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The Origins of DevOps DevOps is a term that is being used by many different technology professionals to refer to emerging best practices in application (and systems) deployment. But what exactly is DevOps and where did it come from? Bob Aiello takes a look at the recently hyped term.
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How does everyone like the new CM Crossroads website? How does everyone like the new CM Crossroads website?
Bob Aiello Editor in Chief
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How to add users to clearcase windows? I am having a devil of a time trying to locate the process to add users and amend permissions in ClearCase windows. It has been a while since I have done it and I can't seem to find anything in the Admin Manual that tells me how to do this. I am sure that you guys have the answer.
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What Is CM Architecture, Anyway? In his CM: The Next Generation Series, Joe Farah writes that there are two sides to answering that question. One deals with your CM solution’s architecture, and the other, which may be closely related, deals with the architecture of your tools.
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Where have all the forums gone on this site? Where have all the forums gone on this site?
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Got Configuration Management Best Practices? Why is it that we keep revisiting configuration management “best practices”? It is not that they are not well covered. It is because they keep changing and every time we look at the process of development from a different perspective, we learn something new. Ben Weatherall found that what we do under the guise of CM differs in how we identify the problems to be solved, how we address those problems, and even what tools are appropriate.
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Has DevOps Failed? DevOps has been front and center lately (2011 and 2012) with many organizations working to embrace deployment its recommended practices—sometimes referred to as agile systems administration. However, Bob Aiello writes that in some ways, DevOps has failed and we need to hold our own retrospective to understand how we can best improve.
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What have you done? Seriously what have you done to the site?!?!?
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What the Cloud Wishes It Were Chris Riley writes that when an organization is considering the cloud, it has to consider its approach as well. The cloud was built on the principles of initiating things fast, and only what you need when you need it. The cloud was not built for people who follow the mantras of “set it and forget it” and “plan for everything ahead of time.”
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The Center of Excellence A great way to establish your software engineering processes, training, best practices, reports, and metrics is to build a center-of-excellence (CoE). When complete, a CoE is a team, or entity, that provides the leadership and governance in a focus area. Often the leadership is in the form of items such as, training, documentation, metrics, reporting.
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