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Automate Deployment & Management of Docker Cloud/Virtual Java Microservices with DCHQ

This article demonstrates a solution for automating the build, deployment and management of a Docker Java microservices application on any cloud or virtualization platform. We extend an existing money transfer application consisting of event sourcing, CQRS and Docker, to run and manage this app on 13 different clouds and virtualization platforms.

Amjad Afanah
on Feb 23, 2016
DevOps

How the Bing Development Team Used Agile to Sprint Ahead

A look at how Microsoft's Bing development team has implemented agile and continuous delivery methods to vastly improve their development workflow. InfoQ interviews Craig Miller, Technical Adviser at Bing for an-depth look at how they did it and what was gained.

Jeff Martin
on Feb 01, 2016
DevOps

Immutable Layers, Not (Just) Infrastructure

How splitting applications and infrastructure into separate immutable layers speeds up deployment times and increases resource density, while keeping the benefits of immutable infrastructure.

Kevin Fishner
on Dec 31, 2015
DevOps

“DevOps: A Software Architect's Perspective” Book Review and Interview

Len Bass on the motivation for "DevOps: A Software Architect's Perspective", what does looking at DevOps from an architectural perspective mean, DevOps education, microservices and more.

Manuel Pais
on Dec 18, 2015
DevOps

Interview series: DevOps Enterprise Adoption

InfoQ ran a series of interviews during the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015, focusing on the DevOps transformations that many corporations are currently undertaking to improve not only their productivity and time to market, but also to increase engagement and collaboration between people and teams.

Manuel Pais
on Dec 16, 2015
DevOps

DevOps at Seamless: The Why, How, and What

The key thing about DevOps is understanding under which circumstances it should be introduced to your organization. Organizations that adopt DevOps go through a change that affects both processes and culture. This article focuses on why DevOps is needed, what concepts and values should support it, as well as how we implemented it at Seamless, what results we obtained and the challenges we faced.

Tomek Pająk
on Nov 29, 2015
DevOps

Q&A with Matthias Marschall on Chef Infrastructure Automation Cookbook Update

InfoQ asked Matthias Marshall what's new in the 2nd edition of his book and his view on the evolution of the configuration management tool space.

Manuel Pais
on Nov 13, 2015
Culture & Methods

Q&A on Agendashift with Mike Burrows

Agendashift is a values-based Kanban approach to organizational transformation, covering delivery, change and leadership. An interview with Mike Burrows on how Kanban and Agendashift can strengthen each other, making changes stick in organizations, the depth of Kanban survey, the value of Kanban practices, end-to-end process views, leadership, and doing sustainable change with Kanban.

Ben Linders
on Nov 09, 2015
DevOps

The Five Qualities of Application Delivery Done Right

This article explains the goals of proper application delivery using immutable infrastructure: automated, flexible, scalable, secure and transparent; and how to take gradual steps toward those goals.

Kevin Fishner
on Oct 19, 2015
DevOps

Build Quality In Book Review and Interview

Book review and interview with Steve Smith and Matthew Skelton, authors of "Build Quality In", a collection of experience reports (including their own) on Continuous Delivery and DevOps initiatives, by authors ranging from in-house technical and process leaders to external consultants implementing technical and organizational improvements.

Manuel Pais
on Sep 30, 2015
DevOps

Infrastructure Code Reviews

As infrastructure becomes code, reviewing (and testing) provides the confidence necessary for refactoring and fixing systems. Reviews also help spread consistent best practices throughout an organization and are applicable where testing might require too much scaffolding.

Chris Burroughs
on Sep 24, 2015
DevOps

Article Series: Patterns of DevOps Culture

Healthy organizations exhibit similar patterns of behavior, organization and improvement efforts. In this series we explore some of those patterns through testimonies from their practitioners and through analysis by consultants in the field who have been exposed to multiple DevOps adoption initiatives.

Manuel Pais
on Sep 18, 2015