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"DevOps Chats" by Techstrong Group, the force behind industry-leading platforms like DevOps.com, Cloud Native Now, Security Boulevard, Techstrong.ai, DigitalCxO, and Techstrong.TV, is your premier destination for all things DevOps. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel and Mitchell Ashley, this podcast series delves deep into the world of DevOps, bringing you the latest trends, innovative strategies, and insightful discussions that matter. Each episode of "DevOps Chat" is a journey through the evolving landscape of DevOps, featuring interviews with thought leaders, practitioners, and change-makers who are shaping the future of technology. Whether you're a developer, operations professional, IT leader, or tech enthusiast, Alan and Mitchell ensure you stay informed, engaged, and ahead of the curve. From continuous integration and delivery to cloud-native development and cybersecurity, "DevOps Chat" covers the spectrum, offering valuable lessons, expert advice, and engaging stories. Tune in to explore how DevOps principles and practices are transforming the tech industry, driving efficiency, enhancing security, and fostering innovation. Join us at "DevOps Chat" for your regular dose of DevOps insights, inspiration, and community. It's not just a podcast; it's your gateway to the forefront of the DevOps movement. Subscribe now and be part of the conversation that's setting the pace for the future of technology.
- 338 - Platform Engineering in 2024, CI/CD Frameworks and Securing Source to Production
Alan and Mitch discuss whether platform engineering will be "the game changer" some predict will happen in 2024, the evolution of CI/CD frameworks (ArgoCD, Tekton), and Mitch's interview with Cole Kennedy, TestifySec CEO, about securing software from source to production. Links Referenced in Podcast: https://devops.com/platform-engineering-the-2024-game-changer-in-tech https://devops.com/driving-the-devops-evolution-argocd-tekton-and-seamless-migrations https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/securing-source-to-production-with-testifysecs-cole-kennedy
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 21min - 337 - No No-Shift, DevOps Jobs, AI Tests Your Code, DevOps End Goal
Alan and Mitch debate whether AI can make "no shift" vs. shift left a viable future testing software in production, the "five great DevOps job opportunities" series on DevOps.com, TabNine generative AI testing platform now adds your code into the LLM to generate tests and whether DevOps should be open-ended or have an end goal. Links Referenced in Podcast: https://devops.com/forget-shift-left-why-no-shift-is-the-future-of-software-innovation/ https://devops.com/five-great-devops-job-opportunities-77/ https://devops.com/tabnine-extends-generative-ai-testing-platform-by-embracing-rag/ https://devops.com/devops-whats-the-end-goal/
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 21min - 336 - DevOps Past, Present, Future and Cloud Development Environments
In this episode of DevOps Chats, Alan and Mitch dive deep into the heart of DevOps. After 12 years of DevOps evolution, we're asking the big question: How has our investment in DevOps paved the way for organizational success in the years to come? This segment promises a thought-provoking look at the achievements, challenges, and road ahead for DevOps enthusiasts. They discuss DevOps insights expected to be part of the upcoming Techstrong Research "DevOps Next" report. They also share Mitch's interview with Ben Potter, Head of Product at Coder, where he sheds light on the game-changing world of cloud development environments. Whether you're a DevOps veteran or new to the scene, this episode has insights and stories that will enrich your understanding and spark your imagination. Join us as we explore the cutting edge of DevOps and cloud development only on DevOps Chats. Links Referenced in Podcast: https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/cloud-dev-environments-coder-ben-potter
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 33min - 335 - Modernizing DevOps Pipelines, Open Source and Supply Chain Security
Mitch and Alan discuss Dagger's Solomon Hyke interview on modernizing DevOps pipelines the current realities of open source, the growth in software supply chain attacks and the value of doing smaller code reviews. Links Referenced in Podcast: https://devclass.com/2024/02/12/from-docker-to-dagger-solomon-hykes-on-modernisation-of-the-devops-pipeline/ https://devops.com/the-practicalities-of-open-sourcing https://devops.com/survey-cyberattacks-aimed-at-software-supply-chains-are-pervasive https://devops.com/improve-efficiency-with-smaller-code-reviews
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 28min - 334 - DevOps, AI-Generated Code Quality and Platform Engineering
From Boston, Alan and Mitch discuss their views on the state of the DevOps industry while on the road in 2024. They discuss several topics from DevOps.com, including Does Using AI Assistants Lead to Lower Code Quality?" by Bill Doerrfeld, who asks if we see code quality drop from the use of AI-assisted and generated code, "How to Get Platform Engineering Just Right" by Benjamin Brial with his recommendations for bringing platform engineering into an organization and reorganizations and layoff announcements at companies like Dell. They wrap up with Alan's interview "Advancing Vision Intelligence Filters" with Kit Merker in his new CEO role at Plainsight. Links Referenced: https://devops.com/does-using-ai-assistants-lead-to-lower-code-quality https://devops.com/how-to-get-platform-engineering-just-right https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/advancing-vision-intelligence-filters-plainsight-kit-merker
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 24min - 333 - DevOps, Jenkins and GenAI
Description for Podcast page: Mitchell Ashley and Alan Shimel are once again hosting the Devops.com podcast. In this episode they discuss "the good news of DevOps". Gene Kim weighs in on why he changed the name of DOES. Also how Jenkins is still relevant if not dominant today and what we can expect to see there. Of course we had to discuss GenAI and DevOps, well because AI. Links Referenced in Podcast: https://devops.com/the-future-of-jenkins-in-2024/ https://devops.com/jenkins-and-jenkinsx-in-2024/ https://devops.com/using-llms-to-automate-pipeline-conversions-from-legacy-to-tekton/ https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/wiring-the-winning-organization-with-gene-kim
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 30min - 332 - Communications Tools – Stacey English, Theta Lake
Stacey English, Theta Lake Director of Market Intelligence, shares the results of a report showing the usage of modern communications tools and video communications tools like Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx and Zoom has accelerated at a breakneck speed in recent years, and it shows no sign of slowing down. https://thetalake.com
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 - 17min - 331 - Maximizing The Benefits of DevSecOps, ZeroNorth
John Worrall, ZeroNorth CEO, expands on the "why" of DevSecOps, focusing on the business benefit, gain and measurement of what we seek to accomplish through DevSecOps. John advocates we concentrate on the process and data enabling us to assess risk, prioritize the most beneficial security work. Learn more about ZeroNorth athttps://www.zeronorth.io.
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 - 19min - 330 - Security Policy Management and Hybrid Cloud, Tufin
Colby Dyess, Director of Cloud Product Management at Tufin, joins Mitch Ashley, CEO of Accelerated Strategies Group, to discuss security policy management across hybrid cloud, multi-cloud and cloud-native security. Colby shares experiences from working with customers during the rapid migration to the cloud in 2020. Learn more about security policy management and hybrid clouds at Tufin (https://tufin.com)
Thu, 25 Feb 2021 - 28min - 329 - DevOps Unbound: Observability & Accessibility
Observability and Accessibility are two keys to successful app development and deployment. They are also square within the sweet spot for DevOps teams to consider as part of delivering better applications better and faster. In this episode 7 of DevOps Unbound we are joined Sean Kelly of Trcentis, Paul Pinkney of Swisslog Healthcare and Paula Goyanes of LaunchDarkly to discuss accessibility and usability design in DevOps.
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 - 45min - 328 - Digital Transformation at the C level
Home » Blogs » DevOps Unbound » DevOps Unbound: How to Lead a DevOps Transformation DevOps Unbound: How to Lead a DevOps Transformation DevOps Unbound: How to Lead a DevOps Transformation BY ALAN SHIMEL ON NOVEMBER 27, 2020 1 COMMENT (EDIT) Is C-level support required to have a successful digital transformation? In the sixth episode of DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Eveline Oehrlich of the DevOps Institute, Louise McCarthy of Bain & Company and Mark Settle, author of “Truth from the Valley, A Practical Primer on IT Management for the Next Decade,” to discuss DevOps and digital transformation at the C level.
