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DevOps Unbound is an award-winning biweekly video/podcast series with a companion monthly roundtable. DevOps Unbound focuses on DevOps, automation, CI/CD, and testing, featuring leaders in these areas as we explore the challenges and issues that software delivery and IT teams face every day. How do we go faster, smarter, with better quality? DevOps Unbound!
EP 19 - How AI/ML are Used in DevOps Today

EP 19 – How AI/ML are Used in DevOps Today

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) help improve the performance of DevOps teams by automating repetitive tasks and eliminating inefficiencies across the SDLC. By using AI, teams can test, code and check software faster and more efficiently. In this episode of DevOps Unbound, Brian Dawson, Judith Hurwitz, Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley discuss how AI and ML are transforming DevOps and what new use cases await AI and ML in 2021 and beyond.
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The Future of Cloud Testing

The Future of Cloud Testing

Roundtable 10: Cloud-native application development has helped organizations stay ahead by delivering faster time to market. The growth in cloud computing has also presented new testing challenges – traditional testing isn’t enough to address security holistically for cloud-native apps.

DevOps Unbound: Bi-Weekly Series

EP 18 - Does Standardization Disrupt Innovation?

EP 18 – Does Standardization Disrupt Innovation?

Although everyone has their own definition of DevOps, it all comes down to creating better software faster, empowering development and operations teams and delivering value to customers. However, there really isn’t a standard approach to DevOps.
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EP 17 - Lies, Damn Lies and Metrics

EP 17 – Lies, Damn Lies and Metrics

In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Helen Beal of the DevOps Institute, Viktoria Praschl of Tricentis, Frank Ohlhorst, principal analyst with Accelerated Strategies Group and Alex Hidalgo of Nobl9 to discuss how to use DevOps metrics effectively to improve delivery performance and help teams become high-performing with a culture of continuous improvement. The video is below and a transcript of the conversation follows.
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EP 16 - How DevOps has Changed Testing Forever

EP 16 – How DevOps has Changed Testing Forever

DevOps has changed the game in almost every aspect of testing: who, what, when, where and even why. What’s working, what needs to change immediately, and what challenges—and opportunities—lie ahead?
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EP 15 - Why Testing is so Frustrating

EP 15 – Why Testing is so Frustrating

In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Adam Kalsey of Tricentis, Brian Dawson of the Linux Foundation and Caroline Wong of Cobalt to discuss why testing is considered the most frustrating bottleneck for developers and engineers. Panelists will explain the benefits of testing early on in the SDLC and how to accelerate the feedback cycle with automated and continuous testing, as well the pros and cons of testing, the value of shift-left testing and how to effectively balance quality and speed. The video is below, followed by a transcript.
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EP 14 - What Have We Learned?

EP 14 – What Have We Learned?

The past year-plus has brought disruption and opportunity to businesses and software teams all over the world. Change is inevitable, but 2020 was a year of massive change: businesses pivoted, supply chains were disrupted, customer expectations shifted to contactless services, digital transformation projects accelerated, new digital experiences were created, the move to the cloud jumped into high gear and our ability to create and deliver software was elevated to an essential capability for business.
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EP 13 - Observability and Performance Testing

EP 13 – Observability and Performance Testing

In this episode of DevOps Unbound, Alan Shimel is joined by Christine Yen of Honeycomb, Paul Bruce of Tricentis and Mitch Ashley from ASG/MediaOps to discuss how to effectively test the performance of your applications and how bringing observability into testing environments helps DevOps teams identify and resolve issues early in the SDLC. The video is below, followed by a transcript of the conversation.
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EP 12 - DevOps Unicorns

EP 12 – DevOps Unicorns

What should you look for when choosing a DevOps vendor? What criteria are others in your industry using to inform their decisions? How do you choose a vendor that is a good fit for your organization? And how do you know if you made the right choice? In this episode of DevOps Unbound, host Alan Shimel welcomes Larry Maccherone of Comcast, John Willis of Red Hat, Ravyn Manuel of the Smithsonian, Garima Bajpai of Capital Carbon Consulting and Mitch Ashley of Accelerated Strategies Group for a panel on DevOps unicorns. The video is below, followed by a transcript of the conversation.
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EP 11 - Unburdening Developers

