
DevOps Paradox
The truth about DevOps by the people on the front line
Viktor Farcic(Author)
Packt Publishing
Published on 30. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
532 pages
978-1-78913-363-9 (ISBN)
Description
Discover DevOps secrets from leading experts. Viktor Farcic interviews DevOps industries voices including Mike Kail, Greg Bledsoe, Jeff Sussna, James Turnbull, Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Liz Keogh, and more.
Key Features
Leading DevOps experts share their insights into modern DevOps practice
Engage with the real-world challenges of putting DevOps to work
Strengthen your DevOps practices now and prepare for future DevOps trends
Book DescriptionDevOps promises to break down silos, uniting organizations to deliver high quality output in a cross-functional way. In reality it often results in confusion and new silos: pockets of DevOps practitioners fight the status quo, senior decision-makers demand DevOps paint jobs without committing to true change. Even a clear definition of what DevOps is remains elusive.
In DevOps Paradox, top DevOps consultants, industry leaders, and founders reveal their own approaches to all aspects of DevOps implementation and operation. Surround yourself with expert DevOps advisors. Viktor Farcic draws on experts from across the industry to discuss how to introduce DevOps to chaotic organizations, align incentives between teams, and make use of the latest tools and techniques.
With each expert offering their own opinions on what DevOps is and how to make it work, you will be able to form your own informed view of the importance and value of DevOps as we enter a new decade. If you want to see how real DevOps experts address the challenges and resolve the paradoxes, this book is for you.What you will learn
Expert opinions on:
Introducing DevOps into real-world, chaotic business environments
Deciding between adopting cutting edge tools or sticking with tried-and-tested methods
Initiating necessary business change without positional power
Managing and overcoming fear of change in DevOps implementations
Anticipating future trends in DevOps and how to prepare for them
Getting the most from Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
Creating the right incentives for DevOps success across an organization
The impact of new techniques, such as Lambda, serverless, and schedulers, on DevOps practice
Who this book is forAnybody interested in DevOps will gain a lot from this book. If you want to get beyond the simplistic ideals and engage with the deep challenges of putting DevOps to work in the real world, this book is for you.
Key Features
Leading DevOps experts share their insights into modern DevOps practice
Engage with the real-world challenges of putting DevOps to work
Strengthen your DevOps practices now and prepare for future DevOps trends
Book DescriptionDevOps promises to break down silos, uniting organizations to deliver high quality output in a cross-functional way. In reality it often results in confusion and new silos: pockets of DevOps practitioners fight the status quo, senior decision-makers demand DevOps paint jobs without committing to true change. Even a clear definition of what DevOps is remains elusive.
In DevOps Paradox, top DevOps consultants, industry leaders, and founders reveal their own approaches to all aspects of DevOps implementation and operation. Surround yourself with expert DevOps advisors. Viktor Farcic draws on experts from across the industry to discuss how to introduce DevOps to chaotic organizations, align incentives between teams, and make use of the latest tools and techniques.
With each expert offering their own opinions on what DevOps is and how to make it work, you will be able to form your own informed view of the importance and value of DevOps as we enter a new decade. If you want to see how real DevOps experts address the challenges and resolve the paradoxes, this book is for you.What you will learn
Expert opinions on:
Introducing DevOps into real-world, chaotic business environments
Deciding between adopting cutting edge tools or sticking with tried-and-tested methods
Initiating necessary business change without positional power
Managing and overcoming fear of change in DevOps implementations
Anticipating future trends in DevOps and how to prepare for them
Getting the most from Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, Chef, and Ansible
Creating the right incentives for DevOps success across an organization
The impact of new techniques, such as Lambda, serverless, and schedulers, on DevOps practice
Who this book is forAnybody interested in DevOps will gain a lot from this book. If you want to get beyond the simplistic ideals and engage with the deep challenges of putting DevOps to work in the real world, this book is for you.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
762 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78913-363-9 (9781789133639)
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E-Book
09/2024
Packt Publishing
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Person
Viktor Farcic is a Principal Software Delivery Strategist and Developer Advocate at CloudBees, a member of the Google Developer Experts and Docker Captains groups, and the published author of The DevOps Toolkit Series, DevOps Paradox, and Test-Driven Java Development. His big passions are DevOps, Containers, Kubernetes, Microservices, Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment (CI/CD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD). He often speaks at community gatherings and conferences.
Content
Table of Contents
Jeff Sussna - Founder and CEO, Sussna Associates
Damien Duportal - Tr
Kevin Behr - IT Strategist; Chief Scientific Officer, PraxisFlow
Mike Kail - Chief Technology Officer, Everest.org
James Turnbull - Chairman, Rethink Robotics
Liz Keogh - Tech consultant
Julian Simpson - Global IT Manager, Neo4j
Andy Clemenko - Senior Solutions Engineer at Docker
Chris Riley - Author and DevOps Analyst
Adam Sandor - Cloud technology consultant
Julia Biro - Site Reliability Engineer, Contentful
Damon Edwards - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Rundeck, Inc
Kohsuke Kawaguchi - Chief Technology Officer, CloudBees
Sean Hull - Cloud Architect
Bret Fischer - Docker Captain, and Cloud SysAdmin
Nirmal Mehta - Technology Consultant
Greg Bledsoe - Agile Lean & DevOps Consultant
Wian Vos - Solutions Architect, Red Hat
Jeff Sussna - Founder and CEO, Sussna Associates
Damien Duportal - Tr
Kevin Behr - IT Strategist; Chief Scientific Officer, PraxisFlow
Mike Kail - Chief Technology Officer, Everest.org
James Turnbull - Chairman, Rethink Robotics
Liz Keogh - Tech consultant
Julian Simpson - Global IT Manager, Neo4j
Andy Clemenko - Senior Solutions Engineer at Docker
Chris Riley - Author and DevOps Analyst
Adam Sandor - Cloud technology consultant
Julia Biro - Site Reliability Engineer, Contentful
Damon Edwards - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Rundeck, Inc
Kohsuke Kawaguchi - Chief Technology Officer, CloudBees
Sean Hull - Cloud Architect
Bret Fischer - Docker Captain, and Cloud SysAdmin
Nirmal Mehta - Technology Consultant
Greg Bledsoe - Agile Lean & DevOps Consultant
Wian Vos - Solutions Architect, Red Hat