Wishing you a Boring New Year We wish you a boring new year! We really do. At least at the office. After all there is nothing too exciting about Stability, Support and Security – but we want that for you. The Goal: Drama-Free IT You probably prefer excitement in your favorite sporting and entertainment events and drama at the movies. And if you are like most...
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Treat the DevOps Disease, Not Just the Symptoms. The Symptoms You recognize the symptoms a mile away. The early stages of a sore throat. That cough that seems to have come from nowhere. Darn. Why didn’t I get a flu shot this year!? Is the health of your business critical applications really all that different? Here the symptoms are web application performance glitches, security vulnerabilities and even...
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(Note: an earlier version of this article was first published on DevOps.com http://devops.com/2015/12/22/rugged-devops-good-bad-ugly/) The Good: DevOps has been a success for Dev. With higher expectations, better processes, more management focus and new tools like advanced PaaS and containers, developers are churning out more and more software faster than ever. Success! Or is it? The Bad: DevOps has been a success…for Dev. For Dev teams, this may...
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Note: this article was originally published on DevOps.com http://devops.com/2015/12/09/dev-loves-open-source-ops-needs-scale-now/ Dev Loves Open Source Like so many other areas of enterprise software, when it comes to configuration and release management, many developers naturally gravitate to open source options. It’s no wonder that 90% of code in modern applications is open source - after all, open source provides developers with... Immediate gratification Just Google it! Community Don’t reinvent!...
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In today’s world of "“automate all the things"” we hear a lot of questions about the difference between application configuration management and application release automation solutions. We understand the confusion between these related but different concepts and at Orca, we love to simplify things. So here goes... Application Release Automation is limited in scope Whether you call it application deployment, continuous delivery (CD), or application release automation (ARA),...
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See this announcement on DevOps.com http://devops.com/2015/11/20/orcaconfig-announces-new-support-nginx-schema-yaml/ With Orca’s version 2.1, enterprise IT Teams that operate in complex, heterogeneous environments now have even more coverage and support to automatically control their application environments. Users of NGINX, MS SQL Server and YAML files now have the ability to model their application ecosystem, enforce compliance and control of their application configurations, intelligently automate their workflows, and deliver audit-ready...
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Dev can't live without Containers? Can Ops live with them? Containers: Simplicity for Dev. Complexity for Ops. For all their power for the Dev team, containers introduce even more configuration complexity to large enterprises -a real challenge for Ops teams. Containers require configuration management between the different micro services to be used effectively. But with Orca, Dev teams continue to enjoy the benefits of containers without stressing the...
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Already using Puppet or Chef? Now add Orca for full stack configuration management and automation Players like Puppet, Chef and Ansible have gained market acceptance by catering to SysAdmins and their need to configure servers and operating systems. The good news is that the Configuration Management market is maturing as each of these tools add new features for their core SysAdmin customers. The better news is that new DevOps 2.0 solutions...
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Comparing Puppet and Chef? Consider Orca Why you should consider Orca: Puppet and Chef are architected for SysAdmins, Developers and Open Source advocates who need bare metal provisioning, OS-level configuration management and prefer a comand line interface. Orca is: Built for the Business Application Owner, eCommerce, DevOps and IT Ops Ideal for Both Pre-Production & Production Application Model Driven Orca has: Highly Scalable, High Performance Architecture Out of...
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John J. Balena joins Trifectix Fmr. BMC DevOps GM to Lead Sales & Services Trifectix today announced the appointment of John J. Balena as Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Services. Balena brings more than three decades of highly successful enterprise sales and DevOps leadership at large companies and early-stage, high-growth technology companies. He brings his can-do leadership style to rapidly driving revenue growth and ensuring...
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Orca now supports Linux With its version 2.0, Orca introduces Linux support for Apache, MySQL and System Services with even more coverage to be announced. Now organizations with mixed Windows and Linux environments can centrally and securely automate their application and middleware configuration management and workflows. Application & Middleware Continuous Configuration: a previously unmet need Customers who need continuous delivery and increased software velocity have many...
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5 Steps for Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday Readiness Ho. Ho. Ho. It’s that time of year again. Seriously. It is. It’s too late for April Fools but it’s definitely not too early for ecommerce holiday readiness planning. In fact now is the perfect time to get your ecommerce house in order well before the planned lockdowns of your critical web based applications. Balance is...
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Configuration Management Survey Results 2015 See how your organization's configuration management practices and tools stack up against our survey respondents. Click here to view survey results in a new window. We want to hear from you too. What do you think? Tell us in the moderated comments section below. We will review comments before posting.
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Busy week for www.OrcaConfig.com! We attended a terrific DevOpsDaysAustin conference. See our recap below. And rolled out an important new Orca Version 1.3.9 with Upgraded Color Coded Configuration Compliance Heat Map DevOps Days Austin recap: No one was debating the merits of DevOps. At this point practitioners, consultants and vendors were only discussing the best methods and tools to help them achieve a true DevOps...
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NEW White Paper: Achieving and Maintaining PCI Compliance with Centralized, Automated Change Control Enhance Security with DevOps Change Control Devops teams value fast-moving, efficient releases, updates and improvements. Security teams value caution and analysis. So the topic of "DevOps Security" is a timely one. A few things are already clear: DevOps Security cannot simply be an add-on. If only it were that simple. No silver bullets....
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