EP 11 – Unburdening Developers

Every app development need seems to ultimately fall to developers to fulfill. Build in security. Shift testing left. Provide users cooler, more customized experiences at cloud speed and scale. And do it all faster, of course. How do we accommodate the rising expectations without burning out developers? What can other team members do to lighten the load and allow developers to focus on the creative work they require to thrive? In this episode of DevOps Unbound, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitchell Ashley are joined by panelists Adam Kalsey of Tricentis, Tracy Ragan of DeployHub and Justin Hutchings of GitHub to talk about unburdening developers.
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EP 10 - Observability & Continuous Improvement

EP 10 – Observability & Continuous Improvement

Observability at enterprise scale brings with it additional application life cycle management requirements. Success requires knowing which changes result in improvements and which don’t produce positive results and how that information must make it back to the DevOps team through feedback loops. In this episode of DevOps Unbound, Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley talk with Kurt Chase, senior director, global release management at Tricentis, Charity Majors, co-founder at Honeycomb and Ravyn Manuel, senior application manager at the Smithsonian as they discuss observability and continuous improvement.
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EP 9 - The Road to GitOps

EP 9 – The Road to GitOps

GitOps takes DevOps best practices for development and applies them to infrastructure automation. In short, GitOps delivers a hermetic, immutable deployment. So, is GitOps replacing DevOps?
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EP 8 - Testing Is Not a Monolith

EP 8 – Testing Is Not a Monolith

With DevOps comes implementation of CI/CD, automation and testing. Is this sufficient to achieve “shift left testing”? Or does testing need to shift further left? Do we need new or additional tests for acceptance (ATDD) or behavioral testing (BDD)?
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EP 7 - Accessibility and Usability

EP 7 – Accessibility and Usability

In episode 7, we discuss strategies for incorporating accessibility and usability into DevOps and software creation processes.
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EP 6 - How to Lead a DevOps Transformation

EP 6 – How to Lead a DevOps Transformation

Is C-level support required to have a successful digital transformation? In the sixth episode of DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Eveline Oehrlich of the DevOps Institute, Louise McCarthy of Bain & Company and Mark Settle, author of “Truth from the Valley, A Practical Primer on IT Management for the Next Decade,” to discuss DevOps and digital transformation at the C level.
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EP 5 - Outsourcing DevOps, Oxymoron or Truth

EP 5 – Outsourcing DevOps, Oxymoron or Truth

Can you outsource DevOps? And if you can, what are the keys to doing it successfully? In the fifth episode of DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Ming Gong of UST Global, Chris Rolls of TTC and Robina Laughlin of Guardian Life for a discussion on outsourcing DevOps.
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EP 4 - DevOps and the Mainframe

EP 4 – DevOps and the Mainframe

In this fourth episode of our DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Gerta Sheganaku of Tricentis, Rosalind Radcliffe of IBM and Sam Knutson of Compuware to discuss app modernization, mainframes and DevOps. Find out what’s the right way to modernize your applications and how to do app modernization in a Z environment.
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EP 3 - Open Source and DevOps

EP 3 – Open Source and DevOps

In the third episode of our DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Alan Shimel is joined by Kevin Dunne of Tricentis, Tracy Miranda of CDF and Alon Girmonsky of UP9 to answer the question: Can we have DevOps without open source?
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EP 2 - DevSecOps and AppSec

EP 2 – DevSecOps and AppSec

In this second episode of our DevOps Unbound streaming broadcast on TechStrong TV and DevOps.com’s sister site Digital Anarchist, Mitchell Ashley of ASG and Alan Shimel are joined by Caroline Wong, CSO at Cobalt.io; Andrew Van Der Stock, executive director at OWASP; and Dr. Grigori Melnik, CPO at Tricentis, to discuss DevSecOps and application security.
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EP 1 - A Brief History of Testing

EP 1 – A Brief History of Testing

DevOps’ sister site Digital Anarchist has launched a bi-weekly video series and companion monthly roundtable on DevOps, Automation, CI/CD and testing. Featuring leaders in all of these areas, we explore the challenges and issues software delivery and IT teams face every day. How do we go faster, smarter with better quality? DevOps Unbound!
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DevOps Unbound: How DevOps has Changed Testing Forever