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 - 37min - 327 - Outsourcing DevOps: Oxymoron or Truth?
Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Ming Gong of UST Global, Chris Rolls of TTC and Robina Laughlin of Guardian Life for a discussion on outsourcing DevOps. Some say you really can't outsource DevOps, others say of course you can. Have a listen and decide for yourself
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 - 44min - 326 - ITIL 4 - Achieving High Velocity IT, AXELOS
Mark Smalley of Smalley.IT, and Lead Editor with Axelos of the ITIL 4 High Velocity, IT joins ASG CEO Mitch Ashley to discuss his work creating this new contribution to ITIL 4. Mark shares the 5 value investments important for organizations seeking to operate at high velocity and some of the insights gained from himself and others covered in this ITIL 4 module.
Wed, 18 Nov 2020 - 30min - 325 - ITIL 4 - Introducing & Adopting Agile + DevOps in Large Organizations
Akshay Anand, ITSM product ambassador at AXELOS, and David Crouch, senior advisor at Beyond20, join ASG CEO Mitch Ashley to share best practices and learnings from introducing and adopting Agile and DevOps in large organizations. Akshay and David discuss overcoming change management challenges and obstacles to increase adoption.
Tue, 17 Nov 2020 - 34min - 324 - Analyst Report: Kubernetes K8s Data Protection
Software teams are rapidly adopting microservices, containers and container management to promote innovation and boost digital transformation. With any newly adopted technology comes questions about data and overall security. Accelerated Strategies Group conducted research into the security of data within containers, specifically, Kubernetes. ASG Analyst Charles Kolodgy, lead analyst on this research, joins ASG CEO Mitch Ashley and Zettaset CEO Tim Reilly dig into the results of this research and relate it to today's implementations using kubernetes. This research was commissioned by Zettaset. The full analyst report is available at https://accelst.com/report-kubernetes-data-protection/.
Mon, 16 Nov 2020 - 26min - 323 - ITIL 4 in the Age of Agile and Devops, Axelos
ITIL is well established as the process, certification and information resource library for service management across many IT organizations globally. With the recent updates comprising to ITIL 4, influences from Agile and DevOps are helping ITIL to expand and adapt to changes in how create software and build operations into the delivery process. Akshay Anand, Product Ambassador with AXELOS Global Best Practice, and Jon Stevens-Hall, Principal Product Manager at BMC Software, join Accelerated Strategies Group CEO Mitch Ashley to discuss the new innovations in ITIL 4. As major contributors to ITIL 4, Akshay and Jon share the approach they took with ITIL 4, incorporating ideas from the world of Agile and DevOps.
Thu, 05 Nov 2020 - 27min - 322 - DevOps Unbound Ep 4: App Modernization and Mainframe DevOps
App Modernization and the state of mainframe DevOps was the topic of episode 4 of DevOps Unbound. Our panel included Rosalind Radcliffe of IBM, Sam Knutson of Compuware and BMC and Gerta Sheganaku of Tricentis, joining MItchell Ashley and Alan Shimel. It was a lively conversation about real life scenarios that enterprises face everyday. Join us and be sure to follow DevOps Unbound at https://devopsunbound.com
Mon, 26 Oct 2020 - 46min - 321 - Bringing DevOps to SAP, With Basis Technologies
DevOps has not only reached mainframe groups in the enterprise but also to large applications such as SAP. Organizations are moving away from waterfall methods and mega releases that take many months to deliver. What's needed are many more rapid release cycles and deployments that support the accelerating pace necessary to do business. David Lees, CTO of Basis Technologies, joins MediaOps CEO Alan Shimel to explore how organizations implement DevOps into their SAP integration and deployment cycles. Having lived through this transition, David shares his unique perspectives on the necessity to break through bottlenecks and make changes in supply chains, finance and many other business processes needed to support the business.
Thu, 08 Oct 2020 - 20min - 320 - DevOps For Cloud and Mainframes, ASG Technologies
The assumption that large, established enterprises — from insurance companies to government agencies— can’t adopt Agile processes or DevOps is based on the falsehood that legacy technology stacks won’t allow for it; that existing traditional mainframe applications or legacy applications that large enterprises are built on are incapable of adapting to these approaches. Accelerated Strategies Group recently released the new research report 5 Crucial DevOps Strategies For Cloud and Mainframe 2020, sponsored by ASG Technologies. In this episode of DevOps Chats, Jeff Cherrington and Anna Murray with ASG Technologies joins Mitch Ashley (CEO, Accelerated Strategies Group) to explore how mainframe app teams embrace DevOps, processes and tools to equip software teams, so mainframe apps continue to provide businesses with vital systems and capabilities far into the future. Download the report at https://library.devops.com/5-crucial-devops-strategies-for-cloud-and-mainframes
Thu, 08 Oct 2020 - 28min - 319 - DevOps Unbound, Episode 3: DevOps and Open Source
DevOps Unbound episode 3 is about open source and DevOps. We have a great cast of Tracy Miranda, ED of the Continuous Delivery Foundation, Alon Girmonsky, found of UP9 and Kevin Dunne of Tricentis. DevOps Unbound is an every other week video series about topics related to all aspects of Devops. It is available at https://digitalanarchist.com
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 - 48min - 318 - DevOps UnBound DevSecOps/AppSec
In this episode, Mitchell Ashley and Alan Shimel are joined by Caroline Wong, CSO at Cobalt.io (https://cobalt.io), Andrew Van Der Stock, executive director at OWASP, and Dr. Grigori Melnik, CPO at Tricentis, to discuss DevSecOps and AppSec.
Tue, 08 Sep 2020 - 45min - 317 - Devops Unbound - A Brief History of Testing w/Grigori Melnik And James Bach
This is the first episode of DevOps Unbound. A new video/audio series produced by us here at MediaOps, sponsored by Tricentis. Episodes will run every other week. Once a month there will be a roundtable open to the public as well. In this episode, two respected leaders in the testing space, Dr. Girgori Melnick and James Bach join us to look at the history of testing. How has it enabled DevOps and accelerated software deployment. We look at automation and continuous testing and more. Great discussion. The video edition of this is available on https://digitalanarchist.com
Thu, 06 Aug 2020 - 41min - 316 - State of Software Delivery Management Report, Accelerated Strategies Group
Accelerated Strategies Group has just delivered their State of Software Delivery Management Report, commissioned by CloudBees. In this DevOps Chat we speak with Mitchell Ashley, CEO, founder of ASG about the report and why it is important for everyone managing software delivery today
Wed, 22 Jul 2020 - 19min - 315 - StorPool software defined storage
The whole Data/DataOps space is becoming very hot. For StorPool it is more of a case of the rest of the world catching up to what they have been doing for a while now. They are the leading distributed block storage provider globally. In this DevOps chat we speak with Boyan Krosnov, founder product at StorPool. Boyan gives us the background on StorPool as well as a good look at the state of the distributed storage/data market.
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 - 21min - 314 - Make Work-From-Home Easy as Pie w/ strongDM
strongDM wasn't founded to help with remote workers forced out of the office by COVID19. They have been around for 5 years now. But they do excel at allowing you to manage and audit remote access to all of your assets including DBs, servers and clusters (as well as apps and services) anywhere from anywhere. In this DevOps Chat we speak with strongDM Justin McCarthy, CTO & Co-Founder about how the company's technology works and how it is helping companies move to remote access given current conditions. Get more information at https://www.strongdm.com/
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 - 18min - 313 - Shadow Code Security w/ Perimeter X
When the cloud first caught on there was a problem with Shadow IT. Developers spinning up instances in AWS without the IT team knowing they existed. Now with the ease of CI/DC automated deployments, the problem of Shadow Code has arisen. Code being added to apps that did not go through the entire team process. In this DevOps Chat we speak with Elad Koren, VP of Product at Perimeter X about the Shadow Code issue and how his company can help.
