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Application Infrastructure Planning and Management

• The DevOps roadmap for large organizations: Free chapter

  DevOps advice often spotlights unicorns and small companies on the bleeding edge. Gary Gruver's third book is for large organizations that need a starting point.  Continue Reading

• Take a self-guided IT maturity assessment

  Compare the progressive stages of IT maturity against your organization's use of documentation, goal orientation and automation; then discover areas for improvement.  Continue Reading

• Docker news shaped the IT and DevOps industry in 2016

  Docker, and tools to manage it, led to a DevOps-heavy year in 2016. Here are the 10 stories that IT admins must know before 2017.  Continue Reading

• Docker infrastructure on VMs holds promise

  Containers outperform virtual machines, but IT teams combine the virtualization technologies instead of choosing one over the other. With VM-hosted containers, disruptions decrease while capacity utilization increases.  Continue Reading

• Barrier-busting tops organizations' DevOps goals

  Every IT shop is different, which means implementations of DevOps are just as diverse. A cross-functional group of DevOps adherents shares what success looks like in action.  Continue Reading

• Start here to build an IT service management framework: Free chapter

  If you've ever felt as if you're swimming against the tide to understand IT service management, 'TRIM: The Rational IT Model' serves up a 101 course.  Continue Reading

• A fast data architecture whizzes by traditional data management tools

  New types of information, and the need to immediately access it, are reshaping the big data market into the fast data market. New data management platforms have emerged and are jockeying for acceptance.  Continue Reading

• Chapter excerpt: DevOps guide lights a path for enterprises

  If 'The Phoenix Project' inspired you to adopt DevOps, 'The DevOps Handbook' is here to guide you through the complex process.  Continue Reading

• These steps in the test automation process quash IT surprises

  Automated testing ranges from rapid unit tests to production-mimicking performance tests. If you're deploying new code frequently, make sure you have the right test automation.  Continue Reading

• An in-depth look at Puppet configuration management tool options

  Puppet configuration management tools are widely used in the IT industry. The Puppet product is available in many versions that are regarded as useful tools for organizations of all sizes.  Continue Reading

• CFEngine configuration management tool up close and in-depth

  CFEngine is a widely known and used configuration management tool. Learn about its primary features and functions and if and how your organization could benefit from it.  Continue Reading

• Immutable infrastructure takes build automation to the systems level

  Despite the shiny new term, immutable infrastructure is simply a new approach to a familiar concept. And like all great concepts, it's best explained with pizza.  Continue Reading

• Trending on #bimodalIT and its ripple effects

  Bimodal IT doesn't rely on just one coding construct, one IT operations tool or one platform. The shift to treating applications in entirely different ways is a mix of cultural and technological advancement.  Continue Reading

• SaltStack configuration management tools and their many functions

  SaltStack is a relatively new tool in the configuration management market with powerful capabilities and an active user community. Read more about this emerging product here.  Continue Reading

• What Chef configuration management can do for your IT systems

  Chef configuration management tools possess a huge community of users. Learn more about product versions, capabilities, user resources and what Chef can offer an enterprise.  Continue Reading