DevOps’s impact on software development - and on the bottom line - cannot be underestimated. Collaboration between development and operation teams is now considered the key for successful digital transformation, yet many practitioners believe that the full benefits of DevOps are yet to be uncovered or properly communicated. 
In this series, we will explore the challenges and opportunities DevOps presents, how best to realize them, and how to turn process into profit.


In episode 43 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests are asking where Site Reliability Engineering has taken DevOps and the SDLC.

SRE: Where Are We in 2023?

In episode 41 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests from the world of value stream management dive into how VSM is changing the game of DevOps and the SDLC.

Leading with Value: Value Stream Management

In episode 40 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guest experts turn the focus to incident management in the age of DevOps.

Inside Incident Management & DevOps

In episode 39 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal is joined by change management and DevOps experts to discuss how software development teams can overcome the inevitable hurdles.

Tackling Change Management: Overcoming the (Inevitable) Challenges

Platform Engineering is a hot topic. But what actually is it? And what is the difference between Platform Engineering, DevOps and SRE? 

In episode 38 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests address all things Platform Engineering and ask: is it the next evolution of DevOps?

Platform Engineering: The Next Stage of the DevOps Evolution?

In episode 36 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests take a closer look at progressive deployments and how the practice is shaping developments in CI/CD.

Topics of discussion will include:
- What progressive deployments and progressive delivery means
- How DevOps teams can use progressive deployments to build upon continuous integration, continuous delivery and continuous deployment 
- How businesses can harness progressive deployments to innovate and enable product-led growth
- And more

Working With Progressive Deployments

With the arrival of ChatGPT earlier this year, Helen Beal and guests take a closer look at how AI & DevOps are accelerating Digital Transformation.

Join them as they discuss:

- How AI/ML and DevOps can join forces to extend the capabilities of software applications
- How AI can increase innovation and lead to true CI/CD
- Benefits of AI in software testing, security, alerts and feedback
- Advice for getting AI deployed into production environments 
- And more

AI + DevOps: Accelerating Digital Transformation

ProductOps has been gaining traction over the last couple of years. Though it operates and is defined differently at every company, it’s fair to say that in 2023, ProductOps and DevOps (along with RevOps and SalesOps, but that's a discussion for another time!) are starting to provide real business value.

Yet there remains some confusion about what ProductOps is, and how it can drive outcomes when looked at in the context of DevOps and agile delivery. In episode 34 of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal, Chief Ambassador at DevOps Institute and guests are here to help demystify ProductOps and share insights into how this discipline can help close the gap between business and tech.

Join them as they:

- Define what ProductOps really is
- Look at the intersection of ProductOps and Devops
- Dive into how ProductOps can help manage the tech stack, streamline organizational data and breakdown silos
- Share how ProductOps culture and DevOps culture can align and boost business efficiency
- Ask what the future of ProductOps and DevOps looks like
- And more

ProductOps - Closing the Gap Between Business and Tech

Join Helen Beal, Chief Ambassador at DevOps Institute and guests for episode 35 of Day-to-Day DevOps, where they discuss all things GitOps.

This discussion will explore:

- GitOps as an operations model and how it accelerates software delivery
- GitOps vs DevOps
- The role of GitOps in a DevSecOps world
- How GitOps is evolving secure development, API security and CI/CD pipeline security
- And more

Gaining Insight Into GitOps

Join Helen Beal, Chief Ambassador at DevOps Institute and guests for episode 32 of Day-to-Day DevOps, where they discuss how DevOps can work for SMEs.

DevOps for Small to Medium Enterprises

Serverless computing is redefining how enterprises develop applications and services in the cloud. Its popularity has grown exponentially in recent years, as DevOps teams embrace how it allows them to reduce and even eliminate time and cost on the back end. 

Yet for many developers, there is still apprehension regarding such an architectural shift. In this episode of Day-to-Day Devops, we discuss what’s behind this apprehension and explore whether serverless computing is in fact the future for DevOps teams.

- Join Helen Beal and guests as they address:
- The business and developer productivity benefits behind serverless computing’s steep rise in adoption
- How DevOps teams can learn to use serverless computing
- Potential downsides to serverless
- Potential security risks caused by misconfiguration and premature deployment
- And more

Serverless Computing for DevOps - Is This The Future?

Tailor-made for DevOps and inspired by Service Oriented Architecture, microservices is a modular approach to software development that promises quicker and scalable changes by splitting complex applications into small independent units, or services. And given today’s unrelenting business environment, it is perhaps no surprise that many are keen to incorporate microservices. 

Yet, in the pursuit of true agility, many organizations are facing challenges as they move away from traditional monolithic architecture toward microservices. In this episode of Day-to-Day Devops, Helen Beal and guests are exploring what these challenges are and how IT and DevOps teams can overcome them.
  
Join them to learn:

- The leading business benefits that microservices can realize
- The common concerns and challenges you may face when adopting microservices, and strategies for overcoming them
- How a distributed workforce and the increased number of remote workers have impacted the adoption of microservices 
- How to determine whether the benefits of microservices outweigh the complexities for your business
- How to manage the potential security risks when adopting - and managing - microservices
And more

DevOps and Microservices: How to See Success

The IDC estimates that the amount of digital data created over the next five years will be greater than twice the amount of data created since the advent of digital storage. 

It’s therefore no surprise that it’s a pressing need for organizations to become more data-driven and to be able to quickly process deluges of data to quickly derive actionable insights. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that this requires an agile data management approach that makes the most of both technology and humans.

Still a relatively new term, this is termed DataOps. DataOps seeks to expand the virtues of DevOps, and advocates for clear communication and collaboration across all data stakeholders to eliminate the inefficiencies of traditional data integration, and drive efficiency.

In this episode, Helen Beal and guests will be discussing how DataOps can eliminate silos and foster a Data Culture throughout your organization. Join them to hear them share ideas that will help you understand and overcome the challenges around data in the DevOps space.

They’ll be discussing:

- Why DataOps isn’t just DevOps for Data
- How DataOps reduces complexity for organizations and shouldn’t be viewed as ‘just another thing for data professionals to worry about’
- What the importance of individuals and interactions, as well as tools and processes, are in DataOps
- How to demonstrate value early and encourage executive buy-in
- And more

Applying Data to DevOps: A Comprehensive Guide to DataOps

Once an emerging technology, it is now almost impossible to find a single industry that isn’t incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) into their operations, products and services. 

For DevOps teams, AI has been essential in helping to manage the sheer volume of data produced across dynamic and distributed environments. From automating repetitive tasks to eliminating inefficiencies across the Software Development Life Cycle, the benefits are undeniable - but it does beg the questions: where does this leave the modern developer? Is AI replacing or supporting them?

In this episode of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests will be analyzing the rise of AI in DevOps and how its prominence affects the role of the modern developer.

Join them as they discuss:

- The key ways in which AI continues to transform DevOps
- Why AIOps is a strategy, not a solution
- Will AI ever replace the role of the developer, and how has the role of the modern developer evolved?
- How has the use of AI improved the culture of DevOps?
- How is AI affecting the future of Augmented and Virtual Reality?
- And more

AI and the Role of the Modern Developer

Security has historically had to be an after-thought for developers. The need for speed and delivery means that misconfigurations and vulnerabilities can make it through the development pipeline, and they are often only fixed post-deployment.

Naturally, this can be costly and not only puts the business at risk but also negatively impacts developer productivity. As a result, many organizations now incorporate security into the software development process, shifting left with a DevSecOps approach.

However, there is a new trend in town - SecDevOps. But what exactly is it? In this episode of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests are breaking down the new trend of SecDevOps, explaining how it goes one step further than DevSecOps and exploring why it considers information security as the number one priority, with measures needing to be taken before development even begins.

Join to hear how businesses - and DevOps teams - can implement developer-led security practices. Points of discussion will include:

- Why security should no longer be the sole responsibility of the security team
- Why organizations cannot buy their way into SecDevOps/DevSecOps; a ‘shift left' approach is as much a human initiative as it is a technical one
- The benefits of adopting SecDevOps practices
- How security professionals and developers can align expectations and practices 
And more

One Step Further: How to Prioritise Security with SecDevOps

No matter how your organization operates, it needs to be prepared for change - and as the IT Industry marches towards a faster flow of automated software delivery, agile Change Management has become imperative to control the gateway between development and deployment. 

In the past, Change Management has been associated with protracted approval processes and considerable manual effort; however, by moving away from a one-size-fits-all strategy and embracing DevOps initiatives, changes can be broken down and implemented quickly. But how can this be achieved successfully?

In this episode of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests will explore how your organization can adapt its Change Management practices to meet the ever-evolving, faster pace of continuous delivery,  and deliver software that doesn’t compromise on reliability or security.

Join us to hear:
- What Change Management is in the context of DevOps.
- Why adapting Change Management to continuous delivery is as much cultural as it is procedural. 
- Why DevOps can support your organization’s change management, and why DevOps and Change Management can coexist. 
- The best practices for integrating DevOps into your existing functional framework/change management strategy.
- And more

Driving Organizational Change Management with DevOps

Whilst Agile and DevOps have helped organizations to transform their software delivery processes, Value Streaming created the missing link to connect software delivery with business value. Yet, for Value Streaming to be truly effective, IT and business leaders must be aware of the challenges that need to be overcome. 

In this episode of Day-to-Day DevOps, Helen Beal and guests will discuss the importance of Value Streaming in 2022, and the factors that DevOps teams must consider before adopting this strategy - including humans, processes, and technologies.

Join us to hear:
- The origins of Value Stream Management and key concepts such as flow, value, and delivery
- The key concepts within Value Stream Management such as Value Stream Mapping, and Value Stream Management
- Why VSM is needed and the business benefits of its practice for DevOps teams.
- How Lean, Agile, DevOps, and ITSM principles contribute to value stream management
- Where Value Streams start and end, and how they interconnect
- What are good Value Stream Management practices?

How DevOps and Value Stream Management can Help You Realize True Business Value

In episode 42 of Day-to-Day DevOps, it's time for Helen Beal and guests to take a closer look at continuous compliance and 'policy as code.'

Continuous Compliance and Policy as Code

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