Modern IT Operations Skills

Find resources on certifications and DevOps job skills that will enhance your career in the modern IT operations topic center. Get team organization and leadership strategies, tips on managing DevOps and traditional teams within the same IT organization, and ideas for beginning or improving your DevOps rollout.

December 15, 2021 15 Dec'21
Log4j vulnerability nightmare: A DevSecOps wake-up call

DevSecOps can help mitigate the Log4j vulnerability, but it's unclear whether this latest cybersecurity crisis will bring about lasting adoption in the industry.
December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21
'Shift left' doesn't complete DevSecOps story for fintech

An online banking SaaS company trained its developers to code securely, but API security also required "shifting right" to bolster production-level monitoring tools and training.
December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21
Geek gifts 2021: Home office edition

Remote work seems to be here to stay for many IT pros, and shoppers for geek gifts this year have plenty of home office gadgetry and creature comforts from which to choose.
November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21
DevOps platforms hone developer experience, yield ops wins

When IT ops teams centralized infrastructure automation behind developer-friendly self-service interfaces with DevOps platforms, developers weren't the only ones who benefited.

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8 key DevOps roles and responsibilities for team success

More than most IT initiatives, DevOps is built around people. Involve the right professionals, and get those people primed to work in concerted ways. Continue Reading
application lifecycle management (ALM)

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is an integrated system of people, tools and processes that supervise a software application from its initial planning through retirement. Continue Reading
DevOps 2.0

DevOps 2.0 is the extension of DevOps practices through the entire organization, beyond development and IT ops. 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
12 DevOps KPIs you should track to gauge improvement

What's missing from your DevOps workflow? Cold, hard, impartial numbers. Track these key metrics to ensure DevOps processes achieve stated goals. Continue Reading
ITIL vs. DevOps: What path should an enterprise choose?

Frameworks and methodologies must keep pace with technology stacks. ITIL fell too far behind between the release of ITIL 3 and ITIL 4, but there might be a middle ground. Continue Reading

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

Managed services IT support closes the cloud skills gap

As businesses in the throes of digital transformation and cloud migration struggle to find and hire technically skilled IT professionals, MSP expertise can help fill the void. Continue Reading
IT skills shortage opens chances for growth and diversity

A lack of skilled employees can hurt business initiatives. To solve this IT skills gap will take commitments to meeting employee demands and dedication to learning. Continue Reading
Adopt GitOps best practices and tools for your organization

In his book 'Repeatability, Reliability, Scalability through GitOps,' Bryan Feuling provides an in-depth analysis of GitOps to help companies find best practices and tools. Continue Reading

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Get around the biggest disadvantage of DevOps: Cost

DevOps is expensive -- maybe too expensive. So, how can you slash the price tag? Instead of diving into a full culture shift, adopt only the processes that benefit your business. Continue Reading
6 steps to reduce SRE toil

All organizations suffer from toil -- even if they don't call it that. And while SRE is not a single product, there are many ways to instill its concepts into IT environments. Continue Reading
Close the tech skills gap with the right training

Employee skills are a valuable business resource. The scarcity of new or emerging IT skills has led to a skills gap that impedes tech adoption and business competitiveness. Continue Reading