Terraform CI/CD Showdown: DIY or Buy?
Automation-powered DevOps teams deploy changes multiple times a day; low performers do so less than twice a year. More than 80% of businesses have deployment delays that last about 3.8 months each year. Companies say the second biggest reason for these delays is a lack of automation. Automation is a strategic imperative in software development. […]
Choosing the Right IaC Platform: What Really Matters at Scale
If you care about resilience, governance, or avoiding 2am fire drills—you want your infrastructure in code. All of it. But increasing IaC coverage isn’t just a nice-to-have anymore. It’s the difference between control and chaos. So if you’re trying to scale Terraform (or bring unmanaged resources under control) here’s a handy checklist for what to look […]
The Enterprise Cloud Just Got Tariff-ied. Now What?
In times of economic uncertainty, full cloud visibility and control are more important than ever. For years, we’ve all deployed cloud infrastructure region by region—but we’ve mostly managed it with a global mindset. Teams scaled infrastructure where growth demanded, optimized later, and correctly assumed regional differences would be modest and manageable. Now, in 2025, that assumption no […]
You Built Terraform Modules. Are Your Teams Actually Using Them?
If you’re leading a platform or DevOps team, you’ve probably gone to the trouble of building Terraform Modules — those reusable, policy-compliant blueprints for common resources like Azure Storage Accounts, AWS S3 Buckets, or GCP Network Load Balancers. Like me, you probably did it because you wanted to move faster without sacrificing consistency – and […]
Infrastructure Eats Strategy
Every major strategic initiative enterprises are chasing in 2025 — global scale, digital customer experience, and AI, AI, AI — has one critical element dictating success or failure: infrastructure. More precisely, how strategically we cloud leaders manage our cloud infrastructure. Unfortunately, most parts of most enterprises still see “infra” like plumbing — something to maintain, […]
Why AI forces DevOps to be Faster
Software development worldwide has seen a seismic shift recently, primarily brought about by the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has radically impacted software development, software testing, and deployment. As great as all of that has been, it also means that DevOps practices will have to adapt to match the frenetic pace of technology innovation. […]
Cloud Governance Best Practices: 5 Ways to Prevent Drift
As a DevOps professional, you’ve likely spent weeks carefully designing and documenting your infrastructure to ensure everything runs smoothly. But over time, unexpected issues and vulnerabilities begin to surface. These aren’t just bugs—they’re symptoms of inconsistent cloud governance, especially common in fast-scaling DevOps environments. Without adopting cloud governance best practices, your once-reliable applications start to […]
What to Do When Atlantis Doesn’t Meet Your Scale
Scaling Challenges with Atlantis and when to start looking for Atlantis alternatives Terraform is a crown jewel when it comes to infrastructure as code. Despite its recent license changes and the evolution of OpenTofu, Terraform remains the top choice when it comes to infrastructure management. As adoption accelerates, teams are challenged to scale Terraform usage […]
How to Become a Director of Devops
Driving DevOps career growth, skills development and cloud governance Are you a DevOps engineer today and you are looking to move up to become Director of DevOps? Do you want to transition from building CI/CD pipelines to leading DevOps strategy, optimizing cloud governance, and making high-impact business decisions? The role of a Director of DevOps […]
