an additional $60 million in funding, Harness plans to make more investments in machine learning algorithms to advance continuous delivery through automation. Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal said the startup, which he co-founded with Rishi Singh, a former DevOps platform architect at Apple, is now in a position to invest more aggressively in […] The post Harness Invests in Automating Continuous Delivery appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2GDJNxe

In less than a decade, DevOps has become a buzzword of the IT industry, and enterprises are already reaping its benefits. But the implementation part still remains a question for many firms, considering the key mistakes that many organizations report in their very approach to DevOps. Most firms are also unsure about what outcomes they […] The post 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Chasing DevOps Transformation appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2GBWJn2

As enterprises strive to digitize their organizations, whether it’s digitally transforming aspects of sales and marketing, customer interactions or supply chain, they’re undergoing a wholesale revamp of traditional businesses into digital business models. While some companies are just getting started, as we covered earlier this month in Digital Transformation: Coming from Behind, the bulk of […] The post Digital Transformation: Measuring What Matters appeared first on DevOps.com . from DevOps.com http://bit.ly/2Ppe31u

By NATHANIEL POPPER from NYT Technology https://nyti.ms/2ILtH65

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