The Latest and Greatest in DevSecOps
At Calavista, we were interested in DevSecOps before there was an overall term for these best practices in software development. We were founded on concepts such as Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, pioneering Agile development. Since the early 2000s, the software development and DevSecOps scene has changed dramatically, exploding with new technology to help streamline […]
Embracing DevSecOps
Written By: Jeremy Polansky, CISSP, Director of DevSecOps at Calavista Putting Security at the Heart of DevOps At Calavista, we were doing DevOps before it had a buzz-word title. Likewise, we’ve been doing DevSecOps for quite some time, and it’s about time we start calling it what it is. If you want to learn […]
DevOps Metrics: Key Elements of Continuous Monitoring
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista Our previous blogs have defined DevOps as a collaborative culture with its own defined practices, ideas, tools, technology, processes, and metrics. Integrating some of these elements into your workflow can help streamline and improve your development process. Today, I want to focus on metrics that we […]
Continuous Monitoring: What Is It, And How Does It Impact DevOps Today?
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista DevOps has made it possible for organizations to develop and release stable applications faster than ever. However, an organization with a proper DevOps pipeline should always include Continuous Monitoring through the development lifecycle. Continuous Monitoring (CM) is a fully automated process that provides real-time data in […]
Test Driven Development
Written By: Jeremy Miller Test Driven Development (TDD) is a development practice where developers author code by first describing the intended functionality in small, automated tests, then writing the necessary code to make that test pass. TDD came out of the Extreme Programming (XP) process and movement in the late 90’s and early 00’s that sought […]
DevOps Methodology Explained: Why is DevOps Right For Your Organization?
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista In the last decade, we have seen significant shifts in software development operations. One of these shifts is the evolution of DevOps, which came to play in 2008/9. Even as organizations continue to adopt the practice, DevOps is still considered an extra when it needs to […]
Challenges of Data Migration
Written By: Steve Zagieboylo, Senior Architect at Calavista In my last blog, I talked about how we estimate new projects, and I included the offhand comment that Data Migration is always harder than you think it will be. The purpose of this blog is to provide a few examples of why I find this to be […]
Yes, Virginia, Continuous Deployment Does Have Controls and Approvals: Part 3
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista In my last two blogs, I went over the specifics of Continuous Deployment and gave some examples of how you can enforce quality and controls even though you are releasing at breakneck speeds. To finish off my series, we will dive into Dark Launches and Feature […]
Yes, Virginia, Continuous Deployment Does Have Controls and Approvals: Part 2
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista In Part 1, we talked through some of the misconceptions of Continuous Deployment (CD) and how it does not create a “Wild West” release approach. This time, I want to cover three major flows or processes (using GitHub as an example) that can be implemented to […]
Yes, Virginia, Continuous Deployment Does Have Controls and Approvals: Part 1
Written By: Daniel Kulvicki, Solutions Director at Calavista Often, Continuous Deployment is considered a step too far for most development organizations. Many people fear that it removes any gates or approval process and puts the release mechanism solely in the development team’s hands. This is incorrect. Continuous Deployment can actually can increase controls and […]
