CockroachDB is a hassle-free SQL database for multiple clouds
Everyone knows: cockroaches are annoying, highly persistent bugs. They can live under extreme conditions and always keep coming back even if you eliminated them all. When it comes to your valuable...
New trends and buzzwords in the DevOps era: are you ready for 2021?
As the year 2020 comes to an end, it's nice to look back at the trends and hypes we got so far. It is even more exiting to see which trends...
Best practices for modern CI/CD pipelines
CI/CD is not new anymore. The hype slowly cools down and is now entering a mature state. Software development companies incorporated their CI/CD processes to fully support their DevOps teams. There...
Coming out of the dark – what is shadow IT and how to deal...
Everyone who works in a large organization knows it: there are (probably) a lot of IT projects that are not officially sanctioned. Although not a new phenomenon, it is important to...
Why CI/CD is really about collaboration
CI/CD really is about collaboration. In this post, we’ll talk about why this is true, and walk through some examples that show how this works in real life.
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Beating CI/CD complexity with CINQ
CI/CD is a common practice to bring applications from code to production. Unfortunately, the tools needed to create these pipelines vary wildly in functionality and quality, and you need to integrate...
DevOps tool sprawl: is ‘tool tax’ just the tip of the iceberg?
DevOps tools make the world go ‘round. Too many tools make the DevOps engineers go mad. The first one is true. The second one, too. Fact is: tooling that helps you...
The four-eyes principle: what’s important in a DevOps world
DevOps accelerates everything from code to production. Manual approvals for releases and deployments quickly become a thing of the past. DevOps teams need to embrace security and compliance in their day-to-day...
Threat Modeling enhances system security
Over the last couple of years, security has become a major topic for every DevOps team. Cloud-first initiatives of various companies help to push the DevSecOps movement forward. The transition to...
Advice for software application requirements
Requirements for software applications as well as for infrastructure resources are important. Some development companies do not pay special attention to them, even large enterprises tend to underestimate the importance of...