Welcome to part 1/2 of our blog exploring banking innovation industry threats and market conditions. We will discuss how DevOps and CI/CD tools can help to mitigate threats. Part 1 will also discuss why tools like Jenkins, CloudBees CD/RO and CloudBees Software...
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What Does DevOps Look Like In The Small Or Mid Market Enterprise
https://youtu.be/gcnx_xT1OKc Overview Here is the VLOG transcript for Chris McHale, CEO of SPK, and Director of Cloud and DevOps, Mike Solinap, discussing what DevOps services and DevOps consulting services look like in the Small or Mid Market Enterprise. Your hosts...
The Power of CloudBees Procedures
What are Procedures in CloudBees SDA? In CloudBees SDA, procedures are the basis for reusable code. Any engineer familiar with setting up CD pipelines knows the irritation of re-coding the same task in a multitude of different ways for different teams. With...
What Is DevOps?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1aXoYaWReY Introduction Hello and welcome to what is DevOps? So in this video we're going to talk through not just the book definition of DevOps but I'm going to give you some examples of how DevOps is applied in an organization and...
Using DevOps and Cloud to rapidly respond and scale
BackgroundSPK was contacted by a software company that provides healthcare cost optimization through a web platform. Their mission is to provide customers with a method to reduce spending while maintaining quality healthcare for their employees. With an expanding...
Continuous Delivery pipeline with CloudBees CD for major insurance carrier
The ClientFounded in the early 1900’s, this major insurance provider administers health benefits to more than 4 million individuals. Because of the types of services this client provides to its customers, they are heavily reliant upon software technology and technical...
Optimal Continuous Integration Best Practices (Part 3)
November, 2021 As I noted in “Continuous Integration Best Practices—Part 1” and “Continuous Integration Best Practices—Part 2,” there are 10 best practice principles associated with Continuous Integration. In the previous articles, we covered the first six. In this...
Creating a CI System
...Continuous Integration Best Practices (Part 2) As I noted in Optimal Continuous Integration Best Practices (Part 1), there are 10 best practice principles associated with Continuous Integration. In Part 1, we looked at the first three. For Part 2, we pick up where...
Optimal Continuous Integration Practices (Part 1)
Continuous Integration (CI) is a critical piece of any company’s software development practices, and usually the first effort on the road to DevOps. Within optimal continuous integration practices, engineers submit and test new developments against the main body of...
How to Avoid the Top 5 Hybrid Cloud Pitfalls
If you’re like many engineering managers, IT infrastructure may not be your favorite topic. You think about it when absolutely necessary, but often neglect it or place it behind other capital investments. What's more, there's a good chance your current IT solutions...
What Is Engineering Technology Management (a.k.a EngOps & DevOps)? Is It Right For You?
When it comes to IT solutions, most mid-market manufacturing companies rely on one of two options. They have a dedicated in-house IT team, or an outsourced IT managed services provider (MSP). But manufacturing companies who care about product development and...
How to Increase Uptime of Your Engineering Systems
Picture this: all your engineering applications run slow, or worse, continue to shut down. Yet, the IT team reports no alerts within the remote monitoring and management systems despite the problem. What is the root cause and how do you fix it? Remote Monitoring and...