Recently I was asked the question on LinkedIn: “Where will DevOps be in 5 years’ …
Microsoft’s Enterprise DevOps Report 2020-21: an inside look
Microsoft recently published its first annual Enterprise DevOps Report. As one of the co-authors,…
The Top 5 Benefits of Managed Cloud
Why use a 3rd party cloud managed services provider (“Cloud MSP”) to help you manage your cloud…
What is event-driven automation and why do you need it?
The A in the CALMS model of DevOps stands for Automation. Automation is the key…
Operational maturity: what it is, why you need it, how to get it
New features, new functionality, new value-adds. Tech scale-ups are under constant pressure to evolve their…
The #1 DevOps transformation mistake organisations are making
In the 7.5 years we’ve been working in DevOps what’s the #1 DevOps Transformation mistake…
Slash waste with DevOps ways of working
Parallels between manufacturing and software development have led many organisations to adopt lean principles for…
Address these four technical debts to help your scale-up soar
Learning to make long-term decisions is perhaps the hardest part of the tech scale-up journey.…
The start-up Valley of Death: what it is and how to power through it
It’s a well-known fact that most start-ups fail. What’s less well-known is that most tech…
So, you’re doing DevOps. But what about self-service?
The big question for any tech scale-up is how to grow revenue without a parallel…
Cloud managed services: find a partner, not a provider
Getting the most from your investment in cloud-based systems requires a deep and dynamic understanding…
Modern operations: five foundational pillars
So, you’ve invested in the cloud. Most systems and applications are now built there or…
The technical debt quadrant
Is technical debt ALWAYS bad? It’s a question we’ve touched on a lot in earlier …
Five ways DevOps helps with technical debt
Many organisations uncover mountains of technical debt during their migration to the cloud. But what…
Challenges you’ll face as a scale-up CTO, and how to overcome them
Crossing the chasm from start-up to scale-up is exhilarating. But don’t expect it to be…
Are your user stories working for home-based teams?
You don’t need me to tell you how important user stories are. They’re central to…
Why digital transformation needs psychological safety
Psychological safety is a hot topic in IT circles. It has an important role to…
5 ways product-centric IT improves value delivery in a chaotic world
Enterprise organisations traditionally favour the project-led corporate IT model. With logical and structured processes, it…
Wales Tech Week: Free Cloud, Agile and DevOps workshops
Monday sees the launch of the first-ever Wales Tech Week, a forum for knowledge,…
Three reasons to perform a Well-Architected Review now, not later
Have challenges posed by Covid-19 accelerated your cloud adoption strategy? If so, now is a good time…