One of the most anxiety inducing and often frustrating experiences for IT managers can be surviving the IT audit. If you invest a little time in preparation, you can not only survive your next audit, but also perhaps even benefit from the support to improve your existing best practices.

Many large enterprise technology systems have suffered incidents that had significant impact to the customers as well as the firm itself. But experienced IT professionals know that learning from our mistakes is good, and so, too, is harnessing the lessons learned from a serious incident or problem.

There is a trend of development managers suggesting that they need to embrace DevOps—but without the “Ops.” They argue that the operations team is too slow and lacks the skills to really participate. We want speed, but we also need to avoid error while improving reliability and enhancing security.

Times of crisis can be extremely difficult. But crisis management does not have to be all bad. Dealing effectively with crisis can make us stronger and more successful. You can achieve success by recognizing the opportunity inherent in any serious incident. You just have to be open to change.

Git has become the version control system of choice for many developers. It is relatively easy to use, has good repository integrity, and has a distributed architecture. But Git also has some limitations and can be challenging to support for large scale enterprise use. Read on for some practices.

Process improvement is a fundamental endeavor that any successful organization must embrace. The challenge many companies face is how to effectively implement IT process improvement. A good place to begin is with an assessment of current operations; then measure those findings against good criteria.

Merging two complex financial technology systems can be a tricky business. Consider BMO Harris Bank, a Chicago-based bank that experienced application deployment problems while trying to integrate the technology of Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Corporation.

The US financial system has been severally impacted by many outages in recent months. These banking technology glitches have been described as a form of "biological suicide," which highlights the dangers of banks continuing to rely on outdated legacy systems.

The latest Batman movie highlights the importance of software and has Bruce Wayne using DevOps to fight crime. Software can clearly be used for good or for evil, and so it is with regards to software practices.

The SEC wants your input on how to prevent errors in mission-critical systems, “including those that are used to automatically generate and route orders, match trades, confirm transactions, and disseminate data.” It's time for the agency to take a lesson from DevOps.

Bob Aiello explains why technology professionals who value their careers need to understand DevOps, which embodies excellent concepts and practices that have been taking the industry by storm, especially regarding software project delays.

DevOps is an umbrella concept that serves as a response to the "wall of confusion" that sometimes occurs when the communication between development and operations becomes unreliable. How does this confusion come about? What are some of the elements that fall under the DevOps umbrella?