Sat, 02 May 2020 - 23min - 312 - Software Delivery Leadership Forum & DevOps World 2020, CloudBees
DevOps World/Jenkins World has long established itself as a leading venue for DevOps practitioners to learn, share their knowledge, build a top-notch community. But what about leaders, people in leadership roles at companies who utilize DevOps as a vital part of there business and technology strategies? Sam Fell, CloudBees Area Vice President Enterprise Markets, joins DevOps Chats to discuss the newly announced Software Delivery Leadership Forum. DevOps World 2020 is expanding its focus and content by bringing leaders together with content specifically tailored for business and technology leaders. Accelerated Strategies Group, where Mitch Ashley is CEO, is leading the programming of the DevOps World 2020 Software Delivery Leadership Forum.
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 - 26min - 311 - Adeya: Swiss, Simple Secure Collaboration
The current situation with so many working from home has shined a spotlight on potential security issues with many of our collaboration solutions. Adeya, says they have the answer, offering Swiss, Simple collaboration on a military grade scale. I sat down with Francois Rodriguez of Adeya's exec team to discuss what makes Adeya both simple and secure, as well as what the offering is all about. This is more than video conferencing by the way. This is a well developed and tested collaboration suite that has been in use by the Swiss military and others for years. Have a listen and check out Adeya
Fri, 10 Apr 2020 - 18min - 310 - SpecOps Makes Password Auditor Free To Help WFH
With so many working from home (WFH), security is being tested perhaps like it never has before. The good folks at SpecOps have made their password auditor product free during this trying time. We spoke with Darren James of SpecSoft about this release and some other tools they have released to help people through the rough spots. Darren had some good insights he shared and we discussed. Have a listen
Mon, 06 Apr 2020 - 21min - 309 - Mobile, Monoliths & Microservices w/ LightStep
Daniel "Spoons" Spoonhower made a bit of a name for himself while he was at Google, as did his two co-founders. They were there at the birth of the microservices wave that has swept through the software world. They left Google and started LightStep to help all developers build better, more scalable applications. With their new release they have pushed the bar higher. In this podcast here from Spoons as to what they are doing and where he sees things moving.
Thu, 02 Apr 2020 - 17min - 308 - DevSecOps & OpenShift w/ Kirsten Newcomer, Red Hat
In this DevOps Chat we chat with Kirsten Newcomer,Senior Principal Product Manager, Red Hat. It is a great discussion on the state of DevSecOps and how the Red Hat Open Shift team is trying to make it easier for devs, DevOps and cyber folks to work together to create more secure applications.
Sun, 29 Mar 2020 - 21min - 307 - Free Remote Endpoint Protection From Qualys
Many companies are responding to the large number of people working from home as a result of the public health situation. Today Qualys rolled out a totally free 60 day version of their cloud-based security and compliance solution at no charge. We spoke with Sumedh Thakar about the free release and how Qualys is helping enterprises with their remote workforce.
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 - 16min - 306 - The State of Open Source Security Vulnerabilities
WhiteSource one of the leaders in the Software Composition Analysis space recently released their annual report on "The State of Open Source Security Vulnerabilities". It is chock full of good data and findings on what is the current state of open source security and how things are trending. I had a chance to sit down with Rhys Arkins, Director, Product at WhiteSource to see what some of the highlights were. Rhys was happy to share and show us some of things you should be mindful of.
Mon, 23 Mar 2020 - 21min - 305 - What Is Your Data Really Worth? Data Innovators Know. Splunk
Gaining real insights, often unique insights can catapult companies ahead of the competition, but that's easier said than done. Splunk recently released its new report, "What Is Your Data Really Worth?" which produced some very compelling results. Leading-edge data innovators use data to raise gross profits by 12.5%. 97% of this top tier meet or beat their customer retention targets. Mature organizations are almost 10 times more likely to draw more than 20% of their revenue from new, innovative products and services. A select group of companies, categorized as Data Innovators, achieved impressive and measurable results. Andi Mann, Splunk Chief Technology Advocate, joins Mitch Ashley on DevOps Chats to share some of the key insights in the report and discuss how companies are utilizing their data to achieve higher revenue growth, improved customer experiences and gain cost savings. The full report is available to download at https://www.splunk.com/en_us/form/whats-your-data-really-worth.html.
Thu, 19 Mar 2020 - 21min - 304 - Route Intelligence From
Contrast Security has released the first "Route Intelligence" functionality in the latest version of their next generation security platform. https://www.contrastsecurity.com/contrast-news In this DevOps Chat we speak with Contrast's CTO/co-founder, Jeff Williams, about what route intelligence is and why you should have a look at it. Contrast continues to set the bar in DevSecOps, pushing beyond vulnerability scanning to enable more security software.
Thu, 19 Mar 2020 - 17min - 303 - Liquibase, Open Source & Databases w/ Dion Cornett, President, Datical
Datical has been a leader in the DevOps for databases since even before the term was used. What many may not realize was that the open source Liquibase project was a major contributor to Datical's success. So it should be no surprise then that in filling the open President's seat, they would tap an open source veteran. Dion Cornett, has open source credibility from his time at Red Hat and MariaDB. In his new role he is responsible for marketing, sales and product. He is determined to see the same kind of success with open source business models he has been part of before, succeed at Datical. In this discussion we hear from Dion on his plans and views.
Mon, 09 Mar 2020 - 15min - 302 - Solving Complexity in Continuous Testing / Matt Wyman
SauceCon 2020 (https://saucecon.com/) by the good folks at Sauce Labs is just about a month and half away (April 27). As part of our lead up to the show and our coverage including live broadcasting on Digital Anarchist, we caught up with newly minted, Chief Product Officer, Matt Wyman. Matt discusses how continuous testing, automation and DevOps has led to better testing. With that though we are more complex and sophisticated than ever in how, what and when we test. Can't we just keep it simple? Do we want to keep it simple? Have a listen to what Matt has to say, as well as why he is so excited about this coming event. If you are interested in testing at all, do check out the great lineup for SauceCon and hope to see you there.
Wed, 04 Mar 2020 - 21min - 301 - Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence w/ Bruno Kurtic
Sumo Logic has been one of the pioneers in DevSecOps and log analysis for many years now. In this DevOps Chat we speak with Founding VP of Product & Strategy, Bruno Kuric about the Sumo Continuous Intelligence Platform and how it is taking security into the next era. Have a listen as Bruno explains how Sumo is trying to meet the challenges of keeping up with the speed of business, today.
Fri, 21 Feb 2020 - 24min - 300 - Esper.io Launches Platform for Android Deployment & App Managment
A new company announced their launch and Series A funding. Esper (https://esper.io)is building a platform for android device deployment and application management. Not just for Android phones either. The Esper founders are betting that Android will be the dominant form for embedded devices in both headless and IoT deployments. The CEO/co-founder of Esper, Yadhu Gopalan knows a little something about this, as he was one of the key people behind Microsoft's Windows CE embedded program. Yadhu was also a leader of Amazon's Go Store program prior to Esper. We had a chance to sit down with Yadhu and talk about what raising their $7.5m series A means for Esper and where they are going.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 - 18min - 299 - Kubernetes is the New Compute w/ Rancher Labs Sheng Liang
Rancher Labs is a great example of a start up that was smart enough to sense the way the market was moving and adopted a strategy to capitalize on it. But if you know Rancher co-founder, CEO Sheng Liang, you should not be surprised. Sheng has been seeing the market and staying one step ahead for a long time. In this DevOps chat we sat down with Sheng and spoke about the recent momentum at Rancher. We also spoke a lot about Kubernetes becoming the industry standard for compute. It is always a good learning experience speaking with Sheng and this conversation is no different. Have a listen.
