• Happy SysAdmin Day!

    Cheers to those who serve our servers – on premises and in the cloud. IT professionals, it is that time of the year again! This Friday, July 25 th , is the 15 th official annual S ysAdmin A ppreciation D ay ( link ). As if you wouldn’t know that every...
  • CIO Guide – Leading Change in Enterprise IT with DevOps

    Contrary to what a recent Wall Street Journal post suggests, I believe the CIO is needed more than ever. Increasingly, IT is at the heart of every business and with that the CIO becomes a key player – again. Traditionally, the CIO and his operations...
  • The Three Musketeers of DevOps

    How can any organization launch products, services and solutions without focusing on the three “P”s – People, Processes and Products? You need the right people, following appropriate processes using the proper technology or products...
  • Top 10 DevOps Books for IT Operations

    Regardless whether you consider yourself a decision maker in IT or if you are an ITI (IT Implementer), check out our top 10 booklist. Consider it our suggestion for an early summer read. Rather than a comprehensive guide to every book you may want...
  • Do not hire a DevOps Engineer

    DevOps is not a person, not a job description, and not a role. I’d be willing to bet you already have the right people with at least some if not all of the right skills currently on staff. They know the environment, the code, networking infrastructure...