IT Executive
Headhunting for DevOps: How to Hire for a Rising Technology
Hiring experienced DevOps consultants is difficult as the demand for this concept has outnumbered the supply. In this article, Ankit Gupta explains the prerequisites for hiring the best DevOps consultant for your team.

DevOps: A Bullet Train with No Passengers?
In an increasingly digital world, you must be able to quickly and efficiently write quality code and get it into production.
But code-in-production only helps if it genuinely delivers something of appreciable value to your customers. And to deliver genuine value, you need an idea pipeline that’s at least as awesome as your digital pipeline.
Otherwise, DevOps is just a bullet train with no passengers.
Smoke Tests are Fine, but Sometimes Soak Testing is the Answer
Some software applications can really benefit from a long testing time, and that's where soak tests come in. Expert Gerie Owen explains how and why to use that type of test.
Without Business Input, the Business Benefits of DevOps are Elusive
To achieve the business benefits of DevOps, organizations must mend a cultural divide deeper than the one between developers and operations staff.
DevOps
DevOps Shops Size up Security and Compliance as Code
IT pros in DevOps shops want compliance and security to be the next things they automate, but people with the right skills are tough to find.

The Programmer’s Guide to Working on a Team
If you really want to be a great developer, working with your team, rather than alone, can have enormous benefits for your career and your code.
The New Kingmakers of IT: Maximizing DevOps for Enterprise
In today’s world of open-source software, developers are considered to be the “new kingmakers” of information technology — the brains and the imagination that drives software and application program interfaces, and thus organizations. It can be a phenomenon not well understood by business leaders, however, where developers influence many technology infrastructure decisions, but they are not the ones who necessarily make financial decisions in an organization.
What is DevOps?
DevOps is a word that is used to describe a set of modern IT practices which seek to more closely bring together software developers and operations staff to work on the same project in a more collaborative manner. The desire is that by breaking down barriers which have traditionally existed between these two sides of the IT department, organizations can reduce the time and friction involved in deploying new versions of software. This effort will ideally lead to shorter development cycles which ideally may save time and money, and give the organization a competitive edge against others with longer, more traditional development cycles.
Featured Blog post
What is Customer Success at CloudBees?
In an endless effort to provide the best customer experience for all subscribers, consistently and effectively, what does Customer Success imply for myself at CloudBees? The practical answer is to reduce churn, grow recurring revenue and increase product adoption. How does this become reality, though? There’s no magical “button of success” to achieve these goals and it certainly doesn’t happen overnight.
Featured Event
DevOps Connect and Jenkins Days: Chicago, Boston AND Washington, D.C.!
Returning for its second year, DevOps.com brings DevOps Connect to Chicago, Boston and Washington D.C. This year’s event is themed around DevOps, DevSecOps and Jenkins.
Jenkins Days are sponsored by CloudBees, the Enterprise Jenkins company and feature a full range of Jenkins training, education and learning including a keynotes by leaders of the Agile/DevOps/CD space.
Jenkins Days will be a 2-day event and will feature demo theaters, exhibits and more. The afternoon tracks on DevSecOps, Jenkins and DevOps Leadership. We will wrap the day up with a closing reception. The second day will feature hands on training classes leading to certification in DevOps and more.
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