Keeping Up in an On-Demand World
By Matt Selheimer
It’s a fact that business user expectations of IT continue to grow in
today’s tech-heavy consumer culture. In a world where we can get access to
new capabilities and services quickly in our personal lives, it’s no wonder
that business leaders are seeking the same continuous delivery of new
capabilities in their work lives.
Here are four tips that will help you adjust your culture and tooling for
this era of on-demand IT.
Tip 1: Take notice of the level of collaboration between your company’s
business unit managers and the IT department
Ask yourself, is either side pleased with the situation at present? I’ve
seen companies invest in roles within IT to foster improved collaboration
with the business (e.g. what ITIL calls Service Managers or what Gartner and
others call Business Relationship Managers). This is a useful... (more)
A Look Back and a Look Forward
By Matthew Selheimer
‘tis that time of year to look back on all that’s been accomplished and
look forward to what’s in store for the next year.
As we reflect on 2014, there are quite a few achievements we are proud of. On
the recognition front, ITinvolve was selected as the best-in-class solution
for change, configuration, and release management in an independent review by
The ITSM Review. We were also recognized as an emerging vendor by Computer
Reseller News and were short-listed as the “Most Promising Start Up” by
The Cloud Awards. Not bad for a... (more)
DevOps with Purpose: It's About Your Tools!
By Matt Selheimer
This is Part Three in a four-part series. In Part One, I focused on the
critical first step of defining DevOps with a purpose by thinking about
DevOps in the context of your organization’s applications. In Part Two, I
provided four tips to fostering a DevOps culture in your organization.
By now you’ve hopefully noticed the emphasis on “your” in this series,
because, at the end of the day adopting DevOps is about your business, your
applications, and your culture. In this third part of the series, I’m going
to discuss ... (more)
DevOps with Purpose: ACT-ing with Greater Agility
By Matthew Selheimer
This is Part Four in a four-part series. In Part One, I focused on the
critical first step of defining DevOps with a purpose by thinking about
DevOps in the context of your organization’s applications. In Part Two, I
provided four tips to fostering a DevOps culture in your organization. In
Part Three, I discussed the role of tools and how they can amplify (or
constrain) individual and team abilities as well as work across teams.
In this final fourth part of the series, I’m going to weave the three
previous to... (more)
In the spirit of the holidays, we present to you:
The Twelve Days of DevOps
On the first day of DevOps
I finally achieved:
Collab’rative IT
On the second day of DevOps
I finally achieved:
2 Git commits
and Collab’rative IT
On the third day of DevOps
I finally achieved:
3 Jenkins Builds
2 Git Commits
and Collab’rative IT
On the fourth day of DevOps
I finally achieved:
4 Gantt Charts
3 Jenkins Builds
2 Git Commits
and Collab’rative IT
On the fifth day of DevOps
I finally achieved:
5 Good Deploys
4 Gantt Charts
3 Jenkins Builds
2 Git Commits
and Collab’rative IT
On the sixth day of DevOps
... (more)
Yulissa Sweet
Emery Emery
Shery Vang
Mikel Mikel
Wendi Grant
