By: Krupa Srivatsan Director, Product Marketing at Infoblox SaaS (software-as-a-service) is here to stay. This is evident from the widespread adoption of business applications hosted in the cloud such as CRM, payroll processing, collaboration and human resource management software over the last decade. And it is not just business applications these days. Increasingly, networking and security has also moved to the cloud.  SaaS is a delivery model where the software is centrally hosted by a vendor and buyers consume the service from the cloud. Whether you are an organization using applications to run your business or a vendor providing critical software as a … Continue reading SaaS – What’s in It for Customers and Vendors?

By: Walid Issa, Senior Manager Systems Engineering, NetApp The concept of DevOps in IT has been around for over 10 years and represents a change of focus in the industry—from engineering practices that center on the construction of software to practices that target both construction and operations. Relatively new source control, software automation, and delivery tooling have been a part of this movement. But DevOps is primarily a way of working that is facilitated by tooling, rather than being defined by it. Accepted definitions of DevOps therefore tend to focus on the cultural aspects of IT delivery: breaking down team silos and … Continue reading Beginning DevOps: How to Bring Your Company Along on the Journey