Thinking about microservices? You need DevOps first

With the rise of new virtualization technologies using containers, people are starting to think more and more about using microservices in their organizations. They’ve been getting a lot of attention and companies like Netflix, Amazon, Uber, and Spotify have attributed some of their recent success to using them. Every day, these companies use hundreds... Read more

DevOpsGroup

19 February 2018

DevOpsGroup

19 February 2018

How to build a DevOps roadmap to kickstart your digital transformation journey

Business leaders have never been more aware of the disruptive impact of digital technology. Across every industrial sector, organizations are embarking on digital transformation programs aimed at improving internal systems and delivering better products and services to customers. But no organization can afford to see a ‘digital first’ program as a one-off fix or... Read more

Richard Macaskill

14 February 2018

Richard Macaskill

14 February 2018

So what is a Data Protection Impact Assessment and why should organizations care?

If you’ve read anything about the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you’ll probably have seen the phrase Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) used. It’s similar to the current Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) already in place in countries like the UK and a DPIA is expected to address four areas: A description of the... Read more

Welcome to the world of serverless computing

Serverless computing is a concept taking the place of big data as the hot-button topic in internet development circles these days, and the conversation seems to always start with a discussion about what serverless actually means. After all, the purpose of all those super-gigantic datacenters that are now being built is to house literally... Read more

Matt Hilbert

22 January 2018

Matt Hilbert

22 January 2018

Bringing DevOps to the database. Part 2: Continuous delivery

In part 1 of Bringing DevOps to the database, we saw how DevOps thinking is moving from the application to the database. By encouraging collaboration not competition between developers and Database Administrators (DBAs), choosing the right tools, and introducing version control for databases, organizations can open the doors to database DevOps. That’s not the... Read more

SQL Watchmen

18 January 2018

SQL Watchmen

18 January 2018

Right-sizing for a cloud service

When it’s time to purchase new resources for one or more applications, the non-scientific approach of guesstimating the requirements can be expensive, whether for on-premises capital expenditures or cloud-based services. For stakeholders deciding on how to provision the data services, is it better to start small and grow the resources as needed? Certainly the... Read more