Application Rollout Planning and Problems

In this learning center, find tips and tools for IT operations staff to facilitate application scaling and performance optimization in production, as well as how to create a feedback loop to development as part of a successful ALM collaboration.

December 21, 2020 21 Dec'20
Enterprises reckon with Kubernetes cluster scale

Kubernetes has landed in enterprise production -- the next task is for it to expand to accommodate very large clusters, as well as many small clusters for multi-cloud and edge computing.
December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20
SolarWinds attack stumps SecOps experts

An attack on U.S. government agencies via vendor software updates illuminates a SecOps frontier where users must figure out how to reliably evaluate third-party dependencies.
November 10, 2020 10 Nov'20
Atlassian ITSM challenges ServiceNow with DevOps focus

Cloud customers of Atlassian's Jira Service Management will get some Opsgenie incident management features included at no cost, as the vendor plans its ITSM expansion.
October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20
HashiCorp Nomad 1.0 expands monitoring polish, autoscaling

HashiCorp Nomad has been used in production before its 1.0 release, but its rapid development this year makes it applicable to a wider variety of uses.

Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content

How to kickstart a proof-of-concept IT project

As with any IT initiative, operations staff should have a clear vision for a proof-of-concept project -- from technical requirements to the key stakeholders involved. Continue Reading
Ways to use feature flags in DevOps

What's in a name? Whether you call them feature flags or toggles, this approach benefits enterprise IT all the same. Learn the basics and see how to apply them to DevOps. Continue Reading
continuous delivery (CD)

Continuous delivery (CD) is an approach for software delivery in which development teams produce and test code in short but continual cycles, usually with high degrees of automation. Continue Reading

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What is DevOps? The ultimate guide

The word 'DevOps' is a combination of the terms 'development' and 'operations,' meant to represent a collaborative or shared approach to the tasks performed by a company's application development and IT operations teams. Continue Reading
When to use canary vs. blue/green vs. rolling deployment

App deployment strategies such as rolling updates and blue/green environments help IT organizations manage change with minimal risk. See which strategy fits your application. Continue Reading
ServiceNow implementation upgrades reinsurer's finance unit

In 2017, Accenture embarked on an unconventional ServiceNow deployment on behalf of global reinsurer Scor. Learn how the implementation helped modernize Scor's finance department. Continue Reading

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Optimize application deployments with this expert advice from 2019

As the year comes to a close, review SearchITOperations' most popular tips on app deployment and support, covering topics such as DevOps automation, SLAs and tool tutorials. Continue Reading
Implement these 5 ALM best practices from dev to deployment

Enterprise applications are anything but simple. To wrangle the software, resources and code of these critical apps, be smart with IT tooling, management and other aspects of support. Continue Reading
Steps to safely build and manage a preproduction environment

A well-run testing lab is a true asset to developers. An uncontrolled one, on the other hand, is a massive liability that can cost dearly. Plan lab builds along these guidelines. Continue Reading

We’ve gathered up expert advice and tips from professionals like you so that the answers you need are always available.

Prevent help desk escalation with runbook documentation

IT operations teams are often stuck in a process loop to solve issues. Learn how tools, such as runbooks and libraries, break the cycle and help avoid problem escalation. Continue Reading
Build a patch management process to stay cool in an IT crisis

Time is of the essence during a major IT crisis, but rushing to fix a problem can do more harm than good. Ensure version control, documentation and testing for effective patch deployment. Continue Reading
Improve microservices management in operations with 5 tips

Distributed applications are the future of IT, thanks to their scalability and flexibility, but growth means growing pains. Tackle microservices issues with this expert advice. Continue Reading