We have all been there. Summer festivals come along and there you are frantically checking weather updates on the hour, every hour. DOGFest ’17 was of course no different but luckily the weather was on our side, apart from one small downpour. What’s a true British festival without a bit of rain? Every summer at […]
Read MoreWe love a good tool at DevOpsGuys, whether it be something for building software, releasing software or a combination of the two. One such tool that has been on the market for a while now is Microsoft’s Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS for short). Originally starting it’s life as an on-premise solution (TFS), and later […]
Read MoreIn part 1 of this series we talked about the DevOps lessons about teamwork and goals we could learn from the evolution of pit crew performance from the 1950’ to the modern-day courtesy of an amazing video on YouTube, with some inside information from a former Formula 1 pit crew member. There are a number […]
Read MoreIn our recent event on Building an Awesome Digital Culture my DevOpsGuys co-Founder James Smith (@TheDevMgr) played an awesome video comparing the performance of 1950’s pit crew with a modern Formula 1 crew from 2013. The difference in performance is stark – 67 seconds versus about 3 seconds for the modern crew. I found the […]
Read MoreRead our CTO Steve Thair’s quote on the importance of automation and collaboration in the latest e-book launched today by BMC. In the e-book entitled “Flip the Switch to Continuous Delivery”, BMC and contributors provide insights that will enhance team productivity; streamlining deployments and adjusting cultural aspects to optimise your DevOps success. click here to […]
Read MoreOver the last couple of years, we have been managing environment configuration of a Windows-based production environment with Powershell DSC. It’s been working rather nicely so far – any configuration drift is fixed within 15 minutes, and Windows-literate engineers are quick to get used to the Powershell-based configuration syntax. We have a great Continuous Delivery […]
Read MoreRecently we were asked if we could help a company to reduce the costs of their infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. They were wanting to move rapidly, so working on a plan to re-architect their system to make use of the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) features that Azure provides wasn’t a viable option – we had to find […]
Read MoreWe are delighted to have been invited to present on May 3rd at the AppD Summit Europe. Taking place in London at InterContinental London – The O2, Steve Thair of DevOpsGuys will talk about “Automation: The good, the bad and the ugly” as part of a track focused on modern software technologies and practices. The […]
Read MoreAs we all sat chatting, sharing food and drinks at our first Lean In Circle, the question arose: “What is great about being a woman at DevOpsGuys?” When life pops up or kids pop out everyone needs a bit of flexibility. We’ve all been there in one guise or another; kids to school, assemblies to […]
Read MoreAs part of the MVP Tech Days Online (Channel 9, February 2017) DevOpsGuys CTO Steve Thair interviewed world renowned author Gene Kim. In a discussion entitled DevOps: to culture and beyond, Gene answers questions on his books, digital culture and digital transformation: Gene – can you start by giving us a bit of background on […]
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