Getting started with automation is a bit like investing – high risks with potential high rewards. Most DevOps transformations are set in motion in order to get things done better; “better” often meaning getting things done quicker and cheaper. I attended the lifecycle and continuous tracks on Days 1 and 2, respectively, of the HPE …
Last week we looked at Infrastructure as Code (IaC), an emerging set of IT automation tools and practices that enable infrastructure management through a software layer. Today we will examine the impact of IaC on the business, using a “software-defined” lens to understand how this technology is a driver of change and transformation in the …
How Infrastructure as Code is used to automate operations in software delivery, allowing a shift from ITSM to DevOps. In my previous article, we looked at several examples of technologies that have become software-defined, and determined that adoption demands a significant shift in how a business organizes its value stream. We examined at some of the key concepts underscoring software-defined …
At Tasktop, we talk about Tasktop Gateway to solve a multitude of problems, but mainly it’s centered on the development and testing side of the DevOps lifecycle. So what about the IT teams who also play an integral role in software delivery? Luckily, Tasktop Gateway can help them as well. As an example, the short …
Like many of you, a number of our customers are undergoing DevOps transformations in order to decrease the time it takes for them to deliver value to their customers. While it seems like everyone is “doing DevOps” these days, there’s not really a standard definition of what that means. At Tasktop, we take the big …
At Tasktop, we’re always looking for ways to improve your application delivery efforts. This time we have engaged Forrester Research to create the Modern Application Delivery (MAD) self-assessment tool to evaluate where your organization stands now in Agile, DevOps and Lean initiatives. In just five minutes, the assessment will help you evaluate where your organization …
A common challenge we come across is that while you may want to send all data from your DevOps or Event-based tools to a database for analysis, you dont want to have all of those same events synchronized across your software lifecycle tools. Selectively syncing the events within your DevOps tools allows you to have …