Thu, 13 Feb 2020 - 19min - 298 - Tufin Secure Cloud Secures Hybrid Cloud Environments
Tufin Technologies announced Secure Cloud https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200211005174/en/Tufin-SecureCloud-Enables-Companies-Secure-Hybrid-Cloud. The product combines and builds on Tufin Orca and Tufin Iris to offer one product for comprehensive cloud security policy. We had a chance to catch up with Tufin CTO and co-founder, Reuven Harrison to chat about this and the state of the market before the upcoming RSA Conference.
Tue, 11 Feb 2020 - 16min - 297 - Build & Measure Cyber Team Operational Skills w/ RangeForce
How do you know if your cyber team is up to snuff? Like any good team, they need training and practice to stay on top of their game. The concept of cyber ranges for red and blue teams has been in use for a few years now. Gov and military organizations have been some of the big leaders in this space. Rangeforce comes out of Estonia where NATO teams used the idea of a cyber range to train up their teams.They are taking this concept to the commercial space and will be at RSAC this year. I sat down with Gordon Lawson, President of Rangeforce to discuss the technology behind Rangeforce and the use cases. Have a listen and be sure to check them out at RSAC this year!
Mon, 10 Feb 2020 - 17min - 296 - Secrets of Evaluating Security Products
Ask any tech person what is involved in evaluating and purchasing tech tools and their eyes will often roll into their heads. While open source and free versions have made it easier to get the tools into people's hands, evaluating them to choose what is the best fit for your organization is still more art than science. In this podcast we sit down with two security industry veterans to talk about what is the best strategy to evaluate and pick the right security products. Les Correia and Migo Kedem are two industry veterans who have written the book on this. Have a listen
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 - 19min - 295 - DevOps Chat with Christian Beedgen, Co-Founder & CTO SumoLogic
DevOps.com editor-in-chief Alan Shimel had a chance to sit down and speak with Christian Beedgen, CTO and co-founder of Sumo Logic. We speak about what is driving innovation at Sumo Logic, what challenges the market is facing with making intelligent analysis of the many sources of information available. While only a short conversation, Christian gives us some great insight.
Thu, 02 Jun 2016 - 12min - 294 - Gene Kim, DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2016
We sit down with Gene Kim to discuss the upcoming DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2016. Gene shares some of his own picks for highlights of the show and what to expect at this first DOES event in London. You can get more info about the event at http://events.itrevolution.com/eu/
Mon, 16 May 2016 - 20min - 293 - Mike Pittenger, Black Duck Software on Open Source and DevOps
I had a chance to speak with Mike Pittenger, Black Duck Software about DevOps and open source. Mike and I also discussed Docker/Container security a bit, as well as the general state of the tech industry.
Mon, 02 May 2016 - 13min - 292 - Michael Azoff, Ovum on Software Lifecycle Management
DevOps.com sits down with Michael Azoff, principle analyst at Ovum about three recent matrix reports on application release management, DevOps release management and Agile release management. The transcript of this conversation is available on DevOps.com
Tue, 26 Apr 2016 - 14min - 291 - Pete Cheslock and Chris Gervais of Threat Stack
I had a chance to sit down with Pete Cheslock and Chris Gervais of Threat Stack to talk about DevOps and Security. Pete and Chris are two sharp people and so it was a great discussion. Hope you enjoy another DevOps Chat from DevOps.com
Thu, 14 Apr 2016 - 15min - 290 - Rachel Reinitz on Bluemix Garage Method and InterConnectWed, 17 Feb 2016 - 14min
- 289 - Dan Berg on Open Technologies and the Open Enterprise
February is open technologies month here at DevOps.com. The open enterprise is also a theme of IBM's InterConnect conference later this month. I interview IBM distinguished engineer Dan Berg to talk about open technologies and their effect on the open enterprise.
Tue, 09 Feb 2016 - 16min - 288 - Rosalind Radcliffe
In this episode of DevOps Chats, we interview Rosalind Radcliffe, distinguished engineer at IBM about several topics including InterConnect 2016, Febraury 21-25 in Las Vegas, bi modal IT, systems of record and of course DevOps.
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 - 16min - 287 - Mustafa Kapadia, IBM Value Stream Mapping Workshop
IBM's Mustafa Kapadia explains the Value Stream Mapping Workshop that he delivers to clients and he recently presented at cdSummit: SoCal, as well as the overall state of DevOps
Tue, 15 Dec 2015 - 18min - 286 - The 7 Habits of Successful DevOps
I sat down with Sam Guckenheimer of Microsoft to talk about how he led the transformation of Microsoft Visual Studio to Visual Studio Online, a SaaS based offering. Along the way Sam and his team developed the 7 habits of successful DevOps, based on their experiences.
Fri, 27 Nov 2015 - 19min - 285 - DevOps Chat: Sunil Rajasekar, CTO Lithium
DevOps.com editor in chief, Alan Shimel chats with Sunil Rajasekar, CTO of Lithium Technologies on how leaders can help in transforming their teams to success
Fri, 30 Oct 2015 - 11min - 284 - Carol Carpenter
A discussion with ElasticBox CEO about their recent survey on the "Value of DevOps" and why senior IT leaders should care.
Mon, 05 Oct 2015 - 14min - 283 - DEVOPS CHAT with Varun Singh, CTO of ScaleArcTue, 22 Sep 2015 - 13min
- 282 - IBM InterConnect 2016 Preview with Randy Newell
A conversation with IBM Director of DevOps and Developer Marketing about InterConnect 2016, IBM’s Premier Cloud and Mobile event taking place on February 21-25 in Las Vegas. The event is expected to draw over 20,000 attendees, delivering 2,500 sessions, workshops and labs in 10 major topic areas – including hundreds on DevOps – and many networking opportunities.
Mon, 21 Sep 2015 - 21min - 281 - DevOps Chat - Leading the Transformation
Alan Shimel, Editor-in-Chief of DevOps.com, chats with Gary Gruver, author of "Leading the Transformation: Applying Agile and DevOps Principles at Scale".
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 - 15min - 280 - Devops Chat - Mobile To MainframeWed, 05 Aug 2015 - 25min
- 279 - Red Hat OpenShift Update w/ Brian Gracely
Brian Gracely has been helping to shape the Red Hat OpenShift product line for over 4 years. Brian is a key person in the product team there. In this podcast Brian gives us an update on the latest innovation at OpenShift. Much of what he is talking about will be visible or announced by KubeCon in Amsterdamn. So if you want to get an early look at the latest in Openshift, have a listen to what Brian has to see.
Mon, 03 Feb 2020 - 21min - 278 - DevSecOps Survey Results with Eric Sheridan, WhiteHat Security
WhiteHat Security is one of the pioneers in AppSec. As such they were an early advocate for DevSecOps. They have been doing annual surveys of the security and developer space for several years. In this years survey the good news is that we are seeing real progress in DevSecOps adoption by developers and security teams. But all is not roses. Some of the same old issues are still there, including how long it takes us to fix vulnerabilities and security issues. In this DevOps Chats we speak with Eric Sheridan, Chief Scientist of WhiteHat about the survey results and what they mean. Have a listen to find out Eric's take on the foundings.
