Use these DevOps examples to reimagine an IT organization

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  Self-service pays off for Allstate

  Insurance provider Allstate looked to a DevOps philosophy so that IT could empower employees and customers, rather than simply serve them. Watch Now

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  Gearing up for Docker in production

  Ray Krueger, VP of engineering at Hyatt Hotels, discusses what it takes to move Docker containerization onto live production infrastructure. Watch Now

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  DevOps best practices, forged from crises

  For two airlines and a government contractor, organizational turmoil from merger and spinoff was the perfect time to establish DevOps best practices.  Read Now

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  Three paths to smoother DevOps collaboration

  DevOps collaboration is as critical to transforming IT ops and product teams as the tool sets they use, several large enterprises agree.  Read Now

1Creating a CI/CD and agile infrastructure

While DevOps examples vary from company to company, there are some key tenets and practices that all organizations use as a common basis for implementation. Continuous delivery, configuration management and automation are the go-to choices, while immutable infrastructure and NoOps push the possibilities for organizations that are ready for radical infrastructure change.

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  DevOps in production: The ITSM mindset and DevOps

  Jayne Groll of the DevOps Institute explains how Agile ITSM bridges the gap between developers and operations, and what other changes DevOps brings to an organization. Watch Now

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  How to put DevOps to work

  Enterprises with entrenched IT and development practices need a DevOps guide that makes the methodology accessible and achievable.  Read Now

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  Test your DevOps knowledge

  We've seen some DevOps examples from diverse industries. So, think you know DevOps pretty well? Take this quiz to prove you know the tools, techniques and terminology. Read Now

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  Do it today with continuous integration/continuous development

  An 18-month-long process solves an 18-month-old problem. Use continuous delivery instead of, or as a companion to, large-scale changes to make IT more dynamic and agile. Read Now

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  Demand a swappable, adaptable pipeline

  As soon as a DevOps deployment pipeline is created, it is outdated. With emerging technologies and shifting tool preferences, organizations must maintain a flexible pipeline. Read Now

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  Better IT infrastructure means better apps

  Continuous integration and delivery is no small feat, and it doesn't happen in a vacuum. Major companies, such as Meetup, found they needed modernized, diverse IT options to support agile code releases. Read Now

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  What testers want their DevOps teammates to know

  Test automation facilitates rapid code development and deployment as a means of attempting to mimic the production environment to prevent surprises on live systems. To make tests more effective and faster, listen to these requests from an automated testing engineer. Listen Now

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  Is infrastructure as code too difficult for IT ops?

  Infrastructure as code (IaC) enables a DevOps shop to frequently change the IT resources supporting agile applications, but it's a concept that IT pros struggle to put into action. Read Now

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  Or is IaC just a skill that takes some practice?

  With some context for how IaC functions and some practice creating templates, DevOps teams can feel just as comfortable on the command line as they do in the cold aisle. Read Now

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  Create an immutable infrastructure

  Immutable infrastructure means no change, but it's hardly static. Components of the system are replaced with each change rather than updated. This brings the power of build automation to IT infrastructure. Read Now

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  Configuration management keeps instances -- and IT shops -- from falling behind

  Tight configuration control means IT shops can take mixed cloud and data center resources, rapid-fire code changes and close alignment with business needs in stride. Read Now

2Monitoring in a DevOps environment

Much like the Japanese concept of kaizen, DevOps promotes a culture of nonstop change and improvement. Iterative development, proven code and smooth deployment get the application to production, while monitoring provides feedback that will direct further development and infrastructure improvements.

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  The upside of a DevOps feedback loop

  DevOps users explain how IT ops control benefits from DevOps feedback loops, as well as platform and application reduction. Read Now

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  Monitor from code to CPU

  When the full stack matters to application performance, the full stack should undergo performance monitoring in an easy-to-read, integrated fashion.  Read Now

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  Achieve better monitoring with integration

  DevOps culture espouses the smart use of tools and infrastructure to improve applications. In this pertinent DevOps example, the integration of log analysis and AWS Lambda solved a monitoring problem at The Washington Post. Read Now

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  Microservices = big tooling challenges

  Microservices open new possibilities for application developers, but throw up new roadblocks for how performance monitoring tools work and how IT shops pay for them.  Read Now

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  Just the right alerts

  More services and more deployments mean more monitoring tool alerts. Invest some 9 to 5 time to paring down, sorting and customizing IT alerts to avoid midnight calls to handle false alarms and unexpected issues. Read Now

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  The answers are all there

  IT systems and applications generate a wealth of data, and big data science lets emerging tools synthesize these data points into actionable analysis. Read Now

3How to create a DevOps team bond

DevOps implementation doesn't happen overnight, and it also doesn't have to happen in the dark. Whether through articles, blogs and books; formal training and certifications; or peer-to-peer sharing, DevOps professionals can learn what their roles entail and how to work together.

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  Map the value stream to stay the course

  Mapping out the value stream of a given project is a valuable process to ensure you get the most out of your deliverables. It brings in members from every step of the life cycle to identify problem areas, allowing them to be smoothed out in advance. Watch Now

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  You're never skilled enough to stop learning

  Gene Kim is no newcomer to the DevOps movement, so when he says IT operations professionals must learn automation and other new skills -- or lose their jobs -- people listen. Read Now

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  Everyone is in operations

  IT operations' responsibilities must be shared across the DevOps team, according to many professionals adhering to the methodology. Ideally, not only will developers accept the extra responsibility, they'll clamor for it. Read Now

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  Find universal language translators

  To bring IT operations and developers together, give them tools that meet both groups' needs. Monitoring tools, ChatOps interfaces and other tools give dev and ops a common language and a path toward achieving common goals. Read Now

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  Share your problems with everyone

  DevOps is a mess, admits Avi Cavale. His company, Shippable, decided to make its DevOps transformation transparent to the outside world -- including customers, partners and anyone else interested in following along. Read Now

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  What if everything was different?

  Considering a radically new approach to IT operations? See what the site reliability engineers at Google have to say about daily tasks, automation and the fear of becoming obsolete. Read Now

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  Plan a hackathon

  Hackathons are a fun, social way to get developers, line-of-business partners, IT administrators and architects, testers and others thinking creatively about technological capabilities. See how insurance company Aviva runs its annual event, and then schedule your own. Read Now