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ITIL and CI/CD

In the world of IT, there are two main approaches to managing changes—the information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) and continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD). Both have their own benefits and drawbacks, so it’s important to understand the difference between them before deciding which one is right for your organization. In this article, learn about the difference between CI/CD and ITIL, and find out which approach is best for your needs.

Scaling Your CI/CD: What You Need To Know

CI/CD is the process that ensures that code updates are deployed efficiently and reliably. However, more than simply having CI/CD pipelines is required for modern business application development needs. The problems start as soon as your team grows, but your CI/CD process does not. Static CI/CD pipelines result in an operational bottleneck and slow down your application workflow. Today, we will discuss why scaling your CI/CD is an inevitable need for your organization.

How flame graphs visualize continuous profiling data in Grafana Phlare

We recently announced a new open source project called Grafana Phlare. This highly available continuous profiling data source is built into Grafana core, allowing you to seamlessly monitor your profiling data. With continuous profiling, you can see which parts of your applications are consuming the most resources. You can then use that data to make any necessary tweaks to reduce consumption, which translates to lower costs.

Baking Security into your DevOps Supply Chain with Argo CD & OPA - Dan Garfield (DevOps Experience)

Argo CD has become the defacto entry for engineering teams to deploy and manage their applications while Open Policy Agent has become one of the most reliable security policy enforcement engines. These two tools work perfectly together and yet there are very few articles and videos on the subject! In this talk, we look at the best strategies for getting these tools to work together to improve the software delivery supply chain. We’ll look at admission hooks, sync waves, and other ways to ensure your applications and clusters are always running in a secure and safe manner. Including example files and reference repos.

Cloud Marketplaces: How to Move "Tail Spend" to "Strategic Spend"

As macroeconomic pressures increase, it’s common to hear more in corporate hallways about “Tail Spend.” But what is it, and how can companies move this sometimes-shadowy expenditure into a strategic advantage for IT and DevOps teams? TOC: Here are some answers to commonly asked questions.

Solving the Top 3 IT Visibility Challenges in the Digital Workplace

Managing workplace technology is more complex now than ever before. The world as we see it has changed, leading to a burst of technological innovations aimed at creating efficient digital workplaces creating more flexibility for employees but are something of a monster for IT to manage. Managing the complexity of the digital workplace at an enterprise level requires visibility into every digital asset.

What Is Developer Experience?

Recently I started hearing more and more about developer experience, which to me was a bit new-ish, so seriously what is developer experience? Another buzz word? A real thing? It’s been a while since I actually developed code … yes yes … you can laugh … a sales person that used to be a developer 😃, and A LOT changed since then. The number of tools a developer should work with on a daily basis is just crazy.

Get in front of delivery risks by managing work in progress

Sleuth’s product team is pleased to announce an exciting new feature that provides early and actionable visibility into emerging work-in-progress risk! With this release, Sleuth provides customers even more actionable visibility into their engineering efficiency. It extends Sleuth's deploy-centric tracking capabilities upstream in the developer workflow to provide real-time visibility into in-flight work and its emerging risks. Here's how it works.