XebiaLabs Announces Latest Edition of The IT Manager’s Guide to DevOps
October 22, 2018
New and expanded update to The Manager’s Guide to Continuous
Delivery offers essential insights on how to drive the business value
of software delivery
BOSTON & LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DOES18—XebiaLabs,
the recognized leader in DevOps and Continuous Delivery software, today
announced the release of the latest edition of The IT Manager’s Guide
to DevOps: How to Drive the Business Value of Software Delivery, by
Tim Buntel and the late Robert E. Stroud. The book, which is a vastly
expanded update of The Manager’s Guide to Continuous Delivery, provides
foundational knowledge about how to use DevOps and Continuous Delivery
to optimize software processes to drive business goals. XebiaLabs will
be giving away free advance copies of the book at this week’s DevOps
Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas.
Using DevOps to Drive Business Value
The promise of delivering better software faster is why so many
companies have moved to DevOps—and it’s well worth the effort. According
to the “Accelerate: State of DevOps, 2018” survey, high-performing
DevOps teams deploy 46 times more often than low performers, recover
from incidents 2555 times faster, and are 7 times less likely to
experience change-related failures. High-performing DevOps teams create
better, more secure software and accelerate time to market. But to get
there, organizations need to adopt a big-picture approach to using
DevOps to enable business objectives.
“DevOps is not just a technical thing where, if you use the right tools,
you’ll magically get great results,” said co-author, Tim Buntel. “But,
much of the information about DevOps gets into the technical weeds. It
doesn’t clearly lay out how DevOps can optimize software delivery to
empower the business. This book fills that gap. It’s ideal for people
who need to connect software delivery with business delivery to increase
value.”
A Definitive Guide to DevOps and Continuous Delivery
A lot has happened in the world of DevOps and Continuous Delivery since
the publication of The Manager’s Guide to Continuous Delivery, a
concise source of DevOps knowledge for IT professionals around the
world. The IT Manager’s Guide to DevOps significantly expands and
updates its predecessor to offer the latest, essential information about
DevOps and Continuous Delivery, such as:
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The business benefits of DevOps and Continuous Delivery, and the
cultural, technical, and process considerations involved in achieving
them -
The stages of Continuous Delivery and how a DevOps platform supports
them - Designing a Continuous Delivery pipeline
- Understanding containers and microservices
- Doing Continuous Delivery in the cloud
- The crucial role of DevSecOps in creating high-quality software
- Measuring the impact of the development process
- Scaling a DevOps transformation
The book also includes a new foreword by DevOps author and thought
leader, Gene Kim, in addition to a foreword by David Farley, co-author
of the seminal book Continuous Delivery.
XebiaLabs’ Activities at the DevOps Enterprise Summit, Las Vegas
Attending the DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas? Stop by XebiaLabs’
booth, #313, for your free advance copy of The IT Manager’s
Guide to DevOps. Also catch the breakout session by XebiaLabs
customer, Lincoln Financial Group, attend “A
Taste of Spain” cocktail party, and get an autographed copy of Accelerate:
The Science Behind DevOps, by Dr. Nicole Forsgren, CEO and
Chief Scientist at DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA).
Those not attending the DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas can download
the advance copy of The IT Manager’s Guide to DevOps from the
XebiaLabs website.
About XebiaLabs
XebiaLabs
develops enterprise-scale Continuous Delivery and DevOps software,
providing companies with the visibility, automation and control they
need to deliver software faster and with less risk. Global market
leaders rely on XebiaLabs to meet the increasing demand for accelerated
and more reliable software releases.
Contacts
XebiaLabs
Karin Lauria, 617-307-4280
Director of Marketing
Communications
press@xebialabs.com