Continuous Delivery – Page 2

Database Deployability – #7 Avoid Production-only tooling and config where possible

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 – #7 Avoid Production-only tooling and config where possible”

Database Deployability – #6 Value more highly the need for change

All Day DevOps – it is all about culture and collaboration

This post was written by Jovile Bartkeviciute. Tuesday saw the first of its kind, All Day DevOps global online conference and it went great! Many interesting stories, many demos, useful tips and tricks and a lot of food for thought. One of the organisers Mark Miller mentioned that the aim was to make sure thatContinue reading “All Day DevOps – it is all about culture and collaboration”

Addressing Build & Deploy Anti-patterns for Continuous Delivery Success

What follows is a guest post from Fiercely, a software consultancy based in Coimbra, Portugal. After a great presentation at IPEXPO Europe on “Continuous Delivery Anti-patterns from the wild” by Matthew Skelton, we quickly drew parallels with our own work and experiences here at Fiercely.

Free eBook – DevOps Journeys

DevOps has become a highly common term with more and more organisations adopting it, however, the idea is still quite new and everybody has their own opinion on what it actually is. Considering this, Linux Recruit interviewed fourteen industry experts about their experiences and tried to reach a common definition, overviewing the current state of DevOps andContinue reading “Free eBook – DevOps Journeys”

Database Deployability – #5 Source Business Intelligence from a Data Warehouse

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 – #5 Source Business Intelligence from a Data Warehouse”

Operability.io 2016 – Automation, monitoring and communication (Day 2)

Day 2 of the Operability.io conference!

Operability.io 2016 – Operations is crucial (Day 1)

This post was written by Jovile Bartkeviciute. After the success last year, the Operability.io returned to London on Monday 19th September. The two-day conference was single line, same as last year, and the speakers were hand-picked and carefully chosen by the organisers. Day 1 started with an opening speech by Marco Abis, with Mark Burgess delivering the firstContinue reading “Operability.io 2016 – Operations is crucial (Day 1)”