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Self-healing software stacks guard against outages, downtime
If an IT professional breaks down, a doctor must set him right. If IT software breaks, self-healing measures let it repair itself -- if the break isn't prevented altogether. Continue Reading
Shipyard floats a Docker GUI for easier container management
Deploying new Docker images is the easy part; managing and reporting on those instances is tricky. IT teams can use the Shipyard GUI to stop, start, orchestrate and manage Docker. Continue Reading
Application support and maintenance add up to operational ALM
An application isn't fully grown when it moves from development to production -- it still needs nurturing to meet its full potential. Continue Reading
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Try a Puppet setup to learn configuration management and automation
Configuration management is vital to fast-moving IT ops, and Puppet is a popular tool. This Puppet setup tutorial gets users started on the open source version. Continue Reading
Nail an IT project proposal
It's easy to get bogged down with the details when writing an information technology project proposal, but execs want simpler data. Here's how to write a winning proposal. Continue Reading
The configuration management process begins with tool evaluation
Implementing a configuration management plan involves an evaluation of the many available tools. Despite their similarities, there are important differences.Continue Reading
How the Puppet architecture manipulates configurations
Puppet is intrinsically scalable, enabling IT teams to manage one machine or hundreds. Its architecture makes the configuration management tool compatible with a range of IT setups.Continue Reading
Words to Go: Virtual container standards
So many acronyms, so little time. Here's a brief list of virtual container standards organizations and projects to track.Continue Reading
Big data concerns reach broad and deep in new era of applications
Big data is out there, waiting to make you rich -- or help your organization succeed anyway. But there are still more unknowns than knowns about the future of big data.Continue Reading
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
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SNMP monitoring tools improve how IT looks at application performance
To better manage application performance, you need to collect the right data. SNMP monitoring has the advantages of wide adoption and compatibility with other monitoring schemes.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
IT leadership -- let's get our act together
I've been consulting to organizations for many years now. To the point that I've probably worked with, in some capacity or another, well over 100 different companies and IT leadership teams. ...Continue Reading
Machine learning business applications increase IT productivity
AI has been a hot topic for decades, but it wasn't until recently that machine learning technology yielded productivity improvement. AI presents unique challenges, but could streamline workflows for businesses.Continue Reading
Declare the merits of a declarative configuration management process
The market seems to be answering a question that's been around since the dawn of DevOps -- is an imperative or declarative configuration management model the best approach?Continue Reading