DevOps is Nothing More Than Marketing Hype
Hi Rob,DevOps, to those that have been around long enough, is nothing more than a marketing label that has been used in attempt to rebrand and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The reality is that...
View ArticleDevOps is new and helpful
Frank, I've got enough white in my beard to be as cynical as anyone else. But my reading of DevOps is that it is a genuinely new contribution to the profession, not just same old same old. First, we...
View ArticleDevOps implementation
PS I took a stab at a systems architecture for a mature DevOps/Release Management use case here.Also, Jez's comment on change vs. stability was on another thread, here. Charles T....
View ArticleDevops is not about the marketing
Frank, all, I beg to differ. I've had the luck of being there from the beginning of devops; and no marketing scheme is behind it. It's a community driven effort not vendor driven. Of course there are...
View ArticleDevOps... Not new concepts
Hi Charles,Let's start with your request that I read "Humble and Farley's "Continuous Delivery." I have. I am also very familier with Martin Fowler's "Continuous Integration." First, let me say that I...
View ArticleDevOps is Not New
Hi Patrick,When you write that you've "had the luck of being there from the beginning of DevOps," do you mean:1) The beginning of such best practices, decades ago, long before they were coined with...
View Articleorigin of devops
Frank, I am responsible (for good and bad)for the term devops. It was a result of the first devopsdays in Ghent inspired by a lot of ongoing ideas circulating around it. There were no companies, no...
View ArticleProto-devops movement?
Frank,Your statements are at such variance with both my experience and so many stories I hear I don't know what to say. I spent time at a number of Fortune 500 shops as well as at Accenture, as an...
View ArticleDevOps
Hi Patrick,It's a pleasure to meet you, even if only in virtual space.I get what you're doing and I'm all for it. The industry needs as many people as possible who work, genuinely, for its constant...
View ArticleITIL : OPS :: CISSP : Security
I know automation has been around for 10+ years. The reality is however, until recently there has not been a critical mass of engaged developers or systems engineers participating in those efforts. And...
View Articleit's called service management
It's just possible that what you say is true and ITIL doesn't scale down well. But I think you're wrong. The success of FITS in schools, and the success I've had with ITIL in SMBs, both tell me your...
View Articleregarding service management reply
I'll grant your right to disagree, and certainly you make some very good points. However, I feel you need to let go of "cloud" the term. It was never a very good term. And the reason I say that, is...
View Articleexciting business results
I never focus on technology. I focus on people, culture, business and process. Technology its a servant, a tool. Tech doesn't change the world, what people do with it changes the world. Take QR Codes...
View ArticleIgnore the Technology
Ignoring the technology and focusing on the policy / culture is a sure fire recipe for disaster. And anyone with any experience at all in the Industry will be glad to inform you of that.You talk about...
View Articlenothing is gospel
I found this a very interesting article. I've worked in a Change, Configuration & Release Management for 15 years. In every organisation i've become frustrated by the divides that exist between...
View ArticleDamp squid
Sorry, couldn't resist this when I saw your reference to it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4yffKvkt_sA humorous interjection into a serious topic!Brilliant.
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