DevOps Unbound

The purpose of cloud performance testing is to identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks that might occur within an application. Performance testing allows DevOps teams to check the speed, scalability and stability of the apps to ensure that everything is working as planned under the designated workload. In this episode, Kristen Webb (Tricentis), Donald Lutz (Taos) and Andreas Grabner (Dynatrace) join hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley to discuss the key benefits of performance testing in the cloud and what to consider when building a cloud performance testing strategy. Join the experts to find out what you can do to ensure that your apps are running smoothly and remain available during critical times.

In this new episode of DevOps Unbound, host Mitch Ashley is joined by Tammy Butow (Statype) and Paul Bruce (Tricentis) to discuss the principles and best practices of chaos engineering, and how to effectively implement chaos testing to ensure resiliency.

The bottomline is that we couldn’t have survived the impact of the pandemic and wouldn’t have been able to successfully speed up digital transformation without DevOps. Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Tracy Ragan (DeployHub), Brian Dawson (Linux Foundation) and Stephen Chin (JFrog) as they discuss how DevOps has helped their organizations grow and why DevOps is so essential for business.

Leading a DevOps Transformation – Lessons Learned – A DevOps transformation doesn’t simply happen overnight. The main challenge is changing the organization’s culture and purpose. In order to see results, IT leaders must empower the team and work together on the shared goal of delivering more value to the customer. How can you lead a successful DevOps transformation? Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitchell Ashley are joined by Gary Gruver (Gruver Consulting), William Berry (Tricentis) and Tracy Bannon (Mitre) as they introduce the best practices for a successful DevOps transformation and talk about the challenges and cultural changes that come with it. Gain insight into how these leaders engaged in a DevOps transformation as they talk about their journey and lessons learned.

Low-code development has become increasingly popular since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Low-code technologies allow organizations to build and customize fully responsive, easy-to-deploy applications with little to no coding. It accelerates digital transformation and empowers citizens developers. Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Derya Sousa (Kianda), Andrew Manby (HCL) and Brian van den Brink (Valori) to discuss the benefits of low code and how it is transforming software development.

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. Join this panel of experts to learn how AI and ML are transforming DevOps as they discuss the new uses of AI and ML they anticipate for 2021 and beyond.

In this episode, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Jayne Groll from DevOps Institute, Paul Bruce from Tricentis and Sarah Baker from Airbnb to discuss the pros and cons of standardizing DevOps, the challenges of standardization and possible solutions.

Hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Helen Beal of DevOps Institute, Viktoria Praschl of Tricentis, Frank Ohlhorst Principal Analyst and Alex Hidalgo of Nobl9 to discuss how to use DevOps metrics effectively in order to improve delivery performance and help our teams become high-performing with a culture of continuous improvement.

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 all experts across the DevOps and testing community to share a variety of perspectives on how testing fits into the ever-evolving world of DevOps.

In this latest episode 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. They will explain the benefits of testing early on in the SDLC and how to accelerate the feedback cycle with automated and continuous testing. Join this insightful panel to learn more about the pros and cons of testing, the value of shift left testing and how to effectively balance quality and speed.