I used to work for IBM and it is always a bit of a kick when I’m at an IBM event. IBM was not only the greatest company I ever worked for, it was the most frustrating. It was a […]
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Change has always been relatively fast-paced in the world of IT, but part of the appeal of DevOps is that it helps organizations be even more agile. With DevOps, containers, and microservices it seems that things change almost as quickly
IT training and education struggle to keep pace with DevOps Read More »
Think about this for a second: Every day, six billion SMS messages are sent in the US, about twice the number of phone calls made and roughly 25 times the number of pieces of first class mail processed and delivered
There’s no shortage of readily available hacker tools and techniques, and stories in the news about mobile app hacks for both the iOS and Android platforms. Fortunately, security solutions providers have responded swiftly and there are many approaches that one
What approach to application hardening is right for your organization? Read More »
Dell announced the biggest technology merger in history last week with EMC, and at Dell World he was clearly excited about the results. I expect he was especially excited because he stole this deal from Meg Whitman and HP. I know
The secret hidden jewels in Dell and EMC Read More »
Developers develop and IT operations people operate the IT infrastructure. In a traditional IT environment there is a lot of friction between those two objectives. In fact, the goals of developers and IT operations often directly conflict. That’s why so
DevOps requires a seismic shift from traditional IT culture Read More »
When an organization–or even a team within the organization–chooses to embrace DevOps which department or individual is responsible for driving its success? The correct answer is “everyone”. If you place the burden or the glory for DevOps on a single
DevOps is a team sport Read More »
The connection between Dell and EMC addresses issues both companies have that neither can address as well without the other. Meg Whitman was packaging HP to sell to either EMC or Oracle. If Dell buys EMC, HP is left spurned
Dell + EMC: HP is screwed Read More »
DevOps is a hot trend that has achieved mainstream status over the last couple years. Organizations with established departments, teams, and processes, however, generally don’t have anyone or anything called “DevOps”. They have developers and IT operations teams with separate
Should Dev or Ops be responsible for driving DevOps? Read More »
Security metrics and log data don’t have much value in and of themselves. The value is derived by the questions you ask and information that you can extract from the security metrics and log data. If you have the wrong
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