We know that to truly thrive in today’s business environment, you need agility. That means giving some of the control back to your devs, in order to allow them to make more agile, flexible decisions about your infra and the applications running on it. One thing you don’t want to give up control over, though? The bill for those oh-so-agile changes.
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DevOps Value Stream Mapping: Is It Right for Your Org? (2026) | Cycloid
DevOps Value Stream Mapping: Is It the Right Choice for Your Organisation?
Value stream management. If you’ve spent any time on the internet as part of your job in DevOps, it will have become blatantly obvious that there are many people out there who truly believe you should be value mapping your way to DevOps bliss.
Rapidly industrialize your legacy deployments with Infra Import
TL;DR
Infra Import, launched last week, marks an important milestone in the ability to use Cycloid to create infrastructure as code and industrialize deployments even when using legacy code.
Why is it so difficult to hire for DevOps?
DevOps professionals are in demand. It’s not surprising when you think about it. DevOps is often seen as a silver bullet in the product development arena. It can help companies create higher quality products, go to market faster, and respond to customer feedback and competitive pressure more efficiently.
But hiring for this role is no mean feat.
CTO of Hotel Spider, Yannick Blondeau, talks DevOps business value
We sent our latest ebook, DevOps Business Value: Prove it or Lose it to Yannick Blondeau, CTO of Hotel Spider and longtime friend of Cycloid. We were really interested in what Yannick had to say, as he’s a man that finds himself in a pretty special situation. At the start of this year, he has promoted from tech lead to CTO of the hotel online distribution platform, giving him a unique perspective on both sides of the tech/c-level divide.
Biz Team vs Dev Team: Is DevOps the Best Bridge?
Ever feel that when it comes to the way the executive team and your tech team see success, they are so polarized they’ll never see eye to eye? We understand, but if it seems like business lies on one side and dev the other, it might be your DevOps thinking that can bring the two together.
Why Is DevOps a Hard Sell? Interview with Benjamin Brial
According to the 2021 State of DevOps Report, 80% of organizations are failing to scale DevOps adoption, and that number hasn’t changed for 4 years. We took time out to talk to Cycloid founder Benjamin Brial about the path of DevOps and why it’s not always as smooth a journey as it could be.
DevOps and the Bus Factor: Reducing Key-Person Risk
A while back, I wrote an ebook to help people work on the one part of the DevOps puzzle you can’t buy, outsource, or ignore – the DevOps mindset. During my research, I found an idea that really made me laugh – even though it probably shouldn’t. It was in the middle of coronavirus lockdown though, so I have my excuses.
The Inside Story: Terraform Module Handling
Francesc, a backend developer here at Cycloid and talented maintainer of TerraCognita, tells us what led to our recent launch of Terraform Module handling and what exciting developments it’s paving the way for.
The Inside Story: Roles & Policies
Nikola, a front end developer here at Cycloid, tells us what led to our recent shake up of Roles & Policies, why what we had could be improved, and how we went about improving it.