Mitch Ashley Articles and Insights

Internet Performance Monitoring Wins the Day

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:02:05 +0000

We’ve spent years refining our ability to monitor systems, applications and networks, yet businesses still struggle with performance issues. The problem isn’t a lack of data—it’s too much of it. IT, network and cloud operations organizations are overrun with massive amounts of monitoring, performance and telemetry data. So much so, we must move for dashboards […]]]>

2025 Predictions for DevOps and Application Development

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:40 +0000

Hi everyone. I’m Mitch Ashley, VP and practice lead for DevOps and application development with the Futurum Group. These are my predictions for 2025. First, 2025 is go-time for AI in production. A lot of AI projects have been stuck in the pilot and prototype phases. Matter of fact, some estimates say that only a […]]]>

Bringing DevOps to the Edge

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:19:14 +0000

With networks rapidly expanding through edge device proliferation, managing these devices is becoming more arduous. I had the opportunity to sit down with Sudhir Reddy, CTO of Esper, to discuss the growth in edge device deployments and how bringing DevOps, a process discipline normally associated with software development, could help solve a number of today’s […]]]>

DevOps Must Learn From CrowdStrike’s Outage

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 05:01:00 +0000

The CrowdStrike outage on July 19, 2024, is a stark reminder of DevOps practices’ critical role in deploying updates to maintain the security and reliability of applications and systems. While the underlying software defect was the immediate cause, the broader issue lies in the deployment process that allowed a severe flaw to impact a global […]]]>

DevOps Unbound Special Edition from KubeCon Paris 2024 – DevOps Unbound EP 44

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:33:17 +0000

During this special KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 edition of DevOps Unbound , Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Martin Klaus, Tricentis VP Product Marketing. The trio discuss the progress software testing has made during the rise and adoption of DevOps and cloud native. Adapting to increased delivery velocity and modern cloud native […]]]>

AISecOps: Expanding DevSecOps to Secure AI and ML

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:30:42 +0000

AISecOps, the application of DevSecOps principles to AI/ML and generative AI, means integrating security into models' life cycles. ]]>

Techstrong Research PulseMeter: Caching Transforms Application Performance

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:50:50 +0000

The Techstrong Research PulseMeter report underscores the critical role of database caching in supporting real-time applications and digital experience delivery.]]>

Techstrong Research: Combatting CI/CD Security Anti-Patterns

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:30:01 +0000

Techstrong Research finds the imperative to secure the software supply chain and CI/CD pipelines is undeniable and urgent.]]>

KubeCon 2023: Developer Productivity and Platform Engineering

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 22:19:21 +0000

Venkat Ramakrishnan talks with Mitch Ashley about platform engineering from Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2023.]]>

KubeCon 2023: What’s Next for Managed Deployment

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:19:34 +0000

Mitch Ashley talks with Armory's Adam Frank about the latest innovations in continuous delivery. ]]>