{"id":6928,"date":"2011-06-22T16:07:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/?p=6928"},"modified":"2011-06-22T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:07:25","slug":"itmanagement088","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/2011\/06\/22\/itmanagement088\/","title":{"rendered":"Disruption with dev\/ops and PaaS Unicorns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cote-media.redmonk.com\/cote\/files\/2012\/06\/unicorn-on-field.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6930\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back from Velocity, John and I catch up on things going on in the cloud and dev\/ops space. We try to iron out what exactly the change and point of dev\/ops is and how businesses could use it. The episode is capped of with a discussion about PaaSes, two possible types of them.<\/p>\n<p>Download the episode directly <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/redmonk\/itmanagement088.mp3\">right here<\/a>, subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/ITManagementGuys\">the feed<\/a> in iTunes or other podcatcher to have episodes downloaded automatically, or just click play below to listen to it right here:<\/p>\n<p class=\"embed\">\n<h2>Show Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What is dev\/ops? workshops &#8211; at Atlanta, Portland &#8211; who comes to these things? Mostly web startup guys, but some enterprise people.<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s with the Microsoft interest? They sponsored the Atlanta workshop.<\/li>\n<li>On Microsoft and cloud dev &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/microsoft\/microsoft-working-on-concero-cloud-management-portal\/8425\">Concero<\/a>, the VisualStudio pickling tool.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/systemcenter\/en\/us\/opalis.aspx\">Opalis<\/a>\u00a0is another interesting asset.<\/li>\n<li>The rising need for orchestration in dev\/ops? Which brings in\u00a0DTO Solutions&#8217; Run Deck\u00a0&#8211; John gives an overview.<\/li>\n<li>How about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/open-services.net\/\">OSLC<\/a>? Anyone know about that?<\/li>\n<li>VisibleOps stuff, researching IT management in practice.<\/li>\n<li>What are the metrics for success and failure in dev\/ops? Lots of MTTR, expecting failure.<\/li>\n<li>In a failure-driven world: never mind that premature optimization is the devil&#8217;s root canal business.<\/li>\n<li>If you have to move from Amazon to Rackspace, how long would it take?<\/li>\n<li>A painful problem statement: you can&#8217;t be agile with current IT Management. Also: it&#8217;s not how much it costs you, it&#8217;s how much you make.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drwtrading.com\/\">DRW<\/a> pairing developers and traders at a desk. Making it a little bluer. &#8220;They can get things in front of customers really fast.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Adaptive Business Plans, Evolutionary Transactions &#8211; The only reason a business wants to be your friend is to get your money.<\/li>\n<li>Find the moribund businesses, revitalize them with more agile IT.<\/li>\n<li>How was Velocity?<\/li>\n<li>Some PaaS talk &#8211; &#8220;bring your own PaaS,&#8221; etc. And John likes &#8220;the private PaaS.&#8221; Or is it &#8220;build your own PaaS&#8221;? Like, using a Chef cookbook to use RabbitMQ. 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