DevOps Unbound: How DevOps has Changed Testing Forever

DevOps has changed the game in almost every aspect of testing: who, what, when, where and even why. What’s working, what needs to change immediately, and what challenges—and opportunities—lie ahead? Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Abel Wang from Microsoft, Tracy Miranda from CDF, Caroline Wong from Cobalt, Kurt Chase and Ben Simo from Tricentis to share a variety of perspectives on how testing fits into the ever-evolving world of DevOps. The video is below, followed by a transcript.
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DevOps Unbound: Monthly Roundtable

Digital Transformation - Escaping the Event Horizon

Digital Transformation – Escaping the Event Horizon

Roundtable 9: Those who survive, and even thrive, during disruption successfully escape the event horizon, creating innovative new business, product and operational models. They also leverage and harness technology in new and innovative ways through digital transformation. Not escaping the event horizon leaves companies who languish in survival mode, or worse.

The Human Side of DevOps - Upskilling for the Digital Transformation

The Human Side of DevOps – Upskilling for the Digital Transformation

Roundtable 8: DevOps is all about people, process and tools. People, or humans, are critical to DevOps success. Just as we invest in tools and build processes, software leaders recognize it is vital to invest in DevOps skills for their people and software teams.

Is GitOps Replacing DevOps?

Is GitOps Replacing DevOps?

Roundtable 7: Much of what we think of as DevOps is happening now within GitOps. Is GitOps the next stepping stone from DevOps? Will organizations go directly to GitOps? What does this mean for organizations working to implement CI/CD?

Avoiding SolarWinds-Like Threats: The Impact Across DevOps Teams

Avoiding SolarWinds-Like Threats: The Impact Across DevOps Teams

Roundtable 6: The SolarWinds and FireEye compromise demonstrated the devastating effectiveness of a supply chain cybersecurity attack. How should CISOs, cybersecurity organizations and application delivery professionals prepare? Will suppliers be required to disclose or validate supply chain security measures?

Day 2 DevOps

Day 2 DevOps

Roundtable 5: Most enterprises are either contemplating or have already begun their DevOps adoption/digital transformation, but once started, the next logical question is “What’s next?” Welcome to Day 2 DevOps, now…what’s next?

The Reality of Testing in DevOps

The Reality of Testing in DevOps

Roundtable 4: Our panel discusses the true current state of the art for testing and test automation when utilizing DevOps. The discussion will include addressing questions such as; What is the state of art? Is that achievable by most organizations? Are we getting all from testing in DevOps we could be getting? What can we do to make that state of the art achievable by more organizations?

DevEverythingOps: Tackling the Top Challenges Together

DevEverythingOps: Tackling the Top Challenges Together

Roundtable 1: We won’t bore you with all the reasons DevOps requires alignment across business, development, testing, security, and of course operations. That’s established. But the real question is how to coordinate all these elements at the enterprise level—beyond the high-performing DevOps native teams and across the ones with vastly different cultures, application stacks, and compliance requirements. Join us in this first DevOps Unbound Roundtable to learn hear from the leaders across all aspects of BizDevTestSecOps.

Fitting SAP into a DevOps world

Fitting SAP into a DevOps world

Roundtable 2: SAP and DevOps were born of distinctly different worlds, but those two worlds have now collided. The SAP core, an organization’s SAP customizations, and all the connected applications are growing inextricably intertwined as SAP plays a larger role in digital transformation. What’s needed to make SAP a successful—and integral—part of the DevOps culture and CI/CD pipelines? That’s the challenge our panel of experts will tackle in this roundtable. Join us—with your own questions and concerns—as we explore issues such as:

Defeating DevOps Demons and Haunted Systems

Defeating DevOps Demons and Haunted Systems

Roundtable 3: Anyone who’s frightened by the ghouls, goblins and demons of Halloween has obviously never been in the depths of a DevOps initiative. Even the most successful projects can’t escape the scares that inevitably arise when you transform culture, processes and technologies. But fear not, DevOps Unbound to the rescue! Our experts will help you root out the DevOps demons lurking beneath enterprise DevOps adoptions.