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IHG’s Strategy for Delivering Change at Velocity with Chef Automate

By Nick Rycar
Automation Drives Velocity The world has changed, and with it so too has the way we do business. We now can manage nearly every aspect of our day-to-day lives from our phones. Therefore, convenience has become the currency companies use to attract customers.
Read moreApplication Packaging for Modern 12 Factor Applications

By Michael Ducy
One of the defining characteristics of Habitat is the packaging technology. Packaging is in no way a new concept. Operating System vendors have solved this problem for sometime using tools like RPM, Debian Packages, Yum, Apt, etc.
Read morePurposeful Patching with Chef Automate

By Nick Rycar
As the environments we manage grow, so too does the potential risk to our systems as new vulnerabilities and exploits seem to crop up on a regular basis. As such, a question folks frequently ask is, “how can I use Chef to apply patches to the systems I manage?
Read moreChef Automate Release – August 2017
Last week, Chef announced Chef Automate 1.6, which provides significant new capabilities to help organizations reduce risk, improve efficiency, and increase speed.
Read moreBuilding Developer Services with Habitat

By Michael Ducy
Something we often talk about in the arena of DevOps is the need for cultural or organizational change. One thing that’s often missing from the conversation is the virtuous cycle that tends to occur between People, Process, and Technology.
Read moreHabitat and Twelve-Factor Applications

By Michael Ducy
Twelve-Factor Applications are not something revolutionary or new. The concepts were originally published over 5 years ago, however they are are still relevant today as they were then.
Read moreChef Automate release – July 2017
Chef Automate is officially one year old as of this latest release (1.5.46). Happy birthday, Chef Automate! There are a number of things to highlight this release. Compliance Views Better insight of compliance state and profile data is now available by default in the Chef Automate GUI.
Read moreChef Automate Pilot: Try Chef Automate using Docker
Chef is excited to announce a new Learn Chef Rally module that introduces you to Chef Automate. Try the Chef Automate Pilot now or read on to learn what it’s all about.
Read moreChef Announcements: Lighting the Path from Here to There
Technology shifts, such as the moves toward cloud-native applications and container-first architectures, make it clear that tomorrow will look very different from today. But how to get from here to there? Today Chef announced a host of new product features, partner offerings, and skill-building opportunities that, taken together, light a path for enterprises to follow.
Read moreEnterprise Ready Habitat Plans Now Available

By James Casey
Today at ChefConf 2017 we are excited to launch a new program for enterprise content around Habitat and announce a first set of “enterprise ready” Habitat plans. The plans are all open source and serve as best practice references to guide you as you write plans for your own applications.
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