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Immediate access to information across multiple channels has resulted in an era of fast-paced, user-driven demand and the need for greater speed in delivering products and services. In tandem with this is the ability of software applications to respond in shorter, more frequent, and faster development and delivery cycles. Together, ... Read More

Applications have moved outside the IT department. There’s a truism that all companies are now software companies, and the ability to rapidly provide new services and new functionality to customers is one of the key competitive differentiators a company can offer. IT agility is a stone that startup Davids can ... Read More

IT and business are changing rapidly. Growth opportunities in new markets, evolving customer behaviors and preferences, increased competitive pressure, and new standards in regulatory compliance are causing organizations to adapt their operations and processes. Even so, rigid legacy IT infrastructure can keep you from adjusting to change and reduce the ... Read More

A cloud-native application is an application built to take advantage of cloud computing models to increase speed, flexibility, and quality, while reducing deployment risks. Despite its name, a cloud-native approach is not focused on where applications are deployed, but instead on how applications are built, deployed, and managed. Cloud-native approaches are similar to microservices ... Read More

The days of monolithic application development are over. And while “digital transformation” may sound like a fancy buzzword that ranks alongside blockchain, agile, and cloud, it’s not all hype. With transformation comes unprecedented levels of speed, consistency, and efficiency that are fundamentally changing the way developers do their jobs. Yes, ... Read More

Developer focus and interest has led to new containers built to permit applications to scale rapidly, be more reliable, and offer better performance than more conventional means or methods. While developers like to think about what’s possible, admins tend to think in terms of what’s stable. They must be able ... Read More

DevOps.com introduces Red Hat EBook Collection Volume 2, curated by our editing staff. With this Red Hat eBook bundle you will learn more about how to benefit from combining a powerful and flexible platform for developing and running business applications (Red Hat OpenShift) with the agility, elasticity, and efficiency of the ... Read More

Achieving digital transformation is a critical business initiative for any organization seeking to modernize operations and create a competitive advantage through how they deliver value to customers. However, in order to do so, IT infrastructure must be transformed as well. IT is being challenged to keep pace in the on-demand, ... Read More

Faster delivery, greater security and higher quality were always aspirations for any organization creating apps. Today, through the use of agile for creation, DevOps for building and cloud for delivery, these aspirations are achievable for worldspanning apps by even small teams with tight budgets. Any application that is deployed to ... Read More

Containers and public cloud have always had great synergy. Containers were developed to take advantage of cloud infrastructure in order to meet the needs of cloud-native applications. Technologies like Docker and Kubernetes operate at the application level and a robust, scalable infrastructure is needed underneath. IDC spoke with organizations that ... Read More