DevOps has eased the software delivery process by bridging gaps between the different teams in the process chain. While this has turned as a major advantage for IT firms, there is another important solution that can empower your DevOps cycle and help you realize the DevOps potential. That is "Containerization," the technology solution that emerged out of dire need for fast-paced application delivery. But applying containerization in a DevOps environment successfully requires understanding of some key priorities ...

You often hear that data is the new oil. This valuable, ever-changing commodity has begun to play a starring role in many cloud-native applications. Yet, according to a number of DevOps teams, data issues continue to plague their efforts to continuously integrate, test and deploy frequent software releases ...

DevSecOps has shown the IT industry an effective way to deal with security issues in DevOps lifecycle. But successful security integration into DevOps pipelines through DevSecOps requires adoption of certain tools, resources and practices that can unite Dev, Ops and Security teams under the ambit of DevSecOps culture. Here are 6 best practices for successful DevSecOps implementation ...

The current tech-driven economy is evolving at a rapid rate because of multiple innovations and experiments happening in the IT landscape. Tech tools and powerful digital platforms have become a bare minimum need for any business irrespective of the industry in which its functioning. The massive evolution has impacted the way in which techpreneurs used to operate earlier and the age old rules have been completely revised to be in sync with the new dynamic environment ...

As organizations seek to better embed security into DevOps and Agile software development, they're going to need to find better ways of scaling security knowledge across cross-functional teams. From developers to DevOps engineers to site reliability specialists to database professionals, everyone needs to understand how security considerations impact the risk of the overall IT ecosystem they operate within, and how these security concerns should shape the work they do day in and out. Here are five ways to accomplish that ...

DevOps can shape the way teams work in a powerful way. It requires total collaboration and efficiency, and that can mean a lot of changes and tweaks to the way certain teams currently work. For example, how does the culture of DevOps change the behaviors and processes of the average QA team? Let's look at how QA Leads, QA Managers, and QA engineers themselves can leverage the DevOps mentality to increase the quality and fast-track the deployment of each release ...

EMA analysts teamed up to explore DevOps realities from multiple dimensions. One of the primary goals was to learn what's true beyond the hype in terms of how DevOps initiatives succeed or fail, who's really involved and why, what activities, best practices, toolsets and technologies are most likely to bring success, and what are the impacts of trends such as cloud, microservices, digital and transformation. We learned a great deal and look forward to sharing many of the highlights with you ...