This was presented as a lightning talk at DevOpsDays Boston 2015. It is a short overview to introduce Software Supply Chain principles through the examination of Reference Architectures.
Splash screen: The DevOps Toolkit – Building the Software Supply Chain
DevOpsDays Boston 2015
Lightning Talk
About Me: Mark Miller
Developer Evangelist and Senior Storyteller for TheNEXUS Community Project
Executive Producer for the OWASP 24/7 Podcast Series
On March 18, 2015, Derek Weeks published a slidedeck on Slideshare.net containing 31 reference architectures for DevOps and Continuous Delivery
44,000 people accessed the deck. Why? They were looking for validation and ideas, comparing their reference architectures against the rest of the world.
The Software Supply Chain is built upon three principles:
Fewer Suppliers
Better Parts from those Suppliers
Track and Monitor those Parts
Why is the concept of a software supply chain important?
Interview with Debbie Edwards, Vice President, IBM Rational DevOps Capabilities Development
http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/2014/12/11/dibbe-edwards-devops-and-open-source-at-ibm/
2015 State of the Software Supply Chain Report
In the 8 years since 2007, download requests for components from the Central Repository have grown 30 fold. The only way to manage the use of that many components is through the use of automation… Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Everything… as part of the software supply chain.
44,000 people accessed the deck. Why? They were looking for validation and ideas, comparing their reference architectures against the rest of the world.
What do we see in common with these architectures?
When you look closely at the reference architectures, you’ll find a common set of tools recurring.
What do we see in common with these architectures?
Send an email to Community@Sonatype.com and receive an immediate response with links to resources from this deck.