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Skills gap emerges in DevOps

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As developers begin to make greater use of application container technologies, a survey conducted by Shippable has revealed that due to a lack of in-house DevOps skills, adoption of such technologies is slowing.

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Shippable’s survey, of over 300 US software developers, showed that 52% are using containers in the production of new applications and 14% said they are using application delivery technology in development and test situations. Also, a strong 89% of respondent said there were “somewhat likely” to use containers over the next 12 months.

Although, the survey also found factors that were slowing the adoption, such as a skills gap, but also a lack of mature container technologies that are not production ready. Security was also stated as a factor halting adoption.

Shippable CEO, Avi Cavale, said that while the “use of container technology is clearly on the rise, there are still hurdles to overcome.”

Cavale went on to say “companies can help themselves by training internal software teams and partnering with vendors and service providers that have worked with container technology extensively.”

The importance of adoption comes from early adopter of container technologies reporting considerable progress. According to the survey, three-quarters of adopters said they are shipping new applications at least 10% faster now.

Written by Jordan Platt

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DevOps experts and Electric Cloud join strategic advisory board

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The Electric Cloud has expanded its strategic alliances to increase the advisory board and to support DevOps at an enterprise level.

DevOps Handbook Author John Willis and Continuous Delivery Leader Nicole Forsgren will be joining DevOps Research CEO Gene Kim and Container Systems Leader Gary Gruver to continue investing the DevOps community with the strategic advisory board.

“The work I do helps organisations understand the benefits and business impact that DevOps transformation can bring, which helps underscore the importance of taking that first step,” said Forsgren.

“I’m excited to work with the electric cloud team to help educate the market on the importance that feedback loops and data-driven insights have on tackling DevOps adoption in the safest, most efficient way possible,” she added.

The new community edition of electric flow has sparked strong demand with a 150% subscription increase, and is now available to download as a Docker container, Azure Virtual Image, Amazon AMI and VirtualBox image.

“Starting and scaling DevOps transformations in the enterprise presents its own unique sets of challenges,” said Gruver.

Everyone is looking forward to working with each other, and to help support other organisations work with the Electric Cloud.

“I am excited to work with Gene Kim and the innovative team at Electric Cloud to help large organisations adopt container technologies for both development and production workloads,” announced Willis.

“To stay competitive, organisations are adopting DevOps practices and tools to automate their software delivery pipeline. Electric Cloud understands that DevOps adoption is not just a technical challenge but a cultural one, as well,” concluded Kim.

Written from press release by Leah Alger

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