YouTube Live on Enterprise DevOps: It Takes a Village   When talking about enterprise DevOps transformation, many people look for a silver bullet—a magic wand that will convert an old, inefficient organization into a high-performing, DevOps-enabled IT team. But in truth there is no single silver bullet. DevOps takes a village. This DevOps village, like a real village, consists of physical infrastructure, as well as members. DevOps often needs a cultural transformation that builds a true community with the same aims and... [More]

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  Waterfall, or a variation of it, is still in practice today in many organizations. Traditionally, it was used to help improve quality and reduce risk but it actually does exactly the opposite. With today's business climate, many requirements have a short value. Do the capability within a time period or it's not worth doing. The separation of teams in traditional waterfall causes increased handoffs and delays.    At the most recent Gartner Application Strategies & Solutions... [More]

“Just when I thought   I knew your ways   That's when you come to make me see   That all I knew   Was only just a glimpse of you   I cannot have enough”  – by The Dynamites   I went to InterConnect, IBM’s annual conference on Cloud computing, for the first time in 2015. Amidst the numerous sessions and activities at the conference, I had a chance to attend one of the DevOps workshops. And I was completely mesmerized.   I joined the DevOps team just a few months before the... [More]

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  Starting out the new year, it's time to reflect on last year and then begin with a fresh start. Last year I had a great time at DevOps Enterprise Summit . It was once again full of user experiences from a wide variety of customers including Target, American Airlines, NBC Universal, IBM, Walmart and many others. The two prior summit events where I had a chance to present as well, provided with an additional view into the DevOps transformation for distributed teams. It has become clear the concept of a central SCM is resounding and for... [More]

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IBM was named a leader in the recently published Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Test Automation, based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. The report states that leaders: Have established strong market positions Provide products that are a strong functional match to general market requirements including DevOps Have been among the most successful in building a loyal customer base The Gartner report goes on to say, “ As automated testing tools become an integral part of a DevOps toolchain , test automation solutions are... [More]

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Forrester researched, analyzed and scored numerous Functional Testing solutions and identified IBM as a leader, stating that IBM “outpaces the competition in the number of platforms on which teams can execute test automation.”   The 33-criteria evaluation of functional test automation (FTA) providers in the report is designed to help application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals select the right functional test automation tool for their needs. Functional test automation tools were evaluated on current offerings,... [More]

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  Swift is a modern programming language that was introduced by Apple in June 2014. Apple made Swift open source , late last year. On the same day, December 3 rd 2015, IBM introduced the IBM Swift Sandbox , and started the journey of bringing Swift to the server platform. Swift already has been widely used by mobile developers and is gaining momentum in the application development community. On the server side, it was yet to be seen how serious IBM is in supporting Swift on the server platform, and how the development community would... [More]

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Join IBM next week at Gartner Application Strategies & Solutions Summit in Las Vegas, NV to see how we’re empowering clients to adopt an agile, DevOps culture of rapid and sustained digital innovation.  As a premier sponsor of the event, there are many ways to interact and engage with us. Some of these are highlighted below. To see the complete details for our sessions, please go here .   Join the open panel discussion on Tuesday, 6 December with DevOps pros from Cisco, GitHub and IBM who are achieving scale as they unpack... [More]

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  Digital disruptors are everywhere and can force well-established companies to rethink the way they operate their businesses. Most enterprises are going through digital transformation journey to become faster and nimbler and to better compete in the market. DevOps is evolving into one of the major enablers of innovation, driving digital a transformation at an enterprise level. However, crossing the chasm from successful DevOps pilots with small teams to full-fledged enterprise adoption is still a challenge for many.   Join John... [More]