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A Brave New World of Testing? An Interview with Google's James Whittaker

Cloud Computing is creating substantial changes to the usual way of doing business. How should organizations leverage this approach to improve testing and quality assurance of software? To get an answer, author Forrest Shull spoke with James Whittaker from Google about cloud computing testing.

Forrest Shull
on Aug 06, 2012
Is the Enterprise Ready for DevOps?

As the DevOps movement gains popularity enterprises have started to adopt its concepts and tools to manage large infrastructures and complex delivery processes. InfoQ asked some experienced DevOps adopters about the organizational and technical obstacles still ahead for the movement to step into the enterprise world.

Manuel Pais
on Aug 01, 2012
Cloud Computing Described Through The Analogy of (US) Thanksgiving Dinner

This article explains Cloud computing using the analogy of US Thanksgiving dinner.

JP Morgenthal
on Jul 25, 2012
Standardizing the Cloud for Security

Orlando Scott-Cowley discusses security in the cloud and the need for industry standards to lower the barriers to entry while ensuring that customer data is safe.

Orlando Scott-Cowley
on Jul 05, 2012
Lessons From A DevOps Journey

Matt Callanan has been pushing the boundaries of Agile software development for over six years and most recently he extended that journey to DevOps. He recently shared his experiences in a talk at the Agile Development Practices West conference entitled "Lessons From A DevOps Journey". InfoQ caught up with Matt prior to the conference to find out more about his experiences in DevOps.

Craig Smith
on Jun 27, 2012
Culture & Methods

An Interview with Rebecca Parsons - Thoughtworks CTO

Dr Rebecca Parsons is the Chief Technology Officer for Thoughtworks, and a Director of the Agile Alliance. At the Agile Australia conference in Melbourne she discussed the trends in database technology around NoSQL databases, the linking of continuous design with continuous delivery and the impact of the mainstream adoption of agile practices on the Agile Alliance.

Shane Hastie
on Jun 19, 2012
DevOps:Evolving to Handle Disruption

With continued concerns regarding IT’s ability to meet the demands of the business in light of disruptive influences and a changing economic landscape DevOps might hold an answer.

JP Morgenthal
on Jun 13, 2012
A Distributed Access Control Architecture for Cloud Computing

Cloud computing’s multitenancy and virtualization features pose unique security and access control challenges. In this article, authors discuss a distributed architecture based on the principles from security management and software engineering to address cloud computing’s security challenges.

Arif Ghafoor Walid G. Aref Abdulrahman A. Almutairi Saleh Basalamah Muhammad I. Sarfraz
on Jun 12, 2012
Managing Security Requirements in Agile Projects

Managing security requirements from early phases of software development is critical. Most security requirements fall under the scope of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs). In this article, author Rohit Sethi discusses how to map NFRs to feature-driven user stories and also how to make security requirements more visible to the stakeholders.

Rohit Sethi
on Jun 04, 2012
An Implementer’s View of Cloud Computing Readiness Assessments

Are Cloud Computing Readiness Assessments a red herring or a valuable tool to help management decide if the organization is ready to adopt?

JP Morgenthal
on May 21, 2012
Results from InfoQ 2012 User Survey

In February, we launched the 2012 InfoQ User survey to gauge community interest in various topics, technologies, and practices. 2,850 people completed the survey, with thousands of respondents providing detailed feedback on their areas of interest. The following report summarizes some of our key findings, things that surprised us, and reactions/analysis from members of the InfoQ editorial team.

Nitin Bharti
on Apr 11, 2012
Welcome to the Future, Your PaaS has Arrived

This Article by Lucas and Adron dives into NoOps, DevOps, and how they relate to PaaS. Then with a short context description of what led to this technology it takes a look at the premier open source solution Cloud Foundry - what makes it tick, the architecture, and a simple deployment of an application. Along the way it also steps into the core concepts behind Platform as a Service.

Lucas Carlson Adron Hall
on Apr 10, 2012

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