The Ultimate Guide to DevOps
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for DevOps.
What to know about DevOps
DevOps represents a transformative approach in IT that combines software development and operations to deliver applications and services at high velocity. This methodology enables organisations to evolve and improve products faster than traditional software development processes, fostering greater agility, collaboration, and automation.
Exploring our recent stories will provide readers insight into the evolving landscape of DevOps, including cutting-edge automation, security integration (DevSecOps), AI-powered enhancements, container adoption, and challenges faced by enterprises globally. Readers will also discover how trusted companies are integrating DevOps practices to enhance digital transformation efforts, manage cloud and hybrid environments, and tackle cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Whether you are an IT professional seeking to stay current with DevOps trends, a manager aiming to implement DevOps in your organisation, or simply curious about modern software development practices, these stories offer valuable lessons on the cultural, technical, and strategic aspects that define successful DevOps adoption today.
Irish DevOps News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Irish IT teams under stress amid staff shortages & AI
Staff shortages, legacy systems and AI demands are leaving most IT decision-makers in Irish companies reporting stress and mental health issues.
Storm Technology names Conor Flanagan as Practise Director
The internal promotion comes as demand grows for ERP projects that join finance reporting, operations and AI-enabled automation on one platform.
AI shifts client expectations as fees face pressure
Fees are under pressure as two-thirds of service providers say clients want more for less and expect AI to cut costs.
Ireland data & AI workers resist job moves, survey finds
Most Irish data and AI professionals are staying put as employers prepare to expand teams and compete for scarce talent.
Why health IT projects fail at the data layer
Fragmented records and weak governance are making health IT roll-outs slower, costlier and less effective than budgets suggest.
Auxilion names Eleanor Dempsey Advisory Services Chief
Auxilion has promoted Eleanor Dempsey to lead its advisory services, expanding her remit as it targets growth in Ireland and the UK.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to DevOps
Jamf launches AI governance for Mac as usage rises
Quali expands Torque for enterprise AI infrastructure
Cycloid launches managed environments for platform teams
Gartner warns AI coding costs may top developer pay by 2028
Cycloid launches managed environments for developer portals
Featured News
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
The new tools aim to help firms spot faulty AI outputs and data risks sooner as production deployments outpace monitoring methods.
Exclusive: How Adobe showcases its innovation engine
Ideas from across Adobe are vetted live at Summit, and some have gone on to become products after further testing and hardening.
Expert Columns
How AI is changing the rules when it comes to observability
A strategic blueprint for governing AI-enabled software development
As agentic development accelerates, workflow auditability becomes a bottleneck
Why trust is the bottleneck for AI-driven operations
Why health IT projects fail at the data layer
Construction claims are shaped before disputes begin
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent DevOps News
Equinix to invest USD $700 million in Dundalk plant
Equinix will invest up to USD $700 million in a new Dundalk plant with Hanley Energy, promising hundreds of skilled jobs and faster kit supply.
XBOW wins AWS application security competency status
The AWS badge could help XBOW win more enterprise deals as buyers seek continuous testing that shows which vulnerabilities are exploitable.
AI speeds coding but not enterprise software delivery
Enterprises risk slower returns from AI as manual approvals and release bottlenecks keep software lead times stuck at 30 to 45 days.
Google sets out 20-question framework for AI agents
The framework aims to help IT leaders control security, governance and costs as agent-based systems move from pilot projects into production.
Google Cloud revives AI agent roadshow for Cloud Run
Demand for production-ready AI agents is pushing Google to reframe Cloud Run as a platform for long-running, data-driven workloads.
Sidetrade wins Hackett innovation award for AI overhaul
The award reflects measurable gains from Sidetrade's AI-led redesign, which cut feature delivery from 60 days to three and slashed staffing needs.
AWS adds Claude Sonnet 5 as it trims older services
New cloud features and lifecycle cuts could reshape AWS customers' AI and operations plans as older services head towards maintenance or sunset.
HP expands OpenAI partnership to scale AI across business
The rollout could speed up support, security fixes and software delivery across a business that channels more than 80% of sales through partners.
Exclusive Networks becomes Docker distribution partner
UK and Ireland partners will gain wider access to Docker's container platform as Exclusive Networks expands its cloud-native software portfolio.
Google outlines runtime schema checks for AI agents
The approach could cut token use and errors as developers build more complex multi-agent workflows with changing schemas.
Google Cloud adds Claude Apps Gateway for enterprises
The self-hosted gateway gives firms central control over sign-ins, access and costs as Claude Code roll-outs move beyond small developer teams.
Amazon EKS adds Kubernetes rollback option for clusters
Administrators can now reverse failed EKS upgrades within seven days, reducing rebuilds and easing pressure on teams running many clusters.
AWS launches Express mode for faster CloudFormation
Deployment feedback for developers could arrive up to four times faster, though resources may still be stabilising in the background.
Amazon Web Services adds ACME support to Certificate Manager
Shorter certificate lifecycles could force more renewals onto automation, as AWS now lets customers issue and renew TLS certificates through ACME.
AI-generated code is in production at 44.7% of firms
More than half of engineering teams are now using AI to write code, but weak oversight is leaving security, dependency and performance risks in production.
Google Cloud adds long-lookback PromQL alert policies
History-based alerts in Cloud Monitoring can now compare workloads with patterns stretching back two years, reducing false alarms from fixed thresholds.
Google launches remote MCP server for Gemini Enterprise
External coding tools can now reach Google Cloud models and notebooks via an open protocol, while IAM Deny policies keep access tightly governed.
Reo.Dev passes 100 million profiles in developer graph
Developer-sales teams gain a wider pool of buyers to target as the graph now tracks engineers across 30,000 technologies and 250 functions.
SuperPlane raises USD $2.6 million for AI ops platform
The Serbian startup will use the cash to expand an open-source control plane that lets engineers supervise AI-driven production workflows safely.
Google adds SQL alerting to Cloud Monitoring preview
Cloud operations teams could spot customer-specific outages sooner as monitoring alerts are now triggered by SQL queries over logs and traces.