New technologies and new ways of doing things are continually impacting the way our IT Environments evolve and how we do things. One area of growing popularity is Microservices. Why Use Microservices? Why should you start using microservices? Why all the hype? Are they only the latest fad, or are there good reasons why so […]
Martin Fowler AntiPattern “An antipattern is a solution that initially looks like an attractive road lined with flowers… but further on leads you into a maze filled with monsters.” Since the dawn of computers, we’ve always had to test software. Over the course of several decades, the discipline of software testing has seen many best practices […]
Preamble You’ve probably seen some recent articles asserting that the world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil—it’s data. New internet titans like Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft look unstoppable. In fact, these internet titans are listed as the five most valuable firms in the world. These companies are evaluated so highly because of […]
So, you’ve been asked to write a “Test Environment Management Plan”? Or perhaps you just want to write a plan to baseline your current non-production processes, outline future test environment strategy and/or educate those around you. Let’s begin with the definition. A Test Environment Management Plan is a plan focused on Test Environment Management (or […]
Preamble Software is buggy. It’s a bold claim, I know. Sarcasm aside, the battle to keep your applications up and running is ongoing. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a way to eliminate an entire class of bugs from your application? Enterprise configuration management can give you this benefit. Engineers shouldn’t have to spend […]
Taking on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is not an easy task. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from. Some organizations have done a little DevOps and are trying to break into SRE. Others haven’t even taken that step, and figure they should go all the way with their implementation. Wherever you’re coming from, hiring an SRE team […]