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 - 17min - 277 - Launchable Wants to Increase Your Delivery Velocity w/ KK and Harpreet Singh
Jenkins founder Kohsuke Kawaguchi (KK) and respected DevOps veteran, Harpreet Singh have launched a new company called Launchable https://launchableinc.com Launchable aims to help you improve your delivery velocity by prioritizing and applying some ML and intelligence to testing. There is still much work to be done but with these two industry luminaries behind it, the expectations are high for something impactful. The VC community and a blue chip list of investors are already on board. Yes this means KK is no longer at CloudBees (several CloudBees execs are investors in Launchable)and Jenkins, while he is still an advisory. But with Jenkins now in the capable hands of the CDF and Linux Foundation and CloudBees well established, he felt this was a good time to pursue an issue he thinks needs to be solved. Hear from KK and Harpreet themselves in this great podcast.
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 - 23min - 276 - Walkme, the Digital Adoption Platform
Walkme recently announced a funding round of 90 million dollars bringing their total raise to over $300 million. But according to Rephael Sweary, that is great but the real measure of Walkme's success is their annual reoccurring revenue being over a $100m (which it is) and whether or not that company is helping their customers. In the case of Walkme, that are business's undergoing digital transformations and are looking to accelerate their digital platform adoption. Walkme has been a tremendous success no matter what yardstick you use. Listen to Rephael to understand better his view of the world and what is important for the coming times ahead.
Fri, 17 Jan 2020 - 25min - 263 - Security for Developers w Manish Gupta, ShiftLeft
DevSecOps has become a real thing over the last few years. The big shift has been making security tools that developers can use. ShiftLeft has been one of the leaders in this movement, recognizing that security had to shift left (hence the name). I had a chance to sit down right before the holidays with ShiftLeft CEO Manish Gupta about how the shift to developers using security tools is helping to make applications more secure.
Wed, 15 Jan 2020 - 20min - 262 - CyberSecurity Marketing Dojo w/ Ken Rutsky
Ken Rutsky is on a mission. In addition to being a master cybersecurity marketing ninja, Ken is also the founder of the Cybersecurity Go To Market Dojo. It is the hub of a community of cybersecurity marketers who seek to up their game and bring even more professionalism to cybersec marketing. Frankly, cybersecurity marketers get a bad wrap. Many of them have great technical chops. Just because they have marketing in their title don't assume they are not technical. Ken and the group are again putting on a great together on the Sunday of RSAC week. Also they will be doing a Cyber Marketer of the Year awards as well. Alan Shimel is one of the judges. You can find out more at https://www.gotomarketdojo.com/events/rsa2020-marketers-prefresher-happy-hour-the-marketer-of-the-year-awards
Sun, 22 Dec 2019 - 21min - 261 - Eclipse Foundation Launches Edge Native Working Group
The Eclipse Foundation recently launched a new working group for Edge Native (https://edgenative.eclipse.org/). The mission is to deliver open source edge platforms now. I had a chance to sit down with the guests highlighted below to discuss. Enjoy. Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation Mike serves as the executive editor for the Eclipse Foundation. An influential voice in the open source and Java communities, Mike has worked tirelessly over the last two decades to help establish the open source model for software development. Outside of work, Mike's passions are his family, the family cottage and hockey (as a coach, player and fan) in pretty much that order. When he's not working, or traveling for work, you will probably find him involved in one of those three things. Kilton Hopkins, CEO and co-founder, Edgeworx Kilton started programming computers when he was 8 years old. That was 1986. He started a software company a few years later. The world is very different than it was back then, but Kilton is still bringing new tech companies to life. He currently serves as the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Edgeworx, which provides the world with an open-source universal edge computing platform called Eclipse ioFog. Kilton lives in Berkeley, California. He received his MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2010. He likes to meditate, make music, and read about everything scientific.
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 - 15min - 260 - One-Click Vulnerability Scan Integration with Google Cloud Platform, Qualys
Sometimes the best way to accomplish something is to choose a path requiring the least friction, or amount of change. Qualys customers now have that path available to them in bring vulnerability scanning into Google Cloud Platform. Qualys' recent announcement means a one-click configuration change enables vulnerability scans in GCP with the results appearing in both Qualys Cloud Center and GCP Security Command Center. Join me on this DevOps Chats to explore this announcement with Sumedh Thakar, Qualys President and Chief Product Officer. We discuss Qualys' and Google's collaboration and how this benefits DevOps teams.
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 - 20min - 259 - Security Graph SDK Powers Better Policies, vArmour V5
The increasing breadth and complexity of the environments we manage are nothing short of breathtaking. Understanding the security risks and applying policies across the cloud, multi-cloud, private clouds, and a plethora of software technologies is a challenge faced by every enterprise. vArmour recently announced version 5 of the vArmour Application Controller, which opens more significant access to vast amounts of information the Security Graph represents and organizes through its Security Graph and SDK. By streaming cloud, network, and agent information into the Security Graph, enterprises now have a centralized understanding of application relationships across their multi-cloud infrastructure, enabling centralized risk and policy management that is simple, accurate, and secure. Marc Woolward, vArmour CTO and CISO, and I discuss establishing abd assessing policies becomes more manageable through expanded access to information about software infrastructure, systems, environments across the organization. I hope you'll join Marc and me in this fascinating conversation.
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 - 21min - 258 - Is the Software We Create More Secure? Veracode's 10th Report
Application security is top of mind now more than ever. For more than a decade, Veracode examined increasing amounts of code as it passes through their source code vulnerability scanning service. During this period, automation is increasingly prevalent, making it easier to run scans more frequently and regularly. But has automation helped?. Is the software we create more secure? We gain key insights about this in Veracode's The State of Software Security Report X (10th edition). Chris Eng, Chief Research Officer at Veracode, joins us on DevOps Chats. We talk about many insights uncovered in the latest report, such as 50% of applications are accruing security debt over time, the regularity of scanning correlates to vulnerability fix times, and that scanning frequency directly impacts security debt. There is a wealth of information in the report, and you can get a jump on the key findings on this podcast episode with Chris. Download the full report at https://www.veracode.com/state-of-software-security-report.
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 - 23min - 257 - Data Privacy Compliance Can Be Easy w/ Arlo Gilbert, Osano
Data Privacy is the new front in the compliance wars. For many organizations Data Privacy is a dreaded subject with a maze of governance and compliance issues. Osano wants to make it easy. Led by serial entrepreneur Arlo Gilbert, it is catching fire as enterprises learn that complying with Data Privacy laws is possible and even affordable. Have a listen as Arlo and Alan Shimel discuss this important topic.
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 - 24min - 256 - The State of CI/CD w/ Darby Frey GitLab
Ci/CD has changed the way we do software. From architecting it, to coding it, storing it, testing it, deploying it. GitLab has been a leader in this revolution. I spoke with Darby Frey of GitLab's CI/CD team about this and what the future has in store. Have a listen and hope you enjoy!
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 - 21min - 255 - Security Tools for Developers: StackHawk
While at times it seemed the adoption of DevSecOps was like pushing rope uphill, the market has embraced the premise that DevSecOps is real and is much needed in bringing a higher level of quality to software. StackHawk is a new company out of Boulder, Co that is seeking to allow developers to better secure their code and increase quality. I spoke to two of the co-founders of the company, Ryan Severns and Scott Gerlach while I was out in Boulder recently. Have a listen to what they see as the game changing solutions they want to bring to market.
Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 22min - 254 - Software Architecture for Cloud Native, .NET Core, & Open Source, Donald Lutz
In this episode of DevOps Chats we talk with Donald Lutz, Principal Software Architect, specializing in systems integration and creating large, scalable cloud applications. Occasionally DevOps Chats is fortunate to spotlight DevOps and cloud native developers doing trailblazing work in contemporary software architectures. Donald fits that bill to a "t.", as an entrepreneur and employee at startups like Faction, BoldTech Systems, and his own company Technetronic Solutions, and established companies including Via West. Our discussion focuses on creating cloud native applications in startups and large enterprise IT. Donald's currently working with one of the world's largest financial institutions to move from legacy applications directly to cloud native apps, bypassing any interim lift-n-shift moves. His work spans many Microsoft technologies, including .NET Core, runtime framework Dapper for RDBMS mapping, Service Fabric, and Azure, and opensource Kubernetes, Terraform, and Puppet (and Enterprise). During our discussion, we cover the challenges of architecting and scaling very large cloud native applications, implementing DevOps in less mature software organizations, how established software patterns benefit DevOps and cloud app developers, and the importance of giving back by hosting meetups to share knowledge and mentor others. Donald also gives back as an active leader and mentor of the FIRST Robotics Team 1410 since 2005. Join in on our conversation as we explore the complex and sophisticated inter-workings of a cloud native software architect.
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 - 23min - 253 - App Attention Index: The Era of Digital Reflex, AppDynamics
Application performance company AppDynamics recently released its 2019 edition of the App Attention Index Report. The 2019 report is subtitled The Era of Digital Reflex. Whoa, that sounds heavy!! Joining me on this episode of DevOps Chats is Steve Long, AppDynamics Regional CTO, and Technology Strategy. Cisco acquired AppDynamics in 2017. Digital connections are a near-constant. Interacting with our world through digital apps and transactions are omnipresent: making a restaurant reservation using OpenTable, making payments using an app or our smartphone digital wallet, and checking our smartphones to plan and move through our day. Thus the name of the report "The Era of Digital Reflex." In addition to insights from the report, Steve and I talk about measuring the customer's experience, tieing performance back to the desired business outcoming, strategies for finding problems, and reducing the time it takes to fix problems. Join us on this compelling discussion about application performance, customer experience, and business outcomes.
Mon, 18 Nov 2019 - 20min - 252 - Enterprise Continuous Testing With A Shift Right Mindset, Tricentis
Test automation and CI/CD are evolving very rapidly to achieve great speed and impactful results by DevOps teams and Agile organizations. Our DevOps Chat guest, Tricentis Chief Product Officer Wolfgang Platz, contributes his experiences to the state of the art with his newly released book Enterprise Continuous Testing. Automating software testing just for the sake of automation, is "doing the mess for less." What is the business value of each software element you are testing, and what is the right strategy for testing these software implemented functions? Automation certainly brings with it speed, but are we ultimately making incremental improvements to testing which doesn't tap into the full power and benefits of automated software testing. Our discussion with Wolfgang focuses on the need for expanding dev-testing with higher-level integration, system, and end-to-end user experience testing, which are often performed well by shared testing and operations teams. Now, think Shift Right. While Agile and dev teams often focus on the progression of creating new and exciting capabilities for the business and our customers, we still require that regression mindset that consistently validates unit tests, valuable business functionality, system integrity, performance, and operational needs.
Sat, 16 Nov 2019 - 23min - 251 - Pulumi, Modern Infrastructure as Code
Pulumi is bringing a new open source tool and approach for modern infrastructure as code. We spoke to Pulumi CEO, co-founder Joe Duffy about it and the SaaS version that they are bringing to market. Pulumi is an up and coming player in this market and you should watch what they are doing going forward.
Fri, 15 Nov 2019 - 18min - 250 - RSAC Innovation 2020 w/ Cecilia Marinier
RSA Conference (#RSAC) besides being the worlds largest cybersecurity conference has also become the place to see the latest innovation in the world of cyber. The woman who drives the innovation programs at RSAC is Cecilia Marinier. We spoke with Cecilia last year for RSA 2019. The program was great last year. 2020 promises to be even better. Listen to Cecilia give us the scoop on on what is in store for 2020. You can find out more about RSAC https://www.rsaconference.com/rsac-programs/innovation-sandbox
Wed, 13 Nov 2019 - 20min - 249 - Demystifying Spinnaker VM Images, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: As you use an opensource tool like Spinnaker, the more you develop best practices and learnings. These are useful to share with others internal to the enterprise and other opensource users. Jing Vergara, Principal Software Engineer at Salesforce, joins DevOps Chats to share a preview of her upcoming talk "Demystifying Spinnaker VM Image Baking and Deployment". Jing shares with us what to include and not to include (like secrets), when baking a VM image, how to avoid configuration drift, and how to deploy to multiple cloud providers using cloud init files. Jing also shares how to use opensource Packer templates with Ansible, Chef, and Docker, and how to build your own packer templates. Jing Vergara's talk is on Sunday, Nov 17th at 10:45 AM PT. Spinnaker Summit 2019 is San Diego on November 15-17.
Wed, 06 Nov 2019 - 19min - 248 - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and DevOps, Tricentis
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has garnered a great deal of attention as organizations pursue automation routine tasks through automation software. RPA automates tasks integrated into digital business process automation. Wayne Ariola, Tricentis General Manager of RPA, joins DevOps Chats to discuss how Tricentis brings its strengths and heritage in software testing automation into the world of RPA. The expansion into RPA makes a lot of sense when you consider testing technologies that operate on UX domain and data models, avoiding the pitfalls of brittle screen scraping approaches. Together, Wayne and I explore how business process automation using RPA intersects with DevOps tools, processes, and teams, and how RPA benefits from the experiences gained in the DevOps community. Join us on this episode of DevOps Chats as we explore Robotic Process Automation and DevOps.
Tue, 05 Nov 2019 - 24min - 247 - Debugging Spinnaker Apps Live, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Debugging production issues in any environment can be challenging, and Spinnaker has its production learning curve. Problems aren't always replicable in a smaller environment, and DEBUG messages can be verbose and confusing to triage what's happening. Our DevOps Chat guest Chuck Lane, Salesforce Lead Software Engineer, is giving a talk on "Debugging & Profiling Spinnaker Applications Live" at the Spinnaker Summit 2019. In Chuck's talk, you'll learn skills like remote JVM debugging, custom profiling builds, and the magic of figuring out what's going on with a multithreaded microservice using htop! Chuck's talk is on Saturday, November 16, at 3;40 PM PT. Spinnaker Summit 2019 is November 15-19 in San Deigo.
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 - 20min - 246 - Canary Deploys with Istio: Lessons Learned, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Canary deploys give us a window into how new code deploys perform in production on a limited basis. The technology holds great promise in helping us learn the positive or negative effects of deploys without putting the more extensive set of microservices, application functions, and beyond at risk. How do you route traffic? How do you apply a virtual service manifest? Is there a quick way to perform a smoke test to find server errors? When comparing metrics from new code to old, how do you know which results are good or bad? There is a lot to know and learn how to deploy and use Canarys. Our DevOps Chat guest Omar Al-Hayderi (Engineering Manager and Principal Engineer at Autodesk) is giving a talk on "Canary Deploys with Istio: Lessons Learned" at the Spinnaker Summit 2019. His talk is on Sunday, November 17, at 1:30 PM PT. Spinnaker Summit 2019 is November 15-19 in San Deigo.
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 - 16min - 245 - Spinnaker Plugins: Extending for the Enterprise, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Secrets Management is vital to any vibrant DevOps and GitOps toolchain. As part of its opensource maturation and thanks to the contribution of our DevOps Chat guest, Spinnaker now has a secure secrets management capability enabling GitOps, taking non-application secrets out of plaintext in Hal config files. (Always a good idea!) Cameron Motevasselani, Software Engineer at Armory, is giving his talk "Spinnaker Plugins: Extending Spinnaker for the Enterprise" on Sunday, November 17, at 10:45 AM PT. In addition to his contributions to Spinnaker's new secrets management facility, Cameron shares the work in progress to create an extensible Spinnaker plugin system. The current work is an early MVP to be followed by the implementation of PF4J and concrete extension points as part of Spinnaker stages. Spinnaker Summit 2019 is November 15-19 in San Deigo.
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 - 16min - 244 - Spinnaker Extensibility Using Run Job and Webhook, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Most open source software isn’t one size fits all, and Spinnaker is no different. While it captures the most general use cases of software delivery, most organizations find that it lacks some features they need to automate their entire delivery pipeline such as integrations with internal tooling or compliance systems. Out of the box (figuratively), Spinnaker provides Run Job and Webhook stages that teams can use to build custom integrations to help fill any void and enable adoption by a wide range of users. Ethan Rogers, Staff Software Engineer with Armory, joins us on DevOps Chat to share a preview of his Spinnaker Summit 2019 talk on Spinnaker extensibility. Ethan shares how Run Job and Webhook stages are used to build custom stages to capture any number of use cases with no code and simple configuration. He also covers situations when it's necessary to write code. Ethan's talk, “Making Spinnaker Your Own”, is Saturday, November 16, 3:45 PM, at Spinnaker Summit 2019 in San Diego. Separately, Ethan appears on the "State of the Kubernetes V2 Provider..." panel Friday, November 15, 2:30 PM.
Fri, 25 Oct 2019 - 18min - 243 - Using Drones, Containers, Imaging, and AI For Farming, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Never underestimate an entrepreneur looking to solve a real-world problem. Aerobotics is bringing drones, imagery, mapping, containers, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, data pipeline processing, and machine learning to agriculture. Sounds interesting, right? Aerobotics uses aerial drones and sophisticated image processing to help growers manage yield, pest & disease in their farms through Artificial Intelligence. Speaking at the upcoming Spinnaker Summit in San Diego, Aerobotics’ head of software Nick Coles, shares with us how his company evolved from making drones to map orchards into a software company using raw image data to create high resolution, georeferenced maps of orchards. Aerobotics technology is comprised of a map engine and tree engine. It's both a fascinating problem space and exciting application of cloud-native technologies, including Spinnaker. This episode of DevOps Chats features a preview of Nick's talk; “The Future of Farming with Aerobotics”. Nick's talk is on Sunday, November 17 12:30 PM, at Spinnaker Summit 2019 in San Diego.
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 - 19min - 242 - Why Cloud Native, API Centric Apps Require Built-In Security, Lacework
In the traditional datacenter world, security was (or is) very network-centric. Firewalls, IDS, Network Access Control, focus on the aggregation of all traffic traversing in, out, and across the network. Cloud-native applications rely upon different constructs and methods of building applications. It's not just the software and technology stack that requires different security in the cloud-native era. We can't just surround cloud-native applications with security; we must build in security. And to do that requires you understand how container and microservices applications are made using DevOps. You must think about how DevOps works to build in security properly. Enter Lacework, a platform built for DevOps teams to build security into cloud-native applications. Vikram Kapoor, Lacework Co-Founder and CTO, joins DevOps Chat to explore API-centric applications and infrastructure-as-code. We discuss how to build security into cloud-native applications through the DevOps-based software creation process, and not only rely on runtime security technologies. Vikram also discusses some of the planned uses for the recent $42m round of funding.
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 - 21min - 241 - Scaling a Migration to Continuous Delivery at Airbnb, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Airbnb is rapidly moving from a monolith Ruby on Rails application to a distributed SOA/Kubernetes architecture in Kubernetes. The new architecture uses self-service codified pipelines and easy webhook integrations scale adoption and collaboration across the company. Even though continuous integration isn't new to Airbnb, every team now needs to be able to scale CI across 100's of containerized services in AWS EC2. Software Engineer Brian Wolfe co-led the decision to move to Spinnaker and build in more automation. At one year into the project, Airbnb has 40 services in production with many more to follow. This episode of DevOps Chats features a preview of Brian's talk; “Scaling a Migration to Continuous Delivery (Aribnb)”. Brian's talk is on Saturday, November 16 11:00 am, at Spinnaker Summit 2019 in San Diego.
Sat, 19 Oct 2019 - 19min - 240 - Automic + CA + Broadcom, a Release Automation Journey
The life of an acquired company can be an exciting one full of unexpected twists and turns, and that’s been true of Automic software. Scott Willson, a repeat podcast guest and long-standing member of the DevOps community, joins us again on DevOps Chat. He describes his acquisition journey as being akin to a “barracuda, eaten by a great white shark, eaten by a whale." Scott is Product Marketing Director - Release Automation at CA Technologies, a Broadcom company. (The new proper name of Automic + CA + Broadcom). Scott shares what it’s like being a software DevOps company inside Broadcom, whose strong roots come from the chip manufacturing business. While software has its many differences from chips, of course, Scott shares how many of the DevOps principles and heritage from lean manufacturing made the transition easier. There are valuable lessons here for all of us. Amid all the change, Automic shifted its products to the freemium model. Automic Continuous Delivery Director is now free to use for up to 10 active releases. We talk about the upcoming releases which also includes machine learning. Join us as we bob and weave through the acquisition story into the world of continuous automated delivery. And look for Scott at the DevOps Enterprise Summit the end of October.
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 - 20min - 239 - InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 Managed Service For Time Series Data, InfluxData
We can’t seem to generate enough data. And as they say, you haven’t seen anything yet! Cloud-based managed services are a natural solution to ingest, store, and access large amounts of data from a variety of sources across private and cloud locations. An enterprise solution hosted in the cloud is good, but a developer-friendly, API -based solution, with non-enterprise usage-based pricing, reaches an even broader audience. Enter InfluxDB Cloud 2.0. The name just about says it all. InfluxData VP Products Tim Hall joins DevOps Chats to discuss their new cloud-based time-series database offering. InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 represents that shift to a cloud-based, developer-friendly offering with much greater accessibility. We discuss their use cases, the free and usage-based pricing, the new FLUX language for querying, analytics, and data processing, common APIs, and that TICK stack. TICK stands for Telegraf, InfluxDB, Choronograf, and Kapacitor. It is a feature-rich conversation, so join us. Also, check out InfluxData's October 16th webinar; Optimizing Time Series Performance in the Real World. https://webinars.devops.com/optimizing-time-series-performance-in-the-real-world
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 - 21min - 238 - CI/CD Velocity For Large Monolith Services at Pinterest, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Spinnaker Summit 2019 Preview: Software Engineer Rainie Li played an essential role in implementing Spinnaker as part of Pinterest's CI/CD pipeline. The results moved Pinterest from two scheduled deployments per day to continuous deployments, greater than 15 during business hours. This episode of DevOps Chats features a preview of Rainie's talk; “How we introduced CI/CD for Pinterest’s largest monolith services (API and Web) to improve developer velocity, quality & reliability (Pinterest)”. Topics including how Spinnaker was selected, important metrics, Pinterest's future CI/CD platform Hermez, Canary analysis, and lessons learned from the journey are shared. Rainie's talk is on Sunday, November 17th, 1:30 pm PT, at Spinnaker Summit 2019 in San Diego. Joining Rainie on the talk is Jasmine Qin, Software Engineer with Pinterest. https://www.spinnakersummit.com
Thu, 17 Oct 2019 - 17min - 237 - Autonomous Test Innovation Using AI/ML, Functionize
At the speed of DevOps, automated testing is essential for QA to maintain pace with that of software creation. Automated testing is ripe for innovation too. How do we know we are performing the most relevant tests, that new functions in the software aren’t being missed or overlooked, or that highly dynamic applications aren’t outpacing static test cases and logic? Functionize aims to bring innovation to achieve autonomous testing, making testing, the creation, and maintenance of tests more efficient. Founder and CEO Tamas Cser joins us on this episode of DevOps Chat to share several innovations his company brings to DevOps teams. Join us as we discuss how writing test cases in English help capture intent and result in less brittle tests over time, and about the ability to reach into Functionize during run time and programmatically change object models and internals. Learn how AI improves visual detection of web pages and changes in web page behavior. And how AI can root out test cases that may no longer be valid as software functionality changes.
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 - 20min - 236 - Tasktop Update, Project to Product
Dr Mik Kersten always brings a fresh perspective on what is happening in the world of DevOps and value stream management. He is beyond bright, but explains things in a way that everyone can understand. I had a chance to catch up with Mik and find out what was the latest with Tasktop. Have a listen to this great interview
Sun, 13 Oct 2019 - 20min - 235 - Monitoring Spinnaker with Prometheus on GKE, Spinnaker Summit 2019
On a project to move one of Google’s Fortune 500 customers to Google Cloud, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and Spinnaker open source, our DevOps Chat guest ran into the message “hang tight". No scripts or documentation. Not to be delayed, Miles Matthias, Google Cloud Consultant with Container Heroes, filled the gap and contributed his work back to the Spinnaker community. This episode of DevOps Chats features a preview of Mile’s talk, “Monitoring Spinnaker with Prometheus Operator on GKE” he is is giving on Saturday, November 16th, 3:45 pm PT, at Spinnaker Summit 2019. Miles also talks quite a bit about Canary testing in this episode.
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 - 20min - 234 - Charting a New Course in DevSecOps @ ZeroNorth
ZeroNorth has from its founding been focused on bringing a DevSecOps solution to market that was unique and effective. They have brought on industry veteran, John Worrall as the CEO to join Chairman and Founder, Ernest DiGiambattista and the rest of the team to help organizations with DevSecOps. They have also recently raised $10m in funding to help the cause. In this DevOps Chat we sit down with Ernest and John and talk about the new course that ZeroNorth is charting
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 - 19min - 233 - From Zero to 1000’s Deploys Per Month, Spinnaker Summit 2019
Many organizations want to implement the latest DevOps/SRE practices, but many struggle with transforming the existing processes over to new streamlined processes. How does an organization transform from 0 automated deploys to 100s/1000s a month? Most importantly, how do you show the value of Spinnaker to your business as a whole? November’s Spinnaker Summit 2019 in San Diego allows us an opportunity to hear and learn from DevOps engineers, developers, and partitioners using Spinnaker open source software. Joel Vasallo, Manager, Cloud DevOps at Redbox, shares with us a preview of his talk where he shares his experience about using Spinnaker open source to increase the number of deploys into production. Joel found Spinnaker so useful because it is very extensible, covers AWS well, strong support for Kubernetes, different deployment types, and has the automation to create the software delivery platform that fits the need. Joel's talk, Transforming Software Delivery using Spinnaker, is on November 17, 12:30 pm PT at Spinnaker Summit 2019 in San Diego.
Tue, 08 Oct 2019 - 20min - 232 - Jumpstart Your Kubernetes and Multi-Cloud App Journey, Rafay
After Akamai acquired his company, Haseeb Budhani decided to take on his next challenge and start Rafay. Rafay, focuses on the complexity and repetitive aspects of deploying and managing Kubernetes applications. Rafay addresses complexity by providing application abstraction, cluster blueprinting, and enterprise-ready integration, making Rafay a great candidate for multi-region, multi-cloud, hybrid, and edge/MEC adoption. Join us on this episode of DevOps Chats where Haseeb shares some of the experiences and challenges that led him to found Rafay, and how to accelerate your path to Kubernetes and multi-cloud applications.
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 - 24min - 231 - 2019 Accelerate Report with Dr. Nicole Forsgren
There are many interviews you do as part of the role as editor in chief of DevOps.com. Then there are some that make it all worthwhile. Anytime I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr Nicole Forsgren, it makes all of the other things I do worthwhile. She has a clarity of vision borne from the foundation of verifiable metrics she has measured and surveyed over the last six years. Just about every DevOps presentation you will see has some reference to her Accelerate: State of DevOps Report. And for good reason. It has become the "authority" on DevOps metrics. We sat down with Nicole to go over what she thinks are some of the key findings in this years report. Have a listen and enjoy.
Sun, 06 Oct 2019 - 27min - 230 - Service Mesh Tracing - from Envoy, Omnition to Splunk
As application functions get smaller, are containerized, become microservices, combine into service meshes, a new set of challenges crop up. What functions does each service perform? What state constitutes services in trouble? What are the dependencies between services across a complex service mesh? How can we instrument observability, tracing, between the service interactions? Constance Caramanolis, Software Engineer at Omnition, joined us on DevOps Chats, recorded just before Splunk's acquisition announcement. After working a Microsoft, Constance joined Lyft, in part to work with Envoy, open source created by Lyft that brings upstream and downstream tracing across a service mesh. Constance recently joined Omnition, while still in stealth, to help "flip tracing on its head." It's genuinely a fascination conversation and gives us a window into the challenges and solutions to managing a service mesh at scale. Listeners should also check out our DevOps Chats episode talking about the Splunk's acquisition of Omnition with Rick Fitz, SVP and GM of Splunk's IT Markets Group. https://devops.com/devops-chat-splunk-moves-into-microservices-with-omnition-buy/
Sat, 05 Oct 2019 - 17min - 229 - Decrypting Next Gen TLS, Nubeva
With claims of Internet traffic encryption levels at 95% and cloud communications up to 100%, it's increasingly difficult to see malicious activities happening on our networks. Encryption is a good thing, of course, until it hides nefarious network traffic and payloads. Then we want to know about it, be able to diagnose it, and take appropriate action. Encryption can be a double-edged sword. Steve Perkins, CMO of Nubeva, joins us on DevOps Chats to talk about Nubeva's solution for out-of-band decryption of next-generation TLS communications. It makes sense that cybersecurity teams desire this new level of visibility, and DevOps teams working with APIs and cloud encrypted communications also want the option of taking an "outside-in" view for troubleshooting, addressing compound performance problems, etc. We explore with Steve the benefits and use cases for Nubeva, how it works, and how Nubeva provides this level of visibility while maintaining the integrity and security of TLS communications. Join us as we explore new and unprecedented levels of access to encrypted communications.
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 - 23min - 228 - Shifting Security Right and Left w/ Jeff Williams Contrast Security
So much happening on shifting security left, but what about shift right? Jeff Williams, CTO of Contrast Security gives us a great update on the state of DevSecOps, shift left, shift right and appsec, as well as DataOps. Jeff is one of the sharpest people in the cyberworld, so this is worth your time to hear what he is thinking.
Fri, 04 Oct 2019 - 24min - 227 - Holistic Kubernetes and Cloud-Native App Security, StackRox
More than ever, application security is a top priority. Beyond secure coding practices, a holistic app security strategy addresses the full application and infrastructure stack. This includes containers, microservices, orchestration, infrastructure software, and the cloud. Bolting on the next security tool may not be the answer. Kamal Shah, StackRox CEO, joins us on this episode of DevOps Chats, diving into the need for a systemic security approach across the lifecycle of cloud-native, even "Kubenative", applications. We explore how Kubernetes and cloud-native apps bring access to rich configuration information, usage visibility, runtime context, inherent security controls, and compliance. It's a fascinating conversation that will open up new paths to secure Kubernetes and cloud-native applications.
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 - 20min
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