Containers vs Virtual Machines (VMs): A Detailed Comparison
While containers and virtual machines have a lot in common, they’re not the same thing. Each one has distinct advantages and disadvantages. You want to make…
Digital Twin: What It Is and How It’s Driving the Future of IT
We’re moving deeper into the fourth wave of the industrial revolution—or Industry 4.0, as some call it. To this end, we’re seeing rapid advancements taking place…
Capgemini’s ‘Smart Foundry’ Taps Plutora For Innovation in Value Stream Management
According to Capgemini’s World Quality Report 2019-20, the widespread adoption of agile and DevOps methodologies, the need for Quality Assurance (QA) orchestration and its impact on…
Cloud Architecture: A Definition and Introductory Guide
You’d have to be outside the IT industry altogether for the terms cloud computing and cloud architecture to be completely absent from your conversations. Even then,…
Configuration Management Databases: What Is a CMDB?
In this article, we go through important things to know about using and managing a CMDB. We discuss why having a CMDB is important, essential characteristics…
What Is Software Provisioning? A Detailed Introduction
Building high-quality software requires equally high-quality processes. Usually, when defining a software development life cycle (SDLC), we tend to focus too much on the software itself….
QA Environments: Why Do You Need So Many?
Test environment managers are often asked to audit everything. If there is a question about budgets they need to quickly identify opportunities to reallocate infrastructure and…
Test Environment Management Best Practices
This post highlights the importance of an efficient and reliable test environment management process in supporting application releases/project delivery. We begin with the introduction of test environments…
Behavior-Driven Development: A Comprehensive Intro and Guide
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is several things: a language for defining the behavior of an application; a collaboration tool for engineers, testers, and product managers; and a…
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): What It Is and How to Adopt It
Have you heard of “user acceptance testing?” I’m afraid that for many of you reading this post, the answer will likely be “No.” Unlike other more…
Containerization: A Definition and Best Practices Guide
There are many ways for operations teams to approach hardware management. Some build dedicated hardware for different applications within their stack. Some use virtualization to simplify…
Test Data Management: What This Means and 3 Tools to Use
Being part of the IT leadership in an organization might have its perks, but it also means you have to be familiar with tech jargon. For…