Web-based, microservices-based application architectures are playing a major role for IT teams that are supporting enterprise applications today, especially NetApp IT business app developers. Using their DevOps framework, the IT team set out to build cloud-native apps using microservices architectures running in containers. They started by rebuilding NetApp’s award-winning Support site, the main channel […]
The DevOps and Automation agenda at NetApp® INSIGHT® was overflowing with a variety of ways for you to learn, engage, have fun, and become a true specialist. Whether you have yet to begin your digital transformation, or you’re looking to optimize what you’ve already started, at NetApp INSIGHT 2020 you’ll find what you need to survive and […]
Even as a teenager I was fascinated with developing software. My parents called it my obsession. Since I entered the field of software development, the practices have evolved and so I have seen quite a lot of trends come and go. But there is one trend from recent years that has come to stay. And […]
As applications rapidly migrate to public and private clouds, application developers like me are expecting more from traditional enterprise infrastructure. Simply providing servers and storage in a corporate data center, even in a cost-effective way, is no longer adequate. Inside NetApp, our IT Infrastructure team embraced this demand and built a highly automated, self-service, cloud-based application […]
Over the past couple years I have been part of an exciting NetApp IT initiative to build a DevOps platform that provides the cloud services, automation, and CI/CD release models that our application development teams need to build cloud native applications. We call the platform CloudOne as it provides one consistent developer experience, irrespective of […]
The pace of digital transformation is now accelerating, driven by a new normal with digital connectivity at the core. For organizations that may not be far along their transformation journey, it’s time to take a fresh look at DevOps as a way to build agility and speed. There’s not a single path to DevOps. […]
As organizations change their development models, the tools that support these organizations must transform. At NetApp, we’ve seen a change in the development landscape, from monoliths to microservices. To help evolving teams achieve rapid, frequent, reliable code delivery, and to enhance engineering productivity, we are offering DevOps as a Service (DaaS). This solution provides automated […]
It’s a question we hear a lot at conferences, especially those—like KubeCon and DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES)—focused on the developer community. What does a storage hardware vendor have to do with application development, containers, and cloud-native software? The answer is that we are undergoing our own transformation, bringing our deep knowledge of data storage […]
Beth Busenhart, market strategist for DevOps, recently spoke with Jon Collins, host of GigaOm’s Voices in DevOps, about how data drives the DevOps pipeline, customer experience, and resulting application success. With organizations looking to scale their DevOps strategy, it’s invaluable to understand the opportunities and challenges: How to embrace CI/CD and begin the journey toward […]
At the 2019 NetApp INSIGHT® conference in Las Vegas, Lead Developer of Services Enablement Solutions Daniel Otto sat down with Cloud Editor in Chief Steve Mudd to discuss his role in the recent rebuild of the NetApp® Support site. The conversation focused on the benefits of using microservices versus a traditional approach. As a […]
From its home-brew history at Google to its ascendency today, Kubernetes has come a long way in a few short years. Now the standard for automating next-gen application deployment, scaling, and management, Kubernetes stands out as a critical force, alongside cloud, influencing how IT thinks and acts in 2020. In other words, in a […]
In a famous scene in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz, “the Great and Powerful Oz” goes, “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” At NetApp, we have our own wizard, and he is one person to whom our developers do pay attention, especially those developers who work on custom applications to […]