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What to Expect at DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas 2022

September 19, 2022 by Gene Kim 2 Comments

It’s September 2022, and I am truly grateful that society has started returning to some semblance of normalcy after the truly devastating global pandemic. Because of this, for the first time in three years, we will be holding our first live conference, DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas, on October 18-20. In this blog post, I will be sharing the design objectives of our upcoming live conference, very much informed by the lessons learned from holding five extremely successful virtual … [Read more...]

Investments Unlimited: The Origin Story

September 28, 2022 by Jason Cox Leave a Comment

We had assembled to put together the outline for a guidance paper, as part of the DevOps Enterprise Forum held each year by IT Revolution. At the top was the title, “Modern Governance.” I thought to myself that the title alone would cure insomnia. Despite the title, members of the team had developed brilliant new automation and approaches. They were already deploying those game-changing ideas at their businesses. We wanted to share those! Unfortunately, the gold was buried in the boredom. It was … [Read more...]

What I’m Excited for at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2022 Las Vegas

September 28, 2022 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

by Leah Brown, Managing Editor for IT Revolution As the Managing Editor for IT Revolution, I usually have my nose in a book. But once a year, I have the wonderful opportunity to get out of the office (my own little cave) and enter the real world. That event is DevOps Enterprise Summit. Just like all of you, I've been missing the talks, the feedback from our readers, the smiling faces, and all the energy and excitement that comes with an in-person conference. Now that the agenda for DevOps … [Read more...]

DevOps Enterprise Journal Fall 2022 Overview

September 27, 2022 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

We are proud to announce the publication of the Fall 2022 DevOps Enterprise Journal. In this issue, we present guidance papers from the eighth annual DevOps Enterprise Forum, which brings together the brightest minds in correct DevOps, Agile, Lean thinking, and the new ways of working that are necessary to meet the challenges of the technological revolution. This year, in addition to industry leaders and experts from across the enterprise technology sector, we welcomed two groups from the US … [Read more...]

Failure

September 22, 2022 by Jason Cox Leave a Comment

Is it just me or does it seem like things have a tendency to break on the weekend when the parts and service repair companies are closed? This past weekend, as temperatures outside nudged up above 100°F, a strange electrical odor started filling the house. By evening, it was starting to get warm inside. I did a quick check of the air conditioning system. The condenser unit outside was running, but the inside blower was not working. Oh great! Why is the blower not working? Turning “fan only” … [Read more...]

Jeff Gallimore’s Culture Playlist

September 21, 2022 by Jeff Gallimore Leave a Comment

Jeff Gallimore is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer and Co-founder at Excella, a technology services firm based in Arlington, VA. He is active in the DevOps community as a writer, speaker, co-chair of DevOpsDays DC, and programming committee member of DevOps Enterprise Summit. Jeff strongly prefers croissants to donuts at conferences. Understanding Culture Describe your organization’s culture. Then describe how that culture contributes to the performance of the … [Read more...]

A Culture of Candor

September 20, 2022 by Jason Cox Leave a Comment

“There’s no upside in being wrong.” – Ed Catmull “I need to sit down.” We were standing in a crowded reception hall and the keynote speaker and I were talking. He had a pained look on his face. The waitstaff was bustling around offering hors d’oeuvres to the conference attendees that had gathered after a “Ralph Breaks VR” demonstration at The Void at Downtown Disney. I spotted a collection of chairs in the corner and motioned toward them, “Let’s grab a seat there.” “That’s better!” It was a … [Read more...]

Software Supply Chain: Security Marketecture or a Real Thing?

September 15, 2022 by IT Revolution 2 Comments

By Bill Bensing, coauthor of Investments Unlimited: A Novel about DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age Are vendors selling the software supply chain story 18 years behind the curve? Did the Solarwinds hack give these vendors a new marketecture? What if I told you the software supply chain is not a new concept? Even more, it existed before “cloud” was a thing. To qualify “cloud as a thing,” I use 2006 as when the cloud was born because that is when the first cloud … [Read more...]

History of Software Bill of Material (SBOM)

September 14, 2022 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

By Bill Bensing, coauthor of Investments Unlimited: A Novel about DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age(This post was originally published at BillBensing.com) Many people talk about software bills of materials. Few know about SBOM origins. I find it essential to understand the genesis of ideas. Let’s talk about the beginning of the SBOM. What is a Software Bill of Material? First, we need to define the software bill of materials. What is an SBOM? … [Read more...]

Investments Unlimited (Excerpt Part 4)

September 7, 2022 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

In the vein of bestselling titles The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, Investments Unlimited will help organizations radically rethink how they handle audit, compliance, and security for their software systems. By introducing concepts, tools, and ideas to reimagine governance, this book will catalyze a more humane way to enable high-velocity software delivery that inspires trust and is inherently more secure. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of our exclusive excerpt. “Holy … [Read more...]