Marc Hornbeek, a.k.a., DevOps-the-Gray esq. is a globally recognized expert for DevOps, DevSecOps, Continuous Testing and SRE. He is CEO and Principal Consultant at Engineering DevOps Consulting , author of the book "Engineering DevOps", and Ambassador and Author for The DevOps Institute . Marc applies his unique, comprehensive Engineering Blueprints, Seven-Step DevOps Transformation Blueprint and 9 DevOps Pillars discovery and assessment tools, together with targeted workshops skills to create actionable and comprehensive DevOps transformation roadmaps and strategic plans.
Marc is an IEEE Outstanding Engineer, and 45-year IEEE Life member. He is a DevOps leadership advisor/mentor. He is the original author of the Continuous Delivery Ecosystem (CDEF) and Continuous Testing Foundations (CTF) certification courses that are offered by the DevOps Institute. He is a Blogger on DevOps.com and ContainerJournal.com. He is a freelance writer of DevOps content including webinars, and white papers. He is a freelance trainer for DevOps, DevSecOps and SRE courses offered by partners of the DevOps Institute.
Ephemeral, Idempotent and Immutable Infrastructure
DevOps works best when the infrastructure is engineered for developers as a flexible “elastic” service. Ephemeral and Elastic Resources If a small, low-risk software change is committed to the trunk branch, the ...
Containers Vs. Bare Metal, VMs and Serverless for DevOps
As I explained in my prior blog, Containers Practices Gap Assessment, containerizing software is valuable for DevOps. Yet, as I work with clients on their DevOps journeys, I continue to encounter organizations that ...
Seven Step Transformation Blueprint for Containers
This blog explains how to apply my Seven-Step Transformation Blueprint to containers. Digital transformations are hard. Many organizations falter while trying to transform their people, practices and technologies to meet strategic objectives. ...
Enterprise Container Platforms Optimize Operations
As I indicated in my prior blog, A New Approach to K8s and Containers, a new kind of enterprise Kubernetes-based container platform is needed to accelerate time-to-value and realize efficient, safe operation ...
A New Approach to K8s and Containers
Kubernetes is the linchpin of the enterprise container platform and central to the digital transformation strategies of many enterprises. It is the de facto standard for addressing and automating modern applications in ...
Kubernetes Practices Gap Assessment
Using Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized software has proven value for DevOps value streams. To get the maximum value from Kubernetes, it is important to use recommended best practices, inclusive of people, processes ...
Nine Pillars of Kubernetes Best Practices
In a prior blog, I explained Nine Pillars of Engineering DevOps with Kubernetes. The nine pillars represent categories of practices. In this blog, I expand on practices for each of the nine ...
Containers Practices Gap Assessment
Containerizing software has proven benefits for DevOps value streams. To get the maximum value from containers, it is important to use recommended best practices, inclusive of people, processes and technologies. A gap ...
Containers and Kubernetes in the DevOps Value Stream
While there is no standard definition of DevOps, I think most people agree that a major goal of DevOps is to improve value by reducing lead times and removing bottlenecks in software ...
Containers and Kubernetes For Continuous Testing
Software services architected as microservices, packaged in containers, and orchestrated with Kubernetes changes the game for continuous testing because of the excellent alignment with the five tenets of continuous testing. The DevOps ...
