Development
Can DevOps overcome us-vs-them
I find it interesting that Andi Mann’s Myopic View of DevOps Misses the Mark is fairly dismissive of DevOps because developers “create messes” for operations to clean up. However, many of the responses and defenses of DevOps are laden with some sharp comments about “slow moving” operations groups (e.g. Perhaps DevOps Misnamed?). Clearly the us-vs-them wall [...]
Troubleshooting heaven for Dev and Ops?
Strange as it may seem, I had a hallelujah moment at IBM Pulse. I was sitting through a session about enabling development and operations to work together more effectively. They were talking about how IBM was integrating the Rational Asset Manager with Tivoli CCMDB data repositories. This is necessary and important work, but not terribly [...]
Mainframe Programmer? Java Programmer?
Recently I spoke on the benefits and attractiveness of the mainframe as a platform for enterprise application developers and architects. After my presentation, an attendee asked which was the better to concentrate on developing, a skill set as a Java Programmer or as a Mainframe Programmer? I have to admit, my immediate reaction was that [...]
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