Category Archives: Publications

Database Deployability – #2 Reduce Accidental Complexity

This post was written by Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. `Deployability is now a first-class concern for databases, and there are several technical choices (conscious and accidental) which band together to block the deployability of databases. Can we improve database deployability and enable true Continuous Delivery for our software systems? Of course weContinue reading “Database Deployability – #2 Reduce Accidental Complexity”

“Securing a Continuous Delivery Pipeline” – featured in DZone

DZone has recently published Matthew Skelton‘s and Manuel Pais‘ report on continuous delivery pipeline from the security perspective – “Securing a Continuous Delivery Pipeline”. The report was featured in their guidebook for continuous delivery as well – “The DZone Guide To Continuous Delivery, Vol III”, which is a collection of must-read articles featuring all you need to know aboutContinue reading ““Securing a Continuous Delivery Pipeline” – featured in DZone”

Overview of DevOps for Larger Enterprises – BCS ITNOW

The March issue of the BCS ITNow magazine is focused on the digital engine behind next generation UK. We are happy to say that our principal consultant and co-founder Matthew Skelton was chosen to demystify and overview DevOps in the article titled “Joined up thinking”. Based on recent industry experience, the author is sharing how youContinue reading “Overview of DevOps for Larger Enterprises – BCS ITNOW”

Patterns of DevOps Culture

The latest InfoQ eMag is all about the DevOps and the culture patterns. It is a selection of popular DevOps articles published on InfoQ.com and hand picked by the editorial team. This eMag is a good learning tool and overviews the actualities that you need to know regarding DevOps. We are very happy to have beenContinue reading “Patterns of DevOps Culture”

Database Deployability – #1 Minimize changes in Production

This post was written by Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. Deployability is now a first-class concern for databases, and there are several technical choices (conscious and accidental) which band together to block the deployability of databases. Can we improve database deployability and enable true Continuous Delivery for our software systems? Of course weContinue reading “Database Deployability – #1 Minimize changes in Production”

How DevOps enables IT performance and organizational performance

What we learned from PuppetLabs State of DevOps Report 2015 This post was written by Rob Thatcher, co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. The 2015 State of DevOps report from PuppetLabs highlights some important points for organisations setting out to create a high-performing DevOps-driven approach to building and operating software systems: deploy faster andContinue reading “How DevOps enables IT performance and organizational performance”

Implications for data strategy with microservices

This post was written by Matthew Skelton co-author of Team Guide to Software Operability. We recently contributed to the ‘DevOps Perspectives 3’ report from CA: Microservices and data consistency. Here is an extract (you can download the full report from CA).

New DevOps adoption study from Rackspace

Rackspace recently released a new study on DevOps Adoption conducted by an independent firm and spanning more than 700 IT decision makers. The report highlights some interesting differences in scale and focus of DevOps adoption between organisations in the UK, US and Australia. Rackspace interviewed Skelton Thatcher Consulting in the creation of the study;