3 Ways to Improve DevOps This Year
DevOps is a young mindset, and, year after year, it continues to evolve into something that's bigger in scope, better in implementation, and greater in its expectations. Up until now,…
Embrace Change or Die: My Thoughts on Cloud, AWS, and Transformation in my 8th Year at re:Invent
If anyone in tech has the right to use the word “transformation,” it’s Amazon Web Services. Now a $36 billion company with total profits of $8.8 billion over the last…
The Tech Gig Economy–and Why It’s Great
Back in high school, when my English teacher asked me what I want to do when I grow up, I answered, “I want to be a freelancer.” I had no…
Developer Tips for Building Products That Last
By Piotr Gaczkowski, IOD Expert What comes to mind when you think of great design? Is it craftsmanship? A certain elegance in the design itself? Do you admire the designer…
My Experience as an Enterprise DevOps Engineer; and as a Startup SRE
By John Fahl, IOD Expert I’ve seen tremendous changes in the industry during my two decades of experience. And although these changes have become faster and more intense with the…
Today’s Top 5 Tools for Network Automation
By Roger Perkin, IOD Expert The tools and processes network engineers have used to manage networks have not really changed in the last 25 years. Using tools like Putty or…
Do Network Engineers Need to Be Developers?
By Roger Perkin, IOD Expert The short answer to this question is “not really,” but they do need to be aware of the developer tools that are available and adopt…
Guiding IT Performance with OKRs
I recently read John Doerr’s book Measure What Matters on OKRs. (OKRs stands for Objectives and Key Results.) They’re part of a goal-setting process that sets goals with key results…
The KISS of Simplicity
Imagine a man appearing at a formal ball. He is wearing a perfectly tailored suit, the jacket of which is bright pink with a red checkerboard pattern. His pants are…
The 4 KPIs Behind High-Performance IT
I recently read Accelerate - The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations. The premise is that a) DevOps principles and practices lead to…
