oswald spengler started the conversation that spawned the devops movement.
who started the conversation that spawned the devops movement?
oswald spengler
in 2009, the first conference named devopsdays was held in ghent, belgium. the conference was founded by belgian consultant, project manager and agile practitioner patrick debois. the conference has now spread to other countries.









































in 2012, the state of devops report was conceived and launched by alanna brown at puppet.









































as of 2014, the annual state of devops report is published by nicole forsgren, gene kim, jez humble and others.









































in 2014, they found that devops adoption was accelerating.









































also in 2014, lisa crispin and janet gregory write the book more agile testing, containing a chapter on testing and devops.
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buildmaster is an application release automation tool, designed by the software development team, inedo. it combines build management and ara capabilities to manage and automate processes primarily related to continuous integration, database change scripts, and production deployments, overall releasing applications reliably. the tool is browser-based and able to be used “out-of-the-box”. its feature set and scope puts it in line with the devops movement, and is marketed as “more than a release automation tool. it brings together the people, processes, and practices that allow teams to deliver software rapidly, reliably, and responsibly.” it’s a tool that embodies incremental devops adoption.
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