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Windows Automation Testing w/Chef by @mwrockx

By Lucas Welch
Our friend Matt Wrock, a software engineer at CenturyLink Cloud, recently wrote a tremendous “how to” blog on Windows automation testing using Chef, Vagrant, and Test Kitchen. Matt writes: I work for CenturyLink Cloud and infrastructure automation is front and center to our business.
Read moreGuest editorial: “How to find your continuous delivery rhythm” by Jez Humble

By Lucas Welch
The third entry from our upcoming collection of editorials entitled The Quiet Revolutionaries comes from our friend Jez Humble, author of the book Continuous Delivery and principal at ThoughtWorks.
Read moreWeb-Scale IT is here

By Jay Wampold
The way we consume goods and services has fundamentally changed. Thanks to companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Google, we expect delightful, intuitive, always-on digital experiences. And it’s not just consumers. Businesses have the same expectations. The web innovators changed the physics of IT.
Read moreChef Reports Surge in Business and New Platform Features as Enterprises Shift to Web-Scale IT

By Lucas Welch
Company’s Q2 Incremental Recurring Revenue Grows 182 Percent Year-Over-Year with a Quarterly Record Number of New Customers New Chef Capabilities for Automated Infrastructure Testing, Container Integration, and an Analytics Platform Bring Benefits of Web-Scale IT to the Enterprise SEATTLE – July 15, 2014 – Chef, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today announced strong business […]
Read moreRally Software Unifies Developers and IT Operations with Chef to Rapidly Deliver New Services

By Lucas Welch
Software Management Provider Chooses Chef to Automate Virtualized Infrastructure, Accelerate Application Development, and Tighten Customer Feedback Loop SEATTLE – July 15, 2014 – Chef, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today announced that Rally Software, a leading global provider of enterprise-class software and services solutions to drive business agility, has deployed Chef to bring its […]
Read moreGuest Editorial: “Build fast, then build right” by Kate Matsudaira

By Lucas Welch
The second entry from our upcoming collection of editorials entitled The Quiet Revolutionaries comes from our friend Kate Matsudaira, founder of popforms. Kate takes a look at the various degrees of speed and scale at play in IT today, and gives her guidance on delivering quality software quickly, beginning with the minimum viable product.
Read moreHighlights from Velocity 2014

By Lucas Welch
We had a ton of fun at Velocity last week! Thank you to all those who stopped by our booth, our hack, our sessions, or stopped us in the hallway for a chat. And thank you to the whole O’Reilly team for putting on another delightful conference.
Read more#ChefTalks: Culture and Diversity in DevOps w/Rachel Chalmers and Jez Humble

By Lucas Welch
Today we have another video in our ongoing #ChefTalks video series. Once again, Rachel Chalmers and Jez Humble are providing fresh perspectives and insights into culture, diversity, and change in IT. The below video provides a quick look at culture vs. tools, what DevOps is today, and where it needs to go.
Read more#ChefTalks: “Realities of Cultural Change” w/ Jez Humble and Rachel Chalmers

By Lucas Welch
We’re continuing our new series of #ChefTalks videos with an insightful segment from Jez Humble and Rachel Chamlers. In today’s video, Jez and Rachel discuss the challenges and realities of cultural change within organizations.
Read moreHang w/Chef @ Velocity Next Week

By Lucas Welch
We’re pumped to be at Velocity again this year and can’t wait to be on the ground in Santa Clara next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. We hope you’ll join us for a bunch of awesome Chef happenings, including: * We’re hosting a hack on Tuesday from 1:30pm to 5:00pm.
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