Arthur Cole

The key challenge to automating a DevOps environment is figuring out what to automate, and how. Multiple platforms are available to help in this quest, of course, but in the end, the enterprise needs to craft its own unique solution based on legacy infrastructure, operational goals, corporate culture, and a host of other factors. And […]

Automation is one of the key aspects of DevOps and agile development. In many ways, in fact, it is the key aspect, since the longer it takes for developers and operations techs to complete rote, manual tasks, the slower and less flexible the environment becomes. But automation can be tricky to master, particularly in highly […]

Now that the enterprise has gotten its feet wet with DevOps, one salient fact has become clear: It’s not terribly effective without end-to-end automation at scale. This is leading many forward-leaning organizations to push for the implementation of DevOps environments on the cloud, since scaling up local resources is both expensive and time-consuming. But this […]

Log management in a DevOps environment requires a lot more than just the right platform. As enterprises become more steeped in DevOps processes, tools like deep visibility and AI-driven analytics are proving invaluable to continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD). But in many cases, even the most advanced of these technologies will fail to produce the desired […]

Many organizations embarking on the journey to DevOps and agile programming look to the performance gains, new product development, lower costs, and a host of other benefits. But log management? Sure, logs are important, but they are also boring. I mean, really boring. Every time an application does anything, it records it in a log […]

For enterprises looking to make the most of their new DevOps environments, the importance of log management cannot be overstated. Without logs, there is no way to track performance, analyze security flaws, monitor resource consumption, or manage the myriad other aspects of highly fluid, constantly changing data environments. In a way, then, DevOps and log […]

Perhaps the only thing programmers value more than their own code is their programming language. Many an argument (serious argument) can be found on chat boards and sharing sites over the advantages and disadvantages of Python, Ruby, Java and the hundreds of other options currently in circulation. These battles are being waged anew in the […]

Software development is a lot like writing: If you don’t have a quiet, stable work environment it’s hard to get the creative juices flowing. This puts a damper on DevOps and the transition to continuous, agile application environments because this new way of working is anything but stable and quiet. By eliminating what is now […]

Developing software has always been about creating products that work. Unfortunately, “work” is a relative term when the goal is to satisfy hundreds, if not thousands, and perhaps even millions, of users across all manner of disciplines. This is why DevOps is quickly supplanting the traditional waterfall model of development. Once you have established basic […]

Everybody wants to do DevOps right, and part of that equation is making sure applications and services remain secure even as development and integration transition to a continuous workflow model. But chaos, even the controlled chaos of DevOps, poses a particular challenge to security. It opens up too many attack vectors and introduces too much […]

DevOps is intended to dramatically increase the pace of application development and support. This is expected to allow more mistakes to get through to production environments, but that’s OK because they can be corrected right away rather than have to wait for the next development cycle to play out. But this can be dangerous when […]

DevOps can turn a slow, sclerotic app development and support framework into a lean, lithe operation that lowers costs and provides better service to users. But if you are not careful, it can also introduce vulnerabilities to a data environment that is already susceptible to quickly evolving security threats. This is why many experts are […]