46: How DevOps Teams are Using Network Monitoring Tools

If your company isn’t developing software, just wait five
minutes.  


Many companies that never dreamed they’d be developing their own
software are having to “roll their own.” Sometimes it’s an
internal use only, as a custom layer over an existing platform
like Salesforce, sometimes as a product they’re selling.  


All this development means having to create your own development
operations team.


Development Operations (DevOps) has brought IT operations and
development teams a lot closer than ever before. Both sides are
using network monitoring and other IT tools in some capacity, but
how is DevOps taking over functions that used to be in IT's
wheelhouse?


To find out, I spoke with Sean Kenworthy, Senior Manager of
Development Operations and Release Engineering here at Ipswitch.


We discuss:


What is DevOps?

How Does DevOps Use Network Monitoring?

If There is a Problem Who Fixes It, DevOps or